Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

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 VII, 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 Schauenburg and Holstein-Plön (*?–1386/7*), daughter of Count John III of Schauenburg and Holstein-Plön, making her the Saxon consort, and they had the following children:

• Agnes of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia (*1353–1387*), married Duke William II of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Celle) in 1363
• Eric IV of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia (Lauenburg) (*1354–1411*)
• Jutta of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia (*1360–1368*) married Duke Bogislaus VI of Pomerania-Wolgast (*1350–7 March 1393*).
• Matilda (Mechthild) of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia (*? – after 1405*), abbess of Wienhausen Abbey

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