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Augustus of Saxe-Lauenburg (Ratzeburg, 17 February 1577 – 18 January 1656, Lauenburg upon Elbe) was Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg between 1619 and 1656. He was a son of Duke Francis II and his first wife Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast, daughter of Philip I, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast.
Son of Franz II of Saxe-Lauenburg, duke and Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg. Husband of Katharina von Oldenburg, Herzogin zu Sachsen-Lauenburg and Elisabeth Sofie von Holstein-Gottorp, Herzogin zu Sachsen-Lauenburg.
In 1619, Duke Augustus moved Saxe-Lauenburg's capital from Neuhaus upon Elbe to Ratzeburg, where it remained since. During the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), Augustus always remained neutral, however, billeting and alimenting foreign troops marching through posed a heavy burden onto the ducal subjects. [19]
Francis II of Saxe-Lauenburg (Ratzeburg, 10 August 1547 – 2 July 1619, Lauenburg upon Elbe), was the third son of Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Sybille of Saxe-Freiberg (Freiberg, 2 May 1515 – 18 July 1592, Buxtehude), daughter of Duke Henry IV the Pious of Saxony.
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Augustus of Saxe-Lauenburg (Ratzeburg, 17 February 1577 – 18 January 1656, Lauenburg upon Elbe) was Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg between 1619 and 1656. He was a son of Duke Francis II and his first wife Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast, daughter of Philip I, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast.
Augustus Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Xavier von Saxe-Lauenburg (11th February 1716 - Present) was a Prussian nobleman and the Herzog von Saxe-Lauenburg following his mother's death in 1741. His birth saved the house from extinction following a War of Succession with neighboring Hanover.
