Frederick of Saxe-Lauenburg (german: Herzog Friederich von Sachsen, Engern und Westfalen, colloquially ''Sachsen-Lauenburg'') (1554–1586), was a cathedral canon at Strasbourg Minster, chorbishop at

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and cathedral provost (Dompropst), a function including the presidency of the chapter, at

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Life

He was the youngest child of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (Franz I. von Sachsen-Lauenburg) and his wife,

Sibylle of Saxony Sibylle of Saxony (2 May 1515 in Freiberg – 18 July 1592 in Buxtehude) was a Saxon princess of the Albertine line of House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg. Life Sibylle was the eldest child of the Duke Henry IV of Saxo ...

, daughter of the influential Duke Henry IV ''the Pious'' of Saxony and his wife, Katharina of Mecklenburg. Of his six brothers, he and

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(1550–1585) followed the ecclesiastical career. Frederick was raised Lutheran, but educated Catholic. Together with Henry he studied at the

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under law professor Dr. Conrad Betzdorf, who housed him and his brother and was their

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.Jörg Hillmann, "Heinrich (III.), Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg", in: ''Lebensläufe zwischen Elbe und Weser: Ein biographisches Lexikon'', Brage bei der Wieden and Jan Lokers (eds.) on behalf of the Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 2002, (=Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; vol. 16), pp. 127–131, here p. 128. . Henry was

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(as Henry III, 1567–1585), Prince-Bishop of

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(as Henry II, 1574–1585) and of

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(as Henry IV, 1577–1585). As Prince-Bishop of Paderborn, Henry succeeded Salentin von Isenberg in 1577. He was the first archbishop to convert to

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and keep his honors. In 1575, he married Anna von Broich in Hagen im Bremischen, the daughter of a city councillor of Cologne, and died in 1585 in an equestrian accident in Vörde. Frederick succeeded Bremen's cathedral provost Ludwig von Varendorf in 1570, while his brother Henry officiated as Administrator of Bremen, Frederick was followed by Provost Theodor von Galen.Matthias Nistal, "Die Zeit der Reformation und der Gegenreformation und die Anfänge des Dreißigjährigen Krieges (1511–1632)", in: ''Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser'': 3 vols., Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg and Heinz-Joachim Schulze (eds.), Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 1995 and 2008, vol. I 'Vor- und Frühgeschichte' (1995; ), vol. II 'Mittelalter (einschl. Kunstgeschichte)' (1995; ), vol. III 'Neuzeit' (2008; ), (=Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; vols. 7–9), vol. III: pp. 1-171, here 60. . During the Cologne War (1583–1589), he raised an army to fight for the Catholic faction of the cathedral chapter. He was instrumental in securing the town of

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in 1583 for

Ernest of Bavaria Ernest of Bavaria (german: Ernst von Bayern) (17 December 1554 – 17 February 1612) was Prince-elector-archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne from 1583 to 1612 as successor of the expelled Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg. He was also bishop ...

, the rivalling elector-archbishop of Cologne. Johann Heinrich Hennes. ''Der Kampf um das Erzstift Köln zur Zeit der Kurfürsten''. Köln: DuMont-Schauberg, 1878, p. 76. In 1586, during the Campaign in Cologne's Upper Electorate-Archbishopric at Hülchrath, he was part of the Ferdinand's force; in the attack on the castle, the Bavarian force was repulsed, but he himself mortally wounded. He died in

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shortly after the battle.

Ancestry

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Bibliography

* Hennes, Johann Heinrich. ''Der Kampf um das Erzstift Köln zur Zeit der Kurfürsten''. Köln: DuMont-Schauberg, 1878. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Frederick, Duke Of Saxe-Lauenburg House of Ascania Dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg 1554 births 1586 deaths Sons of monarchs