Person:Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1)

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Augustus _____, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
b.17 Feb 1577 Ratzeburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen, Germany
d.18 Jan 1656 Lauenburg, Elbe, Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen, Germany
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  1. Augustus _____, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg1577 - 1656
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  1. Anna Elisabeth of Saxe-Lauenburg1624 - 1688
  2. Sibylle Hedwig von Sachsen-Lauenburg1625 - 1703
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Name Augustus _____, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Gender Male
Birth[1] 17 Feb 1577 Ratzeburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen, Germany
Marriage to Elisabeth Sofie of Holstein-Gottorp
Marriage to Catherine of Oldenburg
Death[1] 18 Jan 1656 Lauenburg, Elbe, Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen, Germany
Reference Number Q479429 (Wikidata)


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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. Since Augustus survived all his sons he was succeeded by his half-brother Julius Henry.

On his ascension Augustus moved Saxe-Lauenburg's capital from Neuhaus, whereto Francis II had moved it after the residential castle in Lauenburg upon Elbe (started in 1180–1182 by Bernhard, Count of Anhalt) had burnt down in 1616, towards Ratzeburg, where it remained since.

During the Thirty Years' War Augustus always remained neutral, however, billeting and alimenting foreign troops marching through posed a heavy burden onto the ducal subjects.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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