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Albert IV of Saxe-Lauenburg (1315 – 1343) was the eldest son of John II of Saxe-Lauenburg and Elisabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg (*ca. 1300–before 1340*), sister of Gerard III the Great. In 1321 Albert IV succeeded his father as Duke of Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln, a branch duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, while his mother served as regent, before she remarried Eric Christoffersen (*1307–1331*), a son of King Christopher II and co-ruler in Denmark.
Ancestry
Marriages and issue
Albert married twice, in 1334 (1) Beata of Schwerin (*?–before 1341*), daughter of Gunzelin VI, Count of Schwerin, and in 1341 (2) Sophia of Werle-Güstrow (*1329–5 September 1364*), daughter of Lord John II of Werle-Güstrow. Both wives also officiated as Saxon consorts. With Beata Albert had the following children:
John III (*mid-1330s–1356*)
Albert V (*mid-1330s–1370*)
Eric III (*mid-1330s–1401*).
References
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- Albert IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
- Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
- Saxe-Lauenburg
- List of rulers of Saxony
- Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
- Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
- Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
- John IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
- John III, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
- John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
