Duchy of Lauenburg

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The Duchy of Lauenburg, also known as Saxe-Lauenburg was a medieval Duchy (Reichsfreiheit) that existed from 1296 in the extreme southeast region of Schleswig-Holstein with its territorial center in the modern district of Lauenburg.

In addition to the core territories around the town of Lauenburg/Elbe, at times other territories belonged to Duchy: the Land Hadeln in the area of the delta of the River Elbe and the Amt Neuhaus in the district of Lüneburg (district). The Duchy was established by partitioning of the Duchy of Saxony. The residences of its dukes were located in the towns of Ratzeburg and Lauenburg.

Dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg

• John I, 1296 – 1305 (joint possession)
• Albrecht III, 1296 – 1305 (joint possession)
• Erich I, 1296 – 1305 (joint possession)

In 1305 the inheritance was split between the Bergedorf-Möllner and the Ratzeburg-Lauenburger'' lines.

Bergedorf-Möllner line (

• John II, 1305 – 1321
• Albrecht IV, 1321 – 1343
• John III, 1343 – 1356
• Albrecht V, 1356 – 1370
• Erich III, 1370 – 1401

''In 1401 the elder branch became extinct, and Lauenburg was rejoined with the Ratzeburg-Lauenburger line.

Ratzeburg-Lauenburger line ( The younger branch had Ratzeburg as their seat, 1305 - 1401.

• Albrecht III, 1305 – 1308 (joint possession)
• Erich I, 1305 – 1361 (before 1308 joint possession)
• Erich II, 1361 – 1368
• Erich IV, 1368 – 1401

In 1401 the younger branch inherited Lauenburg and other possessions of the extinct elder Bergedorf-Möllner line.

Saxe-Lauenburg (

• Erich IV, 1401 – 1412
• Erich V, 1412 – 1436 and John IV (d. 1414)
• Bernhard III, 1436 – 1463
• John V, 1463 – 1507
• Magnus, 1507 – 1543
• Franz I, 1543 – 1581
• Franz II, 1581 – 1619
• August, 1619 – 1656
• Julius Heinrich, 1656 – 1665
• Franz Erdmann, 1665 – 1666
• Julius Franz, 1666 – 1689

Hause of Braunschweig – Celle (

• Georg Wilhelm, 1689 – 1705 (Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg)

House of Hannover (

• Georg I Ludwig, 1705 – 1727
• Georg II, 1727 – 1760
• Georg III, 1760 – 1803

Modern history

• ''to France in 1803 – 1805
• ''to Prussia in 1805 – 1806
• ''to the Kingdom of Westphalia, 1806 – 1810
• ''to France in 1810 – 1814
• ''to the House of Oldenburg in 1814 – 1864
• ''to Prussia from 1864

See also

• Lauenburg (district)

External links

• [Historical Map of Schleswig Holstein in 1730]
• [Historical map of Lower Saxony in 1789]
• [Historical Atlas of Sachsen-Lauenburg]

 

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