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Saxe-Lauenburg c. 1400 (green), including the tracts south of the Elbe and the Amt Neuhaus, but without Hadeln out of the map downstream the Elbe. The Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg (German: Herzogtum Sachsen-Lauenburg, called Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) between the 14th and 17th centuries; Danish: Hertugdømmet Sachsen-Lauenborg), was a reichsfrei duchy that existed from 1296 to 1803 and again from ...
In 1302, Rudolf finally assumed the rule over Saxe-Wittenberg himself. Initially, he was anxious to further strengthen the country's sovereignty. To achieve this, he first of all had to make his Saxe-Lauenburg relatives, John II , Eric I , and Albert III agree that he, and not his eldest cousin John II, had inherited his father's rank as Saxon elector.
1361. The first two rulers in Saxe-Ratzeburg to use the name Eric are the first Saxon rulers at all with that name. The third of their number is accounted for by the duke of Saxe-Mölln-Bergedorf, with the later Eric IV continuing the joint numbering. 1368 - 1401. Eric IV of Saxe-Lauenburg. Son.
The reunited duchy continued under the old name of Saxe-Lauenburg. Eric IV: 1354 1368–1401 21 June 1411/12 Saxe-Ratzeburg: Sophia of Brunswick-Lüneburg 8 April 1373 ten children In 1401 reunited Saxe-Lauenburg. 1401–1411/12: Saxe-Lauenburg: Eric V: after 1373: 1411/12–1436: 1436: Saxe-Lauenburg: Elisabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg 1404 no ...
Son. Ruled Saxe-Lauenburg after 1272. 1260 - 1272: Albert III (II) Brother. Ruled jointly. Ruled Saxe-Wittenberg after 1272. 1272 - 1356: At some point after 1272, and by 1296 at the latest, John and Albert divide their Saxony between them. Saxe-Lauenburg is formed in the west while Saxe-Wittenberg is formed in the east.
Saxe-Lauenburg was formed in the western section while the east was rebranded as Saxe-Wittenberg. The combined duchy was the seat of one of the prince-electors of the Holy Roman empire, so there was initially some conflict between the two divisions as to who should retain the position. In 1314 the two princes found themselves on opposite sides ...
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In 1260 these lands were divided into two duchies, Saxe-Lauenburg in the northwest and Saxe-Wittenberg in central Germany, for the sons of Bernard’s son Albert. Saxe-Wittenberg, which secured the Saxon electoral title in 1356, passed in 1423, on the extinction of the Ascanian branch there, to the margraves of Meissen (of the House of Wettin).
