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LAUENBURG , a duchy of See also:Germany, formerly belonging with See also:Holstein to See also:Denmark, but from 1865 to See also:Prussia, and now in-eluded in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Schleswig-Holstein. , It lies on the right See also:bank of the See also:Elbe, is bounded by the territories of See also:Hamburg, See also:Lubeck, See also:Mecklenburg-See also:Strelitz and the province of See also:Hanover, and comprises an See also:area of 453 sq. m. The See also:surface is a slightly undulating See also:plain. The See also:soil, chiefly alluvial, though in some places arenaceous, is generally fertile and well cultivated, but a See also:great portion is covered with forests, interspersed with lakes. By means of the Stecknitz See also:canal, the Elbe, the See also:principal See also:river, is connected with the See also:Trave. The See also:chief agricultural products are See also:timber, See also:fruit, See also:grain, See also:hemp, See also:flax and vegetables. See also:Cattle-breeding affords employment for many of the inhabitants. The railroad from Hamburg to See also:Berlin traverses the See also:country.
The See also:capital is Ratzeburg, and there are two other towns, Molln and Lauenburg.
The earliest inhabitants of Lauenburg were a Slav tribe, the Polabes, who were gradually replaced by colonists from See also:Saxony. About the See also:middle of the 12th See also:century the country was subdued by the See also:duke of Saxony, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry the See also:Lion, who founded a bishopric at Ratzeburg, and after Henry's fall in 118o it formed See also:part of the smaller duchy of Saxony, which was governed by Duke Bernhard. In 1203 it was conquered by Waldemar II., See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of Denmark, but in 1227 it reverted to See also:Albert, a son of its former duke. When Albert died in 126o Saxony was divided. Lauenburg, or See also:Saxe-Lauenburg, as it is generally called, became a See also:separate duchy ruled by his son See also:John, and had its own lines of See also:dukes for over 400 years, one of them, See also:Magnus I. (d. 1543), being responsible for the introduction of the reformed teaching into the See also:land. The reigning See also:family, however, became See also:extinct when Duke See also:Julius See also:Francis died in See also:September 1689, and there were at least eight claimants for his duchy, chief among them being John See also:George III., elector of Saxony, and George See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, duke of See also:Brunswick-See also:Luneburg-See also:Celle, the ancestors of both these princes having made See also:treaties of mutual See also:succession with former dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg. Both entered the country, but George William proved himself the stronger and occupied Ratzeburg; having paid a substantial sum of See also:money to the elector, he was recognized by the inhabitants as their duke. When he died three years later Lauenburg passed to his See also:nephew, George See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis, elector of Hanover, afterwards king of Great See also:Britain as George I., whose rights were recognized by the See also:emperor See also:Charles VI. in 1728. In 1803 the duchy was occupied by the See also:French, and in 18ro it was incorporated with See also:France. It reverted to Hanover after the See also:battle of See also:Leipzig in 1813, and in 1816 was ceded to Prussia, the greater part of it being at once transferred by her to Denmark in See also:exchange for See also:Swedish See also:Pomerania. In 1848, when Prussia made See also:war on Denmark, Lauenburg was occupied at her own See also:request by some Hanoverian troops, and was then administered for three years under the authority of the See also:German See also:confederation, being restored to Denmark in 1851. Definitely incorporated with this country in 1853, it experienced another See also:change of See also:fortune after the See also:short war of 1864 between Denmark on the one See also:side and Prussia and See also:Austria on the other, as by the See also:peace of See also:Vienna (3oth of See also:October 1864) it was ceded with Schleswig and Holstein to the two German See also:powers. By the See also:convention of See also:Gastein (14th of See also:August 1865) Austria surrendered her claim to Prussia in return for the See also:payment of nearly £300,000 and in September 1865 King William I. took formal See also:possession of the duchy. Lauenburg entered the See also:North German confederation in 1866 and the new German See also:empire in 187o. It retained its constitution and its See also:special privileges until the 1st of See also:July 1876, when it was incorporated with the See also:kingdom of Prussia. In 1890 See also:Prince
See also:Bismarck received the See also:title of duke of Lauenburg.
See P. von Kobbe, Geschichte and Landesbeschreibung See also:des Herzogtums Lauenburg (See also:Altona, 1836–1837) ; Duve, Mitteilungen zur Kunde der Staatsgeschichte Lauenburgs (Ratzeburg, 1852–1857), and the Archiv des Vereins See also:fur See also:die Geschichte des Herzogtums Lauenburg (Ratzeburg, 1884 seq.).
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