Editing List of rulers of Saxony (section)

===[[House of Ascania]]===
{{For|a complete table of rulers|House of Ascania #Rulers of the House of Ascania}}
====Partitions of Saxony under Ascanian rule====

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| colspan=5 style="background: #fff;" |'''Duchy of Saxony'''<br/>(1180–1296)
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| colspan=1 rowspan="5" style="background: #abc;" |'''Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg'''<br/>(1296–1356)<br><small>Raised to:</small><br>'''Electorate of<br> Saxe-Wittenberg'''<br/>(1356–1422) 
| colspan=4 style="background: #def;" |'''Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg'''<br/>(1296–1303)
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| colspan=1 style="background: #dde;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Molln--->
| colspan=2 style="background: #faa;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Bergdorf--->
| colspan=1 style="background: #eef;" |'''Duchy of<br>Saxe-Ratzeburg'''<br/>(1303–1315) 
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| colspan=2 style="background: #dde;" | '''Duchy of<br>Saxe-Mölln'''<br/>(1303–1401)
| colspan=2 style="background: #faa;" | '''Duchy of<br>Saxe-Bergdorf'''<br/>(1303–1315)<br><small>Renamed as</small><br>'''Duchy of<br>Saxe-Ratzeburg'''<br/>(1315-1401)
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| colspan=4 rowspan="2" style="background: #def;" |'''Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg'''<br/><small>(Ratzeburg line)</small><br>(1401–1689) 
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====Table of rulers====
<small>(Note: Both lines follow the numbering established in this table until 1296, when they were created. From 1296 on, each line follows independently the succession of Saxon dukes until 1296)</small>

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2 | Ruler!!Born!!Reign!!Death!!Ruling part!!Consort!!Notes
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|[[Bernhard, Count of Anhalt|Bernard III]]||[[File:Bernhard von Sachsen.jpg|100px]]|||c.1134||1180–1212||2 February 1212||[[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]] || [[Brigitte of Denmark]]<br/>six children<br/><br/>[[Sophia of Thuringia]]<br/>one child<br/><br/>[[Judith of Poland, Duchess of Saxony|Judith of Poland]]<br/>c.1173<br/>no children|| Also [[Ballenstedt|Count of Ballenstedt]] and [[Prince of Anhalt]]. Numberings starting with Ascanian rule or continuing after prior dukes of the same name. Father of the following.
|- style="background:#fff;"
|[[Albert I, Duke of Saxony|Albert I]]||[[File:Albrecht-I-von-Sachsen.jpg|100px]]|||c.1175||1212–1260||7 October 1260||[[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]] || [[Agnes of Babenberg, Duchess of Saxony|Agnes of Austria]]<br/>1222<br/>five children<br/><br/>[[Agnes of Thuringia]]<br/>1238<br/>three children<br/><br/>[[Helene of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]<br/>1247<br/>five children|| Father of the following two dukes
|- style="background:#abc;"
|rowspan="2"|[[Albert II, Duke of Saxony|Albert II]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Albrecht II. von Sachsen.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|1250
|style="background:#fff;"|1260–1296
|rowspan="2"|25 August 1298
|style="background:#fff;"|[[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]] 
|rowspan="2"| [[Agnes of Habsburg, Duchess of Saxony|Agnes of Austria]]<br/>1282<br/>six children
|rowspan="3" style="background:#fff;"| Ruled jointly; and associated his nephews to the joint rulership after his brothers death. However, these three nephews divided the land with him. Albert II retained Saxe-Wittenberg, and became the head of the Elder Saxon Line; Albert III, Eric I and John II ruled together in Saxe-Lauenburg, becoming the founders of the Younger Saxon Line.
