Henry I was a Prince of Mecklenburg-Werle and Mecklenburg-Güstrow

Mecklenburg-Güstrow

Mecklenburg-Güstrow was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in Northern Germany, that existed on three separate occasions ruled by the House of Mecklenburg at Güstrow.-History:...

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Biography

He was the son Prince Nicholas I of Mecklenburg-Werle and his wife Princess Jutta of Anhalt the daughter of Prince Henry I of Anhalt and his wife Princess Irmgard of Thuringia. Henry and his brother John ruled Mecklenburg-Werle jointly following the death of their father on 10 May 1277.

Henry and his brother ruled jointly until 1283 when Henry founded the principality of Mecklenburg-Güstrow while John took up residence in the principality of Mecklenburg-Parchim which he ruled jointly with Prince Pribislaw II. Henry's reign in Güstrow came to an end on 8 October 1291 after he was murdered near Saal

Saal, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Saal is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.The community is under administration of the small city of Barth. Saal has first been documented in a deed of the city of Barth in the year of 1255. At this time there was an already abandoned Slavic castle...

 by his two sons Henry and Nicholas both of whom who succeeded him.

Marriages and children

Henry was married twice firstly in 1262 to Rikissa Birgersdotter

Rikissa Birgersdotter

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 (died 1288). He was married secondly in 1291 to Matilde of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1302) the daughter of John of Brunswick, Duke of Lüneburg

John of Brunswick, Duke of Lüneburg

John reigned jointly with his brother, Albert, as the second Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg until the partition of the duchy. John was also the first ruler of the newly-created Principality of Lüneburg in 1269.-Life:...

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• Prince Henry (died 1308)
• Prince Nicholas (died 1298)
• Princess Richsa (died 1312) married Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen