Johann II. (Saxony-Lauenburg)

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Johann II. Duke of Saxony-Lauenburg (* around 1275; † April 22, 1322 ) was a German sovereign from the Ascanians .

Life

Born as the son of Johann I , he took over his ancestral properties in Bergedorf with half of the Sachsenwald and Mölln when he reached the age of majority . During the disputes of his brother-in-law, Count Gerhard III. von Schauenburg and Holstein-Rendsburg and Count Adolf VI. von Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg with the cities of Lübeck and Hamburg he sided with the Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein . They had their achievements in Holstein confirmed as a fiefdom by Johann II, their liege lord. After his death, Johann II's widow Elisabeth left her brother Gerhard III. the possessions Mölln and later also Bergedorf and finally in 1330 half of the Sachsenwald as pledge. Both rulers were left to the imperial city of Lübeck by the grandchildren. It was never up to the Sachsen-Lauenburg Line to regain these areas.

genealogy

In 1315 he married Elisabeth , daughter of Count Heinrich I of Holstein-Rendsburg (1258–1304). The son Duke Albrecht IV of Bergdorf and Mölln (1322-1343) is known from this marriage . Line 1401 died out with his children in the male line.

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personal data
SURNAME Johann II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
DATE OF BIRTH around 1275
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1322