|- style="background:#abc;"
||1296–1298||[[Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg|Saxe-Wittenberg]]
|- style="background:#fff;"
|[[John I, Duke of Saxony|John I]]|||||1249||1260–1282||30 July 1285||[[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]] || [[Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Bjelbo|Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Sweden]]<br/>1270<br/>eight children
|- style="background:#fff;"
| align="center" colspan=8 | In 1296 Albert II and his nephews Albert III, Eric I, and John II ended their joint rule and divided Saxony into the Lauenburg line, where Albert III, Eric I, and John II continued to rule jointly until 1303, and the Wittenberg line, where Albert II continued as sole ruler until 1298. Since the Duke of Saxony was considered one of the [[prince-elector]]s electing a new [[Holy Roman Emperor]], conflict arose between the lines of Lauenburg and Wittenberg over the issue of who should cast Saxony's vote. In 1314 both lines found themselves on different sides in a double election. Eventually, the Dukes of Saxe-Wittenberg succeeded in 1356 after the promulgation of the [[Golden Bull of 1356|Golden Bull]]. To distinguish him from other rulers bearing the title Duke of Saxony, he was commonly called ''[[Electorate of Saxony|Elector of Saxony]]''. 
|- style="background:#dde;"
|rowspan="2"|[[John II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|John II]]
|rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|1275
|style="background:#def;"|1296–1303
|rowspan="2"|22 April 1322
|style="background:#def;"|[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]] 
|rowspan="2"| [[Elizabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg]]<br/>1315<br/>one child
|rowspan="7"|Children of John I, co-ruled first with their uncle Albert II since 1282 (since the death of their father), and in 1296 split the land with him. They retained Lauenburg, which they divided once more. Albert passed the land to his widow, and after her death, in 1315,  the territory was realigned: Eric divided Bergdorf with his surviving brother and held all of his brother Albert's inheritance. However, he ended up abdicating to his son, and survived for most of his reign.
|- style="background:#dde;"
||1303–1322||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Mölln]]
|- style="background:#faa;"
|rowspan="2"|[[Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric I]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:POSSE.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|1280
|style="background:#def;"|1296–1303
|rowspan="2"|1360
|style="background:#def;"|[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]] 
|rowspan="2"| [[Elisabeth of Pomerania, Duchess of Saxony|Elisabeth of Pomerania]]<br/>1316 or 1318<br/>four children
|- style="background:#faa;"
||1303–1338||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Bergedorf]]<br><small>(1303-15)</small><br><br>[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Ratzeburg]]<br><small>(1315-38)</small>
|- style="background:#eff;"
|rowspan="2"|[[Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Albert III]]
|rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|1281
|style="background:#def;"|1296-1303
|rowspan="2"|1308
|style="background:#def;"|[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]] 
|rowspan="2"| [[Margaret of Brandenburg|Margaret of Brandenburg-Salzwedel]]<br/>1302<br/>two children
|- style="background:#eff;"
||1303–1308||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Ratzeburg]]
|- style="background:#eff;"
|[[Margaret of Brandenburg|Margaret of Brandenburg-Salzwedel]]|||||1270||1308–1315||1 May 1315||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Ratzeburg]] || [[Przemysł II|Przemysł II, King of Poland]]<br/>1302<br/>two children<br/><br/>[[Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Albert III]]<br/>1302<br/>two children
|- style="background:#fff;"
| colspan=8 align="center"| In 1315, after the death of Margaret of Brandenburg, the remaining brothers Eric and John redesigned the political division in Saxe-Lauenburg; Eric retained all of Margaret's part, but had to give part of his original domains to his brother. 
|- style="background:#abc;"
||'''[[Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg|Rudolph I]]'''<br/>''(Rudolf I)''||[[File:Rudolf I Herzog von Sachsen.jpg|100px]]||1284||1298-1356 <br><br>10 January 1356 – 12 March 1356||12 March 1356||[[Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg|Saxe-Wittenberg]]<br><br>'''[[Electorate of Saxony]]'''|| [[Jutta of Brandenburg]]<br/>1298<br/>eight children<br/><br/>[[Kunigunde of Poland]]<br/>28 August 1328<br/>one child<br/><br/>[[Agnes of Lindow-Ruppin]]<br/>1333<br/>three children|| In January 1356 the [[Golden Bull of 1356|Golden Bull]] confirmed Rudolf I as the legitimate Saxon Prince-Elector, thus the rulers of Saxe-Wittenberg are conceived as Electors of Saxony.
