Saxe-Lauenburg
The Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg (German: Herzogtum Sachsen-Lauenburg, called Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) between the 14th and 17th centuries; Danish: Hertugdømmet Sachsen-Lauenborg), 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 center 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.
Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg Herzogtum Sachsen-Lauenburg | |||||||||
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Flag of the 19th century
Coat of arms (1507–1671)
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The Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg in 1848 (map in Dutch) | |||||||||
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| Capital | Lauenburg/Elbe Ratzeburg (from 1619) | ||||||||
| Government | Duchy | ||||||||
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• 1296–1303 | Eric I (first) | ||||||||
• 1865–1876 | William (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Partitioned from Duchy of Saxony | 1296 | ||||||||
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• Personal union with Hanover | 1705–1803 | ||||||||
• Dissolved during Napoleonic Wars | 1803–1814 | ||||||||
• Personal union with Denmark | 1814–1864 | ||||||||
• Personal union with Prussia | 1865–1876 | ||||||||
• Merged into Prussia | 1876 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
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