Eric II, Duke of Schleswig

Eric II (c. 1288, † March 12, 1325 ) was from 1312 to 1325 Duke of Schleswig or South Jutland. He is the only legitimate and thus heiress son of the Duke Valdemar IV Erich son of Schleswig. His tomb is in the cathedral of the city of Schleswig.

Life and work

Erich was the first Duke of the Abel line, which included the 1232-1375 ruling in Schleswig dukes, of having to unsubscribe struggles with the Danish king without first, by King Eric VI. Erich son in early July 1312 was a fief of Warnemünde with hereditary Schleswig. This was done in the Principality of Rostock, since it is a fief of the Danish crown was from 1301 to 1323. Eric II also tried his investiture with the island of Langeland achieve. His uncle Erich Erich son Langbein (* 1272, † 1310), who died without leaving any children, had been enfeoffed in 1295 with Langeland. King Eric VI. Menved had to deal with peasant unrest and noble uprisings in different parts of the Kingdom of Denmark; Therefore, he concluded on August 9, 1313 a settlement with Duke Erich, who thus came into the possession of Kronguts in Schleswig.

Nevertheless, there were still almost every year renewed disagreements and arbitration between the two. Duke Erich took in 1318 Langeland by the widow Erich Langbein, Sophia Burghard daughter of cross- ford - Roseburg († 1325 ), daughter of Burchard VIII, Viscount of Magdeburg and his first wife Judith of Saxony, the widow of King Erik IV After the death of King Erich VI. in November 1319 there was a brief succession dispute between Eric II and the royal brother Christoffer, who was elected king in early 1320. Duke Erich now reached its investiture of Langeland, thus he had his rule in the Duchy of Schleswig well secured.

Family

Eric II married in 1313 Adelheid daughter of Heinrich Look Castle, Countess of Holstein- Rendsburg ( † January 1350 ). Their children were Waldemar, who was a minor when her father died, and Hellwig, 1340 was married to King Valdemar IV Christoffer son Atterday.

Literature / Sources

  • Dansk biografisk leksikon, Vol 6, Copenhagen 1935
  • Diplomatarium Danicum II, 6, No. 437 (Warnemünde 1312 ), Copenhagen 1948
  • Diplomatarium Danicum II, 7, No. 81 ( Horsens 1313 ), Copenhagen 1956
  • Otto Brandt: History of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel 1989
  • Lars N. Henningsen og Hans Schultz Hansen: " Jutland " og " Slesvig " i Jutland årbøger 1997 Hadersleben oJ
  • H.V. Gregersen: Slesvig og Holsten indtil 1830, Copenhagen 1981

Comments

  • Man
  • Duke (Schleswig )
  • House Estridsson
  • Waldemare
  • Born in the 13th century
  • Died in 1325
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