Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

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

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.