John V of Mecklenburg (1418 – 1 November 1442/13 January 1443) was

Duke of Mecklenburg This list of dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg dates from the origins of the Germany, 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, Mecklen ...

from 1436 to 1442. John was the son of the Duke John IV of Mecklenburg and

Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (''Katarina'' in Swedish; 24 September 1513 – 23 September 1535) was Queen of Sweden as the first wife of Gustav I from 1531 until her death in 1535. Life Catherine was born in Ratzeburg to Magnus I, Duke of Saxe ...

. He ruled

Mecklenburg-Schwerin The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin () was a duchy in northern Germany created in 1701, when Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Frederick William and Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Adolphus Frederick II divided ...

after the death of his father, initially under regency of his mother Catherine, then from 1436 along with his brother Henry IV. On 17 September 1436 he married Anna of Pomerania-Stettin (died after 14 May 1447), the daughter of

Casimir V, Duke of Pomerania Duke Casimir V of Pomerania (or, counting differently, Casimir VI; after 1380 – 13 April 1435) was a member of the House of Griffins and a Duke of Pomerania. He ruled in Pomerania-Stettin together with his brother Otto II from 1413 to 1428 ...

. He was probably buried in the

Doberan Minster The Doberan Minster is the main Lutheranism, Lutheran Church of Bad Doberan in Mecklenburg, Germany. Close to the Baltic Sea and the Hanseatic city of Rostock, it is the most important religious heritage of the European Route of Brick Gothic. It ...

Bad Doberan Bad Doberan () is a town in the district of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It was the capital of the former district of Bad Doberan. In 2012, its population was 11,427. Geography Bad Doberan is situated just west of Rostock's city c ...

References

External links

John V at www.emecklenburg.de
House of Mecklenburg 1418 births Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1440s deaths {{Germany-duke-stub