Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

Eric II
*Erich II. von Sachsen, Engern und Westfalen* (de)
Eric II; Erich II. von Sachsen, Engern und Westfalen (de)
	officially:; Duke of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia ; colloquially: Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg or ; Duke of Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg
Duchy of Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg
Reign	1338 – 1368
Predecessor	Eric I
Successor	Eric IV
Born	1318
Died	1368
Consort	Agnes of Holstein
Issue; Detail	Agnes, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg; Eric IV; Jutta, Duchess of Pomerania-Wolgast; Matilda, abbess
House	House of Ascania
Father	Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Mother	Elisabeth of Pomerania
Religion	Roman Catholic

Eric II of Saxe-Lauenburg (1318/1320 – 1368) was a son of Duke Eric I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Elisabeth of Pomerania (*1291–after 16 October 1349*), daughter of Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania. Eric II succeeded his father, after his resignation in 1338, as duke of Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg, a branch duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg.

Eric II and his cousin Albert V of Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln ravaged merchants and other travellers passing their duchies. In 1363 the city of Hamburg and Adolphus IX (aka VII) the Mild,[1] Count of Schauenburg and Holstein-Kiel, supported by his relative Prince-Archbishop Albert II of Bremen, freed the streets northeast of the city from the brigandage by Eric II and Albert V, conquering the latter's castle in Bergedorf.

Marriage and issue

In 1342 or 1343 Eric married Agnes of Holstein (?–1386/7), daughter of John III, Count of Holstein-Plön, and they had the following children:

Agnes (1353–1387), married William II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1363
Eric IV (1354–1411)
Jutta (1360–1388) married Bogislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania (1350–1393).
Matilda (Mechthild) (? – after 1405), abbess of Wienhausen Abbey

Ancestry

Ancestors of Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

16. Bernhard, Count of Anhalt

8. Albert I, Duke of Saxony (=#30)

17. Brigdet (Jutta) of Denmark

4. John I, Duke of Saxony

18. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

9. Helene of Brunswick-Lüneburg

19. Matilda of Brandenburg

2. Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

20. Magnus Minniskiöld

10. Birger Jarl

21. Ingrid Ylva

5. Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Småland

22. Eric X of Sweden

11. Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden

23. Richeza of Denmark

1. Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

24. Bogislaw II, Duke of Pomerania

12. Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania

25. Miroslawa of Pomerellia

6. Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania

13. Marianne

3. Elisabeth of Pomerania

28. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg

14. John I, Margrave of Brandenburg

29. Matilda of Groitzsch

7. Matilda of Brandenburg

30. Albert I, Duke of Saxony (=#8)

15. Brigdet (Jutta) of Saxony

31. Agnes of Thuringia

Notes

The numbering varies, sometimes it counts all namesakes within the House of Schauenburg, here put in front, or only the namesakes within the branch line, here given in brackets.

Regnal titles
Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg House of Ascania Born: 1318/1320 Died: 1368
Preceded by Eric I	Duke of Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg 1338 – 1368	Succeeded by Eric IV

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[1] The numbering varies, sometimes it counts all namesakes within the House of Schauenburg, here put in front, or only the namesakes within the branch line, here given in brackets.