Saxe-Lauenburg

Also known as Herzogtum Sachsen-Lauenburg, Lauenburg

thumb|right|Saxe-Lauenburg (green), including the tracts south of the Elbe and the Amt Neuhaus, but without Hadeln out of the map downstream the Elbe

Key facts

Country.conventional_long_name: Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg
Country.common_name: Saxe-Lauenburg
Country.era: Middle Ages
Country.status: Vassal
Country.empire: Holy Roman Empire
Country.government_type: Duchy
Country.religion: Earlier: Roman CatholicLater: Lutheran
Country.title_leader: Duke
Country.leader1: Eric I
Country.year_leader1: 1296–1303
Country.leader2: William
Country.year_leader2: 1865–1876
Country.year_start: 1296
Country.year_end: 1876
Country.event_start: Partitioned from Duchy of Saxony
Country.event1: Partitioned into Saxe-Mölln-Bergedorf and Saxe-Ratzeburg
Country.date_event1: 1303–1401
Country.event2: Personal union with Lüneburg-Celle

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Encyclopedic overview

22 sections

Contents

Former territories not part of today's district of Lauenburg
History
Early history
After the Reformation
Disputed succession
Napoleonic era
Post-Napoleon
Dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg
House of Ascania (1296–1689)
Bergedorf-Mölln line
Ratzeburg-Lauenburg line
House of Welf (1689–1803)
House of Brunswick and Lunenburg–Celle (1689–1705)
House of Hanover (1705–1803)
Napoleonic Wars (1803–14)
House of Oldenburg (1815–64)
Main line (1815–63)
Glücksburg line (1863–64)
House of Hohenzollern (1865–76)
Dependent rule (1876–present)
External links
Notes

thumb|right|Saxe-Lauenburg (green), including the tracts south of the Elbe and the Amt Neuhaus, but without Hadeln out of the map downstream the Elbe

The Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg (, ), was a reichsfrei duchy that existed from 1296 to 1803 and again from 1814 to 1876 in the extreme southeast region of what is now Schleswig-Holstein. Its territorial centre was in the modern district of Herzogtum Lauenburg and originally its eponymous capital was Lauenburg upon Elbe, though the capital moved to Ratzeburg in 1619.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saxe-Lauenburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.