Ingeborg of Mecklenburg (1343/45 – 25 July 1395) was a daughter of

Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg (c. 1318 – 18 February 1379) was a feudal lord in Northern Germany on the shores of the Baltic Sea. He reigned as the head of the House of Mecklenburg. His princely seat was located in Schwerin beginning in th ...

and his wife,

Euphemia of Sweden Euphemia of Sweden (Swedish: ''Eufemia Eriksdotter''; 1317 – 16 June 1370) was a Swedish princess. She was Duchess consort of Mecklenburg, heiress of Sweden and of Norway, and mother of King Albert of Sweden. (c. 1338-1412) . Biography E ...

. Euphemia was a daughter of

Ingeborg of Norway Ingeborg of Norway (Old Norse ''Ingibjörg Hákonardóttir'', Swedish ''Ingeborg Håkansdotter'', Norwegian ''Ingebjørg Håkonsdatter''; 1301 – 17 June 1361), was a Norwegian princess and by marriage a Swedish royal duchess with a position ...

, who was the only legitimate child of King

Haakon V of Norway Haakon V Magnusson (10 April 1270 – 8 May 1319) ( non, Hákon Magnússon; no, Håkon Magnusson, label=Modern Norwegian) was king of Norway from 1299 until 1319. Biography Haakon was the younger surviving son of Magnus the Lawmender, Kin ...

. Thus, Ingeborg of Mecklenburg was Haakon V's great-granddaughter. In 1360, she married Louis VI "the Roman" of Bavaria; she was his second wife. The marriage remained childless. After Louis's death, she married

Henry II, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg Count Henry II of Holstein-Rendsburg (nickname ''Iron Henry''; – ) was count of Holstein-Rendsburg and pledge lord of Southern Schleswig. He ruled jointly with his younger brother, Count Nicholas (d. 1397). Life Henry was the elder son o ...

. They had at least four children: *

Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein Gerhard VI (c. 1367–1404) was the Count of Holstein-Rendsburg from 1382, and Duke of Schleswig as of 1386. Gerhard VI was born around 1367, the son of Count Henry II from the Rendsburg line of the House of Schauenburg and Ingeborg of Mecklenbu ...

;Helge bei der Wieden calls him Gerhard V married, in 1391,

Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg (c. 1367 – after 1423) was Duchess consort of Schleswig and Countess consort of Holstein-Rendsburg. She was the regent of some of the fiefs of her son Henry during his minority from 1404 to 1415. Biogr ...

and had issue. *

Albert II, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg Albert II of Holstein ( – 28 September 1403 in Dithmarschen (Ditmarsh)) was the ruling Count of Holstein-Rendsburg from his father's death, in 1381 or 1384, until 1397. From 1397 until his death, he was Count of Holstein-Segeberg. Life ...

Henry III, Count of Schauenburg-Holstein Henry III, Count of Schauenburg-Holstein (d. February 1421 in Bordesholm) was Bishop of Osnabrück as Henry I from 1402 to 1410, and also Count of Holstein-Rendsburg from 1404 until his death. He was the youngest son of Henry II and his second ...

(d. 1421), Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück as Henry I * Sofia of Holstein (1375,

Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the stat ...

– 1448); married, in 1398,

Bogislaw VIII, Duke of Pomerania 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 Prince ...

(1364–1418) and had issue.

References

Ingeborg Ingeborg is a Germanic feminine given name, mostly used in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, derived from Old Norse ''Ingiborg, Ingibjǫrg'', combining the theonym ''Ing'' with the element ''borg'' "stronghold, protection". Ingebjørg is the No ...

1343 births 1395 deaths 14th-century German nobility

Electresses of Brandenburg German countesses 14th-century German women {{Germany-duchess-stub