|- style="background:#abc;"
|colspan=8 align="center"|The [[Golden Bull of 1356]] confirmed the right to participate in the election of a [[Holy Roman Emperor]] to the Duke of Saxony in the Saxe-Wittenberg line.
|- style="background:#dde;"
|align="center"colspan="7"| <small>''Regency of [[Elizabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg]] (1322-1330)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|
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|[[Albert IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Albert IV]]||||1315||1322–1343||1343||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Mölln]] || [[Beata of Schwerin]]<br/>1334<br/>three child<br/><br/>[[Sophia of Mecklenburg-Werle-Güstrow]]<br/>1341<br/>no children
|- style="background:#faa;"
|[[Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric II]]||||1318/20||1338–1368||1368||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Ratzeburg]] || [[Agnes of Holstein|Agnes of Holstein-Plön]]<br/>between 1342 and 1349<br/>four children||
|- style="background:#dde;"
|[[John III, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|John III]]||||c.1330||1343–1356||1356||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Mölln]] || ''Unmarried''|| Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother, Albert.
|- style="background:#dde;"
|[[Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Albert V]]||||c.1330||1356–1370||1370||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Mölln]] || [[Catherine of Mecklenburg-Werle-Güstrow]]<br/>25 January 1366<br/>no children|| Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother, Eric.
|- style="background:#abc;"
|'''[[Rudolf II, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg|Rudolph II the Blind]]''' <br/>''(Rudolf II. der Blinde)''||[[File:Herzog Rudolf II von Sachsen-Wittenberg.jpg|100px]]||1307||12 March 1356 – 6 December 1370||6 December 1370||[[Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg|Saxe-Wittenberg]] and '''[[Electorate of Saxony]]'''|| '''[[Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress of Saxony|Elisabeth of Hesse]]'''<br/>Before 8 May 1336<br/>one child|| Left no descendants.
|- style="background:#abc;"
|'''[[Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg|Wenceslaus I]]'''||[[File:Wenzel Herzog von Sachsen.jpg|100px]]||1337||6 December 1370 – 15 May 1388||15 May 1388|| [[Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg|Saxe-Wittenberg]] and '''[[Electorate of Saxony]]''' ||'''[[Cecilia da Carrara]]'''<br/>23 January 1376<br/>six children|| Brother of his predecessor.
|- style="background:#dde;"
|[[Eric III, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric III]]||[[File:EricusDuxRatzeburg.JPG|100px]]||c.1330||1370–1401||1401||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Mölln]] || ''Unmarried''|| Determined to enter to clergy, has to resign to succeed his brothers. He also left no descendants, which allowed the Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg line to reunite Saxe-Lauenburg.
|- style="background:#abc;"
|'''[[Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg|Rudolph III]]'''||[[File:Rudolf III Kurfürst von Sachsen (AT KHM GG4790).jpg|100px]]||1378||15 May 1388 – 11 June 1419||11 June 1419|| [[Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg|Saxe-Wittenberg]] and '''[[Electorate of Saxony]]''' ||'''[[Anna of Meissen]]'''<br/>1387/89<br/>three children<br/><br/>'''[[Barbara of Legnica]]'''<br/>March 1396<br/>two children|| Left no male descendants. he was succeeded by his brother, Albert.
|- style="background:#fff;"
|colspan=8 align="center"| In 1401 Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg inherited Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln from the Ascanian Elder Lauenburg line there extinct upon Eric IV's death. The reunited duchy continued under the old name of Saxe-Lauenburg.
|- style="background:#def;"
|rowspan="2"|[[Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric IV]]
|rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|1354
|style="background:#faa;"|1368–1401
|rowspan="2"|21 June 1411/12
|style="background:#faa;"|[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Ratzeburg]] 
|rowspan="2"| [[Sophia of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Saxony|Sophia of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]<br/>8 April 1373<br/>ten children
|rowspan="2"| In 1401 reunited Saxe-Lauenburg.
