Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg (1170 – 5 June 1226) was a member of the

House of Mecklenburg The House of Mecklenburg, also known as Nikloting, is a North German dynasty of Slavic origin that ruled until 1918 in the Mecklenburg region, being among the longest-ruling families of Europe. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1909–2004), ...

, was a Prince 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 1219 to 1226 and Lord of Rostock (1225-1226).

Life

Henry Borwin II was a son of Henry Borwin I, Lord of Mecklenburg and Matilda of Blieskastel. He was the grandson of the Slavic prince Pribislav, the founder of the

. After he died in 1226 in Güstrow, his four sons ruled Mecklenburg jointly until 1234. They then divided Mecklenburg into the principalities of

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

, Parchim-Richenberg,

Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, ...

and

Marriage and issue

Henry Borwin married in 1200 Christina of Sweden (died: after 20 May 1248), the daughter of King

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. They had the following children: * Nicholas I, Lord of Werle (1210-1277) * John I ''the Theologian'', Lord of Mecklenburg (1211-1264) *

Henry Borwin III, Lord of Rostock Henry Borwin III, Lord of Rostock ( – 1 August 1278) was a member of the House of Mecklenburg. He ruled the Lordship of Rostock jointly with his brothers from 1226 to 1234, then ruled alone until his death. He was the second youngest son of ...

(1220-1278) * Pribislaw I, Lord of Parchim-Richenberg (1224-1256), died in 1275 * Margaret, (died after 18 August 1267), married in 1230 Count Gunzelin III of Schwerin * Matilda, (died after 23 November 1270) married 1229 Duke Sambor II of

Pomerelia Pomerelia,, la, Pomerellia, Pomerania, pl, Pomerelia (rarely used) also known as Eastern Pomerania,, csb, Pòrénkòwô Pòmòrskô Vistula Pomerania, prior to World War II also known as Polish Pomerania, is a historical sub-region of Pome ...

References

External links

Genealogical table of the House of Mecklenburg
Lords of Mecklenburg Lords of Rostock 1170 births 1226 deaths 12th-century German nobility 13th-century German nobility {{Germany-noble-stub