Magnus of Saxony-Lauenburg

Magnus of Saxe-Lauenburg (b 1390; d 21 September 1452) was Bishop of Cammin and Hildesheim. Family The father of Magnus was Duke Eric IV of Saxe-Lauenburg; his mother was Sophia, a daughter of Duke Magnus II of Brunswick. His brothers were Duke Eric V of Saxe-Lauenburg and Duke Bernard II of Saxe-Lauenburg. Bishop in Cammin He entered priestly service and was a canon in Cammin. Under a dispensation from having to attain the required canonical age, Magnus was appointed Bishop of Cammin in 1410 by Pope Alexander V. This appointment was a result of the Western Schism, because there was also a Bishop Nicholas in the Bishopric, a supporter of Gregory XII. Even though the latter died after a short period, Magnus' post was not undisputed. In 1415, Gregory XII assigned the Bishopric to the Bishop of Schleswig, John of Gudensberg. With the general recognition of Martin V as pope in 1418, Magnus was also accepted as the sole Bishop of Cammin. A short time afterwards he was officially ordained bishop. In the years that followed he concentrated on preserving the independence of the territory of the bishopric, the Stift. In 1417, he was enfeoffed with Cammin by King Sigismund; this came with its recognition as an Imperial Estate. In 1422, this found expression in its entry in the Reichsmatrikel. Magnus also tried to regain the estates of the Stift enfeoffed by his predecessors.