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unusual facts about Eric I, Duke of Schleswig



Adolf IV of Holstein

Mechthild (1225–1288): she married firstly in 1237 Abel of Denmark, Duke of Schleswig and later King of Denmark (this marriage provided the basis for later claims by the Schauenburgers on the Duchy of Schleswig); and secondly Birger Jarl, Regent of Sweden

Canute Lavard

Later he was the first Duke of Schleswig and the first border prince who was both a Danish and a German vassal, a position leafing towards the historical double position of Southern Jutland.

Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Katharina (b 1534; d 10 May 1559) m (1557) William of Rosenberg, Senior Burgrave (Oberburggraf) of Bohemia (1535–1592)

In 1529 Eric allowed the town of Hanover to hold an annual Schützenfest ("shooting festival"), which today has become the Hanover Schützenfest, the largest of its kind in the world.

In 1530 he took Aerzen back into the possession of the Welfs (his coat of arms is over the door in the north wing of the castle).

His funeral took place in 1541 in Hann. Münden's St. Blasius Church, after his body was released in Haguenau one year after his death on payment of his debts.

Eric I, Duke of Mecklenburg

Later that year, Albert tasked Eric with the reconquest of Gotland.

Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

The definite partitioning of Saxony into Saxe-Lauenburg, jointly ruled by Eric I and his brothers and Saxe-Wittenberg, ruled by their uncle Albert II, took place before 20 September 1296, when the Vierlande, Sadelbande (Land of Lauenburg), the Land of Ratzeburg, the Land of Darzing (later Amt Neuhaus), and the Land of Hadeln are mentioned as the separate territory of the brothers.

Eric I, Duke of Schleswig

Eric (Longbone), from 1295 Lord of Langeland (1272–1310), married Sophia Burghardsdatter (died 1325), daughter of Queen dowager Jutta of Denmark and Count Burchard VIII of Querfurt-Rosenburg, Burgrave of Magdeburg

Helvig of Schauenburg

Her brother was Adolf VIII/I, Count of Holstein/Duke of Schleswig.

John V, Count of Hoya

He was the son of Count Eric I of Hoya and his wife Helen, the daughter of Duke Magnus II Torquatus.


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