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Families covered: Princes & Dukes of Mecklenburg

                               
Niclotus, Prince of the Wenden (d 1158/60)
m. Amelia of Sweden
1. Pribislaus or Pzbyslaw of the Wenden (d 1178)
  ROYL identifies 3 wives for Pribislaus (1. Petronella, dau of Canut of the Wenden; 2. Verishode, dau of Burewinus of Norway, mother of Henry; 3. Mechtild, dau of Boleslaus, Duke of Poland) but GenEU reports just ...
  m. Woizlawa of Pomerania (d 1172)
  A. Henry Borwin I, Prince of Mecklenburg (d 28.01.1227)
  m1. Mechtild (Matilda) (natural dau of Henry 'the Lion', Duke of Bavaria and Saxony)
i. Henry Borwin II, Prince of Mecklenburg (dvp 1226)
  ROYL shows Henry's wfie as Sophia, dau of Charles VII of Sweden, but GenEu identifies her as ...
  m. Christine of Sweden (dau of Sverker II, King of Sweden)
  a. Johann I 'Theologis', Prince of Mecklenburg (d 1264)
  m. Luitgard of Henneberg (dau of Poppo, Count of Henneberg)
(1) Henry I 'of Jerusalem', Prince of Mecklenburg (d 1302)
  m. (c1259) Anastasia of Pomerania (dau of Barnim, Duke of Pomerania)
  (A) Henry II 'the Lion', Prince of Mecklenburg (b 1267, d 21.01.1329)
  m1. Beatrix of Brandenburg (d 1314, dau of Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg)
  (i) Matilda of Mecklenburg
  m. Otto, Duke of Braunschweig-Luneburg (d 1352)
  m2. (1315) Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg (d 1327, dau of Albert II, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg)
(ii) Albert II, Prince of Mecklenburg (b 1318, d 1379)
  m1. (1336) Euphemia of Sweden (b 1317, d by 06.1370, dau of Erik Magnusson of Sweden)
  (a) Magnus I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d 01.09.1385, 3rd son)
  m. (1369) Elisabeth of Pomerania (dau of Barnim IV, Duke of Pomerania)
  ((1)) Johann IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b c1365, d 16.10.1422)
  m1. (1399) Jutta of Hoya (d 1415)
  ((A)) Magnus of Mecklenburg (dvp after 12.1408)
  m2. (1416) Katharina of Saxe-Lauenburg (dau of Erich IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg)
((B)) Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b 1417, d 03.1477)
  m. (1432) Dorothea of Brandenburg (b 1420, d 19.01.1491, dau of Frederick of Nurnberg, Elector of Brandenburg)
  ((i)) Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b 1441, d 20.11.1503)
  m. (1478) Sofie of Pomerania-Stettin (d 05.1504)
  ((a)) Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin had issue
  ((b)) Albert VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b 1488, d 05.01.1547)
m. (1524) Anna of Brandenburg (b 1507, d 19.06.1567, dau of Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg)
  (((1))) John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin had issue
  (((2))) Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b 22.04.1527, d 14.03.1603)
  m1. (1556) Elizabeth of Denmark (b 14.10.1524, d 15.10.1586, dau of Frederik I, King of Denmark and Sweden)
  (((A))) Sofie, Duchess of Mecklenburg (b 1557, d 1631) S
  m. (1572) Frederik II, King of Denmark and Norway (b 01.07.1534, d 04.04.1588) S
  m2. (1588) Anna of Pomerania-Wolgast (d 1626)
m2. (by 03.1378) Adelheid of Hohenstein (d 1380, dau of Ulrich of Hohenstein)
  (iii) Johann I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard (d 1392/3)
  m1. Rixa (d by 1346)
  m2. (c1346) Anna, Countess of Holstein (d before 1356)
  (a) Anna of Mecklenburg (d 1399) S
  m. (1363) Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania-Rugen (d 1394) S
  m3. Agnes of Lindau-Ruppin (d before 1402)
  (b) Johann II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard had issue
  (c) Ulrich I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard (d 08.04.1417)
  m1. Anna (a 1397)
  m2. Margaret of Pomerania-Stettin (a 1417)
((1)) Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard (dsp before 04.10.1423)
  ((2)) Henry, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard (d 1466)
  m1. Judith of Werle (d by 1428)
  m2. (by 1428) Ingeburg of Pomerania-Stettin
  ((A)) Ulrich II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard had issue
  ((B)) Margaret of Mecklenburg-Stargard S
  m. (1451) Erich II, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast (b 1425, d 07.1474) S
  m3. (04.09.1452) Margaret of Braunschweig-Luneburg (d 09.04.1512)
  m3. (1328) Agnes of Lindau-Ruppin (d 1343)
  b. Nicholas of Rostock, Prince of Werle (d 1277)
  m. (1231) Judith or Jutta of Anhalt (dau of Henry, Prince of Anhalt)
(1) Henry I , Prince of Werle = Prince of the Wenden (d 08.10.1291)
  m1. (1262) Rixa Birgersdotter of Sweden or Denmark (d by 1288)
  (A) Richenda or Rira/Rixa S
  m. (10.01.1284) Albert II, Duke of Braunschweig (b c1268, d 22.09.1318) S
  m2. (1291) Mathilde of Braunschweig-Luneburg (d 1302)
  (2) Johann I of Werle (d 15.10.1283)
  m. Sofie of Lindau-Ruppin
  (A) Johann II, Prince of Werle (d 27.08.1337)
  m. Mechtild of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen
  (i) Sofie of Werle (d 05.09.1364) S
  m1. (13410 Albert IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenberg (b 1315, d 02.1344)
  m2. (1344/5) Barnim IV, Duke of Pomerania (b 1317, d 08.1365) S
  (ii)+ other issue
  (3) Margaret of Werle (d by 07.1261) S
  m. Barnim, Duke of Pomerania (b 1218, d 11.1278) S
  m2. Adelheid of Poland (dsp, dau of Lefcus Albus of Poland)

Main source(s): GenEU (Mecklenburg1, 2, 3), ROYL (tables CCXC, CCLXI)
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