Albert IV, Duke of Mecklenburg
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Albert IV, Duke of Mecklenburg was co-regent of Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern...

 from 1383 to 1388. He was the son of the Duke Henry III
Henry III, Duke of Mecklenburg
Henry III, Duke of Mecklenburg was Duke of Mecklenburg from 1379 until his death.- Life :Henry was the first son of Duke Albert II of Mecklenburg and his wife Euphemia of Sweden, the sister of King Magnus II of Sweden....

 of Mecklenburg and Ingeborg of Denmark
Ingeborg of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg
Ingeborg of Denmark was the eldest surviving daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark and his wife Helvig of Schleswig. By marriage she was Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, although she died before her husband's succeed her father-in-law...

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He was also a claimant to the Danish throne after Valdemar's death, but King Olaf II
Olaf II of Denmark
Olaf Haraldsen was a Danish anti-king who ruled Scania for a few years from 1139. He never won control over the rest of Denmark, and he is not included in the list of Danish monarchs used by the Danish monarchy or Den Store Danske Encyklopædi...

 succeeded instead.

After his father died in 1383, he ruled Mecklenburg jointly with his uncles Albert III and Magnus I
Magnus I, Duke of Mecklenburg
Magnus I, Duke of Mecklenburg was Duke of Mecklenburg from 1383 until his death. Magnus was the third son of Duke Albert II of Mecklenburg and his wife Euphemia, the sister of the King Magnus Eriksson of Sweden...

 and his cousin John IV
John IV, Duke of Mecklenburg
John IV, Duke of Mecklenburg was sole ruler of the Duchy of Mecklenburg from 1384 to 1395 and co-regent from 1395 to 1422.- Life :...

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He was married to Elisabeth of Holstein, the daughter of Duke Nikolaus of Holstein-Rendsburg and died in December 1388.

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