Facts: - regent: maurice - mother: sybille of saxe-freiberg - predecessor: francis i - house: house of ascania - birth date: 10 august 1547 - issue: augustus francis julius francis charles francis henry - caption: portrait their family , originally in franzhagen castle chapel , now of in st. mary 's church in buchen . francis ii with his wife mary and - succession: duke of saxe-lauenburg - reign: 1586 -- 1619 - spouse: margaret of pomerania-wolgast maria of brunswick-luneburg - death date: 2 july 1619 - father: francis i of saxe-lauenburg - name: francis ii - death place: lauenburg upon elbe - birth place: ratzeburg - type: monarch - successor: augustus - image: franz ii mit seiner familie.jpg - religion: lutheran Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of francis ii , duke of saxe-lauenburg .
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francis ii of saxe-lauenburg -lrb- ratzeburg , 10 august 1547 -- 2 july 1619 , lauenburg upon elbe -rrb- , was the third son of francis i of saxe-lauenburg and sybille of saxe-freiberg -lrb- freiberg , 2 may 1515 -- 18 july 1592 , buxtehude -rrb- , daughter of duke henry iv '' the pious '' of saxony .from 1581 on he ruled saxe-lauenburg as duke .