John II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

John II Duke of Saxe- Lauenburg (* 1275, † April 22, 1322 ) was a German sovereign of the race of Ascanians.

Life

Born as the son of John I, he took with attainment of majority, his ancestral possessions in his mountain village with half the Saxon Forest and Mölln. During the 1306 held its conflicts -in-law Count Gerhard III. Schauenburg and Holstein - Rendsburg and Count Adolf VI. Schauenburg and Holstein - Pinneberg with the cities of Lübeck and Hamburg, he hit himself on the side of the Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein. This could be their achievements in Holstein of John II, their liege lord, be certified as a fief. After his death, leaving John II widow Elisabeth her ​​brother Gerhard III. , The possessions Mölln and later Bergedorf and finally in 1330 even half the Saxon Forest as a deposit. Of the grandsons both reigns of the imperial city of Lübeck were left. The Saxony- Lauenburg line has never been queuing to recover these areas.

Genealogy

In 1315 he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Count Henry I of Holstein - Rendsburg ( 1258-1304 ). From this marriage the son of Duke Albrecht IV is to Bergdorf and Mölln ( 1322-43 ) is known. With his children died in the line 1401 in the male line.