Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Eric II of Saxe-Lauenburg was a son of Duke Eric I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Elisabeth of Pomerania, daughter of Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania. Eric II succeeded his father, after his resignation in 1338, as duke of Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg, a branch duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg.
Eric II and his cousin Albert V of Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln ravaged merchants and other travellers passing their duchies. In 1363 the city of Hamburg and Adolphus IX the Mild, Count of Schauenburg and Holstein-Kiel, supported by his relative Prince-Archbishop Albert II of Bremen, freed the streets northeast of the city from the brigandage by Eric II and Albert V, conquering the latter's castle in Bergedorf.Marriage and issue
In 1342 or 1343 Eric married Agnes of Holstein, daughter of John III, Count of Holstein-Plön, and they had the following children:
