Henry, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard (before 1412 – 26 May/20 August 1466) was the ruling Duke of

Mecklenburg-Stargard Mecklenburg-Stargard was one of the two semi-duchies formed from the partition of the Duchy of Mecklenburg from 1348 to 1471. The other semi-duchy was called Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The main part of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Stargard comprised th ...

, including the Lordships of

Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg (lit. ''New Brandenburg'', ) is a city in the southeast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located on the shore of a lake called Tollensesee and forms the urban centre of the Mecklenburg Lakeland. The city is famous for its ...

, Stargard, Strelitz and Wesenberg, from 1417 to 1466. He is sometimes called "Henry the Elder" to distinguish him from Duke Henry IV of Mecklenburg.

Life

Henry was born before 1412 as the youngest child of Duke Ulrich I of Mecklenburg-Stargard and his wife Margaret. He ruled Neubrandenburg, initially under guardianship. In 1436 he and his cousin Duke John III of Mecklenburg-Stargard and

Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg (1417 – 9 March 1477) was from 1422 to 1477 Duke of Mecklenburg. Life Henry IV of Mecklenburg, because of his obesity and lavish lifestyle also called the "Henry the Fat", was the son of the Duke John IV of ...

, inherited the Lordship of

Werle {{Infobox country , native_name = ''Herrschaft Werle'' ( de) , conventional_long_name = Lordship of Werle , common_name = Werle , era = Middle Ages , status = Vassal , empire = ...

. After John III's death, Henry ruled all of

. Henry was considered a warlike ruler.

Thomas Kantzow Thomas Kantzow (died 1542) was a chronicler in the Duchy of Pomerania. He studied at the universities of Rostock and Wittenberg, and was a secretary of the Pomeranian dukes. His manuscripts, rediscovered in 1729, 1832 and 1973, are written in Low ...

called him "a wicked robber, who always bothers the Mark (i.e. Brandenburg) and the entire country all the way to Stettin, who was mad at all the cows, leaving Duke Joachim of Stettin wondering where he stored all the hides".Franz Boll, ''Geschichte Stargard'', vol. II, p. 134 During Henry's reign, the

Peace of Wittstock Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...

was concluded, which permanently fixed the southeastern boundary of Mecklenburg.

Marriage and issue

Henry married three times: # Jutta (d. 1427), the daughter of Lord

Nicholas V of Werle Lord Nicholas V of Werle Goldberg and -Waren(between 1341 and 1385 – after 21 January 1408) was Lord of Werle-Goldberg and Werle-Waren from 1385 (or 1395) until 1408. He was the son of John VI of Werle and Agnes, the daughter of Nicholas I ...

-Waren # Ingeborg, a daughter of Duke

Bogislaw VIII Bogisław VIII ( – 11 February 1418),Werner Buchholz, Pommern, Siedler, 1999, p.149, a member of the House of Griffins, was Duke of Pomerania ruling in Pomerania-Stolp from 1395 until his death. He also served as administrator of the Prin ...

of Pomerania # Margaret (1442-1512), the daughter of Duke

Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.), also known as Frederick the Pious (german: der Fromme) (1418–1478) was the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg from 1434 to 1457 and from 1471 to 1478. Life After the death of his father ...

, whom he married in 1452

Issue

Ulrich II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard Ulrich II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard (probably before 1428 – 13 July 1471) was ruling duke in the portion of the duchy of Mecklenburg designated Mecklenburg-Stargard from 1466 to 1471. He was the youngest child of Duke Henry, Duke of Meckle ...

# Margaret (died: before 1451) # Magdalene (died: 2 April 1532), married: ## Duke Wartislaw X of Pomerania ## Count Burchard V of Barby-Mühlingen # Anne, a nun in Ribnitz Abbey (died: 7 January 1498)

Footnotes

External links

Genealogical table of the House of Mecklenburg
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