|- style="background:#def;"
||1401–1411/12||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]]
|- style="background:#def;"
|[[Eric V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Eric V]]||||after 1373||1411/12–1436||1436||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]]|| [[Elisabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg|Elisabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg]]<br/>1404<br/>no children<br/><br/>[[Elisabeth of Weinsberg]]<br/>before 1422<br/>one child
|rowspan="2"| Ruled jointly. The numbering here leads to some confusion, as not all genealogists of the House of Ascania count John IV in the list of dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg, numbering John V (John IV's nephew) as ''John IV''. 
|- style="background:#def;"
|[[John IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|John IV]]||||after 1373||1411/12–1414||1414||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]]||''Unmarried''
|- style="background:#abc;"
|'''[[Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg|Albert IV]]'''||[[File:Albrecht III., Elector, son of Wenzeslaus, died 1422 (AT KHM GG4791).jpg|100px]]||1375/80||11 June 1419 – (before 12 November) 1422||before 12 November 1422|| [[Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg|Saxe-Wittenberg]] and '''[[Electorate of Saxony]]''' ||'''[[Euphemia of Oleśnica]]'''<br/>14 January 1420<br/>no children|| Left no male descendants, which led the Ascanian Saxe-Wittenberg line to extinction. 
|- style="background:#abc;"
|align="center" colspan=8|The Ascanian Dynasty continued in Saxe-Lauenburg until 1689, but after the Lauenburgish line had finally lost the Saxon Electorate to the Wittenberg line in 1356 and failed to obtain the succession in the Electorate after 1422, recognition of the Dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg as Dukes of Saxony waned. To follow the remnant House of Ascania in Saxe-Lauenburg, follow this table. For the following Electors of Saxony, see below the [[#House of Wettin|House of Wettin]].
|- style="background:#def;"
|[[Bernard II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Bernard IV]]||||1385/93||1436–1463||16 July 1463||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]]|| [[Adelaide of Pomerania-Stolp]]<br/>1428<br/>two children||
|- style="background:#def;"
|[[John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|John V]]||||18 July 1439||1463–1507||15 August 1507||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]]|| [[Dorothea of Brandenburg, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg|Dorothea of Brandenburg]]<br/>12 February 1464<br/>twelve children|| Sometimes numbered ''John IV''. He is sometimes confused with his uncle, John IV (Eric V and Bernard IV's brother) and a son of his own ([[John IV of Saxe-Lauenburg (prince-bishop)|John IV, Bishop of Hildesheim]]).
|- style="background:#def;"
|[[Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Magnus I]]||[[File:MagnusISaLauenb.JPG|100px]]||1 January 1470||1507–1543||1 August 1543||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]]|| [[Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg|Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]<br/>20 November 1509<br/>[[Wolfenbüttel]]<br/>six children||
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|[[Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Francis I]]||||1510||1543-1571||19 March 1581||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]]|| [[Sibylle of Saxony]]<br/>8 February 1540<br/>[[Dresden]]<br/>nine children|| In 1571 – highly indebted – Francis I resigned in favour of his eldest son Magnus II, who had promised to redeem the pawned ducal demesnes with funds he gained as Swedish military commander and by his marriage to a Swedish princess.
|- style="background:#def;"
|[[Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Magnus II]]||||1543||1571–1573||14 March 1603||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]]|| [[Princess Sophia of Sweden|Sophia of Sweden]]<br/>4 July 1568<br/>[[Stockholm]]<br/>one child|| Eldest son of Francis I. He didn't pay the debts he promised to pay and led to war with his father and brothers. Two years later they deposed Magnus II and Francis I re-ascended. Magnus' violent and judicial attempts to regain the duchy failed. In 1588 he was imprisoned for the remainder of his life.
|- style="background:#def;"
|[[Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Francis I]]||||1510||1573–1581||19 March 1581||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]]|| [[Sibylle of Saxony]]<br/>8 February 1540<br/>[[Dresden]]<br/>nine children|| Regained the title in 1573, after pushing back Magnus II.
