John III, Lord of Mecklenburg (after 1266 – 27 May 1289 at
Poel
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) was co-ruler of
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg (; nds, label= Low German, Mękel(n)borg ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schweri ...
from 1287 until his death. He was the son of
Henry I Henry I may refer to:
876–1366
* Henry I the Fowler, King of Germany (876–936)
* Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (died 955)
* Henry I of Austria, Margrave of Austria (died 1018)
* Henry I of France (1008–1060)
* Henry I the Long, Margrave of the ...
and his wife Anastasia of Pomerania. From 1287 to 1289, he ruled Mecklenburg jointly with his elder brother
Henry II, under the regency of their uncle
NIcholas III.
John III drowned off the island of
Poel
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on 27 May 1289 and was buried in the
Franciscan
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monastery in
Wismar
Wismar (; Low German: ''Wismer''), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar (''Hansestadt Wismar'') is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city ...
.
Marriage and issue
On 3 November 1288, he married Helena (d. 9 August 1315), the daughter of
Wizlaw II, Prince of Rügen. John and Helena had one daughter:
* Luitgard ( – 1352), married in 1302 to Count Gerhard II of
Hoya
See also
*
List of dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg
This list of dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg dates from the origins of the German princely state of Mecklenburg's royal house in the High Middle Ages to the monarchy's abolition at the end of World War I. Strictly speaking, Mecklenburg's p ...
References
* Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch: ''Helena von Rügen, Gemahlin des Fürsten Johann III. von Meklenburg'', in: ''Jahrbücher des Vereins für Mecklenburgische Geschichte und Altertumskunde'', vol. 25, 1860, p. 61-71
Online
External links
Lords of Mecklenburg
1260s births
1289 deaths
13th-century German nobility
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