Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Magnus I of Saxe- Lauenburg (* January 1, 1470; † August 1, 1543 ) from the tribe of Ascanians was 1507-1543 Duke of Saxe- Lauenburg.
Life
Magnus was a son of Duke John IV from his marriage to Dorothea, daughter of the Elector Frederick II of Brandenburg. Of the 13 children who emerged from this link, Magnus alone has continued to Lauenburg tribe. Even during the last years of his father, he led consequently advanced age the country's government.
The first time his government is met by various disputes with the archbishopric of Bremen and the pin Ratzeburg. The former sought at that time, based on the now as falsified recognized foundation document of Charlemagne for Bremen from the year 788, his Come into oblivion supremacy of about the Frisian landscapes on both sides of jade, also on the landing Hadeln and sausages, with which the Dukes Lauenburg were invested to restore. Magnus therefore undertook in 1498, accompanied by his father and at the head of the so-called large or Black Guard a military campaign in the Bremen and in the following year in the Wursten. Although he was not happy here, he asserted itself yet in possession of Hadeln while the dispute about sausages under the mediation of the Dukes Eric and Henry of Brunswick was referred to the Emperor for a decision.
Longer took the quarrel with the Bishop Henry of Ratzeburg, who had formerly been in the Duke's service. These disputes were from the part of the latter claimed in respect of the rights Einlagers from the Stiftisches towns and escalated to such bitterness that Magnus fell under the spell of the church and his country was occupied by the interdict. Only in 1519 did a mediated by the Bishop Johann von Lübeck and the Dukes of Mecklenburg Compare this turmoil to an end.
With regard to the long time between the two lines of the Saxon Dukes disputed electoral vote Magnus was the first of Lauenburg Dukes, who took a permissive attitude. He led neither the title nor the electoral Kurschwerter in his coat of arms. On November 12, 1530 he was commissioned by Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg the investiture of his duchy and with the regalia. In the Lehnbriefe is expressly pointed out that the Duke had even asked for the investiture with the cure of Saxony, but that this could now be 'on moving causes " not. The added comment that this should be harmless to him of his rights by the way, had of course not mean anything.
Duke Magnus, who had from his marriage to Catherine, daughter of Duke Henry the Elder of Brunswick, a son of Francis and five daughters, died on 1 August 1543. In Ratzeburg he is buried.
Progeny
From his marriage Magnus had the following children:
- Francis I (1510-1581), Duke of Saxe- Lauenburg
- Dorothea (1511-1571)
- Catherine (1513-1535)
- Clare (1518-1576)
- Sophie (1521-1571)
- Ursula (1523-1577)