Erich II (Saxony-Lauenburg)

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. Erich II of Saxe-Lauenburg (* 1318 / 1320 ; † 1368 ) was from 1338 to 1368 Duke of Saxony-Lauenburg .

Live and act

Erich was the son of Duke Erich I of Saxony-Lauenburg († 1361) from the house of the Ascanians and Elisabeth of Pomerania († 1349).

In 1338, after his father's abdication, Erich took over the affairs of government over the areas of Lauenburg and Ratzeburg. His cousin Albrecht IV , also a Saxon Duke, invaded Erich's lands in the winter of 1343/44 in order to secure the peace in the country, because Erich had a reputation for providing refuge for muggers and for favoring attacks on merchant trains in his lands. However, the financially badly troubled Albrecht had exactly the same reputation, so that here we can also assume a simple, successful raid with pleasant historiography by the winner.

In 1360, three years after Albrecht IV's death, his son, Albrecht V, offered Erich the city and Bergedorf Castle as a pledge for a loan, after he had pledged the city and bailiwick of Mölln to the Lübeck family the year before. Erich took the opportunity to expand his lands and gave the loan. In order to secure his money, he set up his own administrator at Bergedorf Castle.

In the dispute over the rights of way and customs on the Elbe, Duke Wilhelm of Lüneburg attacked the Riepenburg and Erich, who was holding court there at that time , in 1362 . While Erich was able to escape access, the Riepenburg was razed and the Vierlande devastated. The Eyslinger ferry, protected by the Riepenburg, with the associated customs station also fell into the hands of Wilhelm. To secure his conquest, he had a new castle built a little upstream at Gammerort, which could not withstand Erich's immediate counter-attack and was in turn torn down. The Riepenburg was rebuilt, and the conquests of Wilhelm returned to Erich's possession.

In the long term, this attack led to a consolidation of the southernmost of the three Elbarme of the Vierlande to the state and diocese border; By 1438, the two northern arms of the Elbe were sealed off and the southernmost arm of the Elbe, today's Stromelbe, was transformed into the only shipping route between Hamburg and Geesthacht.

After Erich II's death in 1368, the affairs of government were passed on to Erich's son Erich IV .

Marriages and offspring

Erich married Agnes von Holstein in 1342/1349 . The connection resulted in:

⚭ Duke Wilhelm "Langbein" of Braunschweig-Lüneburg († 1369)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Culture and History Office (ed.): Vierlande . Cultural history between the Elbe and Bille. 1st edition. 2nd volume. Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-9811271-4-0 , chapter "Die Riepenburg", p. 199

literature

  • Olaf Matthes and Bardo Metzger (eds.): Bergedorfer Personenlexikon . 2nd Edition. Museum for Bergedorf and the Vierlande, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-935987-03-X .
  • Victoria Overlack (ed.): The Bergedorfer Castle - Een sloten Huss, development - functions - building history . Museum for Bergedorf and the Vierlande, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-936300-49-9 .
predecessor Office successor
Erich I. Duke of Saxony-Lauenburg
(Ratzeburg-Lauenburg line)
1338–1368 		Eric IV.
personal data
SURNAME Eric II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Erich II of Saxony-Lauenburg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1318 or 1320
DATE OF DEATH 1368