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

Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania

Bogislaw IV , of the Griffins dynasty, was Duke of Pomerania for thirty years.Bogislaw was the eldest son of Duke Barnim I by his first wife, sometimes said to be a daughter of King Eric X of Sweden. He was an adult at his father's death in 1278, having been co-ruler since 1276...

. 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

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

 and Adolphus VII, Count of Schauenburg and Holstein-Kiel

Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein

The Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein were titles of the Holy Roman Empire. The dynastic family came from Schauenburg near Rinteln on the Weser in Germany...

, supported by his relative Prince-Archbishop Albert II

Albert of Brunswick and Lunenburg-Wolfenbüttel

Duke Albert of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Wolfenbüttel line was as Albert II Prince-Archbishop of Bremen in the years 1361–1395.-Before ascending to the See of Bremen:...

 of Bremen, freed the streets northeast of the city from the brigandage

Brigandage

Brigandage refers to the life and practice of brigands: highway robbery and plunder, and a brigand is a person who usually lives in a gang and lives by pillage and robbery....

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

Bergedorf (quarter)

Bergedorf is a quarter in the homonymous borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. In 2006, the population was 41,019.-History:The quarter was first mentioned in 1162...

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Marriage and issue

In 1342 or 1343 Eric married Agnes of Schauenburg and Holstein-Plön

Agnes of Holstein

Agnes of Holstein was a Countess of Holstein-Kiel by birth and by marriage a Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg. She was the daughter of Count John III of Holstein-Plön and Catherine Agnes of Holstein (died: 1386) was a Countess of Holstein-Kiel by birth and by marriage a Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg. She...

 (*?–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)
  William II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  William II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the Prince of Lüneburg from 1330 to 1369.- Life :William was born around the year 1300 as the fourth child of Otto the Strict and his wife, Matilda of Bavaria....
  
   in 1363
• Eric IV of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia (Lauenburg) (*1354–1411*)
• Jutta of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia (*1360–1368*) married Duke Bogislaus VI
  Bogislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania
  Bogislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania was duke of Pomerania-Wolgast.In 1365, after the death of his father, Bogislaw IV, he ruled Pomerania jointly with his brother Wartislaw VI. As they were both minors, they stood under the guardianship of their uncle Bogislaw V, who died in 1374...
  
   of Pomerania-Wolgast (*1350–7 March 1393*).
• Matilda (Mechthild) of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia (*? – after 1405*), abbess
  Abbess
  An abbess is the female superior, or mother superior, of a community of nuns, often an abbey....
  
   of Wienhausen Abbey

Ancestry

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