Saxe-Lauenburg
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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.
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Coat of arms (1507–1671)
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Capital | Lauenburg/Elbe Ratzeburg (from 1619) | ||||||||
Religion | Lutheran | ||||||||
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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