Like his father, he was thrust into the Lüneburg Succession War, which he and his brothers attempted to end in 1373 by a treaty with the Ascanian dukes of Saxe-Wittenberg. According to this treaty, the rule over the Principality of Lüneburg would alternate between the two families.
Like his father, he was involved in the Lüneburg Succession War, which he and his brothers sought to settle in 1373 through a peace agreement with the Ascanian dukes of Saxe-Wittenberg. The treaty established an alternating rule over the Principality of Lüneburg between the two families.