Facts: - type: monarch - caption: epitaph for eric iii in ratzeburg cathedral - succession: duke of saxe-bergedorf-molln - reign: 1370 & ndash ; 1401 - successor: eric iv - mother: beata of schwerin - predecessor: albert v - death date: 1401 - house: ascania -lrb- by birth -rrb- - father: albert iv of saxe-lauenburg - birth date: mid-1330s - name: eric iii - image: ericusduxratzeburg.jpg - religion: roman catholic - occupation: cleric until 1370 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of eric iii , duke of saxe-lauenburg .
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eric iii of saxe-bergedorf -lrb- mid 1330s -- 1401 -rrb- was the youngest son of duke albert iv of saxe-lauenburg and beata of schwerin -lrb- * ?-- before 1341 * -rrb- , daughter of gunzelin vi , count of schwerin .eric was determined for and started a career as cleric .however , after his two elder brothers john iii and albert v had died without heirs , eric iii quit the clergy .