|- style="background:#def;"
|[[Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Francis II]]||[[File:Franz der 2. Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg.JPG|100px]]||10 August 1547||1581–1619||2 July 1619||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]]|| [[Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast]]<br/>26 December 1574<br/>[[Wolgast]]<br/>four children<br/><br/>[[Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]<br/>10 November 1582<br/>[[Wolfenbüttel]]<br/>fourteen children|| Brother of Magnus II. Vice-regent from 1578, administrator from 1581. Joint rule with his brother Maurice between 1581 and 1612. Father of Augustus and Julius Henry.
|- style="background:#def;"
|[[Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Maurice]]||||1551||1581–1612||2 November 1612||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]]|| [[Katharina von Spörck]]<br/>1581<br/>''(annulled 1582)''<br/>no children|| Ruled jointly with his brother Francis II.
|- style="background:#def;"
|[[Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Augustus]]||||17 February 1577||1619–1656||18 January 1656||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]]|| [[Elisabeth Sofie of Holstein-Gottorp]]<br/>5 March 1621<br/>[[Husum]]<br/>six children<br/><br/>[[Catherine of Oldenburg]]<br/>4 June 1633<br/>no children|| Left no male descendants; he was succeeded by his half-brother Julius Henry.
|- style="background:#def;"
|[[Julius Henry, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Julius Henry]]||[[File:JuliusHendrikSaksenLauenburg.jpg|100px]]||9 April 1586||1656–1665||20 November 1665||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]]|| [[Anne of Ostfriesland|Anna of East Frisia]]<br/>17 March 1617<br/>[[Grabow]]<br/>no children<br/><br/>[[Elisabeth Sophia of Brandenburg]]<br/>4 June 1633<br/>[[Toužim]]<br/>one son<br/><br/>[[Anna Magdalena of Lobkowicz]]<br/>18 August 1632<br/>[[Vienna]]<br/>six children||
|- style="background:#def;"
|[[Francis Erdmann, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Francis Erdmann]]||||25 February 1629||1665–1666||30 July 1666||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]]|| [[:de:Sibylle_Hedwig_von_Sachsen-Lauenburg|Sibylle Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg]]<br/>1654<br/>no children||Left no descendants; He was succeeded by his brother Julius Francis.
|- style="background:#def;"
|[[Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Julius Francis]]||[[File:JuliusFransSaksenLauenburg.jpg|100px]]||16 September 1641||1666–1689||30 September 1689||[[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]]|| [[Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach]]<br/>9 April 1668<br/>[[Sulzbach-Rosenberg|Sulzbach]]<br/>two children|| 
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The male line of the Saxe-Lauenburgish Ascanians was extinguished in 1689, after Julius Francis' death. In spite of having left two daughters to inherit the rights to the duchy, the [[House of Welf]] usurped the duchy, preventing the succession of the legitimate heiress, [[Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg]], and resucceeded with its Brunswick and Lunenburg-[[Principality of Lüneburg|Celle]] line. In fact, [[George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] was a great-great-grandson of [[Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Magnus I]] through his great-grandmother [[Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg]]. His descendants became [[List of British monarchs|Monarchs of Great Britain]] from 1714 on. In 1814, after being deposed by various occupations in the [[Napoleonic Wars]], George III's son, [[George IV of the United Kingdom|Regent George]] agreed to pass Saxe-Lauenburg to his Danish cousin in a general territorial realignment at the [[Congress of Vienna]]. This cousin was [[Frederick VI of Denmark]], who changed the official colours of Saxe-Lauenburg to red and gold. The duchy changed hands again when, in 1865, [[Christian IX of Denmark]] was deposed in [[Second Schleswig War]] and resigned by [[Treaty of Vienna (1864)|Treaty of Vienna]]; Saxe-Lauenburg passed to [[William I of Prussia]], to whom the [[Estates of the Realm|Estates]] of Saxe-Lauenburg offered the ducal throne. The coat-of-arms of Saxe-Lauenburg was changed to the colours red and silver, with a border in the Prussian colours of black and white. Both duke and estates decided to merge Saxe-Lauenburg into Prussia, as [[Herzogtum Lauenburg|district Duchy of Lauenburg]], with effect from 1 July 1876.

{{Electors of the Holy Roman Empire after 1356}}