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However, George died only two months later, and Henry succeeded to the duchy aged 66. He made Lutheranism the state religion of the Duchy of Saxony but reigned for only two years. Marriage and children. In Freiberg, on 6 July 1512, Heinrich married Catherine of Mecklenburg, daughter of Duke Magnus II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. They had six children:
Ernest married Sophia, daughter of Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg and Ursula of Brandenburg, on 2 June 1528 in Schwerin. They had the following children who reached adulthood: Francis Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1530–1559), married Elisabeth Magdalena of Brandenburg, daughter of Joachim II Hector of Brandenburg and Hedwig of Poland.
During his absence, Mecklenburg was ruled by his brothers John II and Nicholas III, after a fight between his brothers and cousins about the regency and the guardianship of his children. After John II died in 1283, Nicholas III ruled alone, until Henry II came of age in 1290. Henry I returned to Mecklenburg via Morea and Rome in 1298.
Jan 26, 1996 · Head of the house. Duke Borwin succeeded as head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz on 26 January 1996 upon the death of his father Duke Georg Alexander. Due to the terms of the 1701 Treaty of Hamburg, with the death of Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 31 July 2001 Duke Borwin became head of the entire House of ...
Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 19 April 1876 as the youngest son of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and his third wife, Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. When he was seven years old, his father died and he was succeeded by Henry’s much older half-brother who became Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke [read more]
Bust-length portrait of Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (1479-1552), called the Peaceful, against a blue background, facing to the right.
When Henry V Von Mecklenburg Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 3 May 1479, in Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, his father, Mangus II Duke of Meckleburg-Schweirn and Gustrow, was 38 and his mother, Princess Sophia "Sofie" Herzogin Mecklenburg Pommerania-Stettin of Pomerania, was 19. He married Ursula Of Hohenzollern Princess of ...
