Saxe-Lauenburg
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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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Wikidata facts
- Located in
- German Confederation
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Ratzeburg
- Official language
- Latin
- Form of government
- Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
- Followed by
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Follows
- Duchy of Saxony
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- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- Commons category
- Saxe-Lauenburg
- inception
- 1296-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1876-00-00
- member of
- Holy Roman Empire
- topic's main category
- Category:Saxe-Lauenburg
- native label
- Herzogtum Sachsen-Lauenburg
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- Cho Kwangjo
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- 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.