Realm · approximate borders · 1296–1689

Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg

The Ascanian duchy north of the lower Elbe around Lauenburg, Ratzeburg and Mölln, split from Saxony in 1296. When its last duke died in 1689 it was occupied by Celle and passed to Hanover.

It also held the exclave of Land Hadeln.

See Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg on the map in 1296

On the map: 1296–1689
Capital: Lauenburg, later Ratzeburg

Rulers named in the sources

John I and Albert III 1296–1305
Eric I 1305–1361
Francis I 1543–1581
Julius Francis 1666–1689

Western and central European states, 430–1956

States of western and central Europe: the Irish kingdoms of Meath, Osraige, Breifne, Thomond, Desmond and Tyrconnell, Pictish Fortriu, the Welsh kingdoms of Dyfed, Ceredigion and Deheubarth, Elmet, the taifas of Málaga, Majorca and Menorca, the prince-bishoprics of Liège and Utrecht, Guelders, Brabant, Namur, Limburg, Luxembourg, Cleves and Jülich, Bar and Provence, the Electoral Palatinate, Mainz, Hesse, the Welf principalities, Württemberg, Baden, Ansbach, Bayreuth, Nuremberg, Salzburg, Meissen, Saxe-Wittenberg, Saxe-Lauenburg, Oldenburg and Pomerania, the Visconti, Gonzaga, Este, Montefeltro and Appiani states, Siena, Lucca and Gaeta, and in the 20th century the four occupation zones of Germany, the Saar Protectorate and the Free Territory of Trieste.

Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg

Rulers named in the sources

Western and central European states, 430–1956

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