Eric II of Saxe-Lauenburg (1318/1320 – 1368) was a son of Duke

Eric I of Saxe-Lauenburg Eric I of Saxe-Lauenburg (c.1280–1360) was a member of the House of Ascania who ruled as one of the dukes of Saxony from 1282 until 1338. Early life Eric was a son of John I, Duke of Saxony, and Ingeborg (*ca. 1253–30 June 1302*, Mölln), ...

and Elisabeth of Pomerania (*1291–after 16 October 1349*), daughter of

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. Eric II succeeded his father, after his resignation in 1338, as duke of Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg, a branch duchy of

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. Eric II and his cousin Albert V of Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln ravaged merchants and other travellers passing their duchies. In 1363 the city of

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and Adolphus IX (aka VII) ''the Mild'',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. Count of Schauenburg and Holstein-Kiel, supported by his relative Prince-Archbishop Albert II of

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, freed the streets northeast of the city from the

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by Eric II and Albert V, conquering the latter's castle in

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Marriage and issue

In 1342 or 1343 Eric married Agnes of Holstein (?–1386/7), daughter of

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, and they had the following children: * Agnes (1353–1387), married

William II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg William II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (about 1300 – 1369) was the Prince of Lüneburg from 1330 to 1369. Life Joint rule with Otto III William was born around the year 1300 as the fourth child of Otto the Strict and his wife, Matilda of Bav ...

in 1363 * Eric IV (1354–1411) * Jutta (1360–1388) married

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(1350–1393). * Matilda (Mechthild) (? – after 1405),

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Ancestry

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