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Henry I, Lord of Mecklenburg (nicknamed the Pilgrim, c. 1230 – 2 January 1302) ruled Mecklenburg from 1264 to 1275 and from 1299 until his death. Background. He was the eldest son of Lord John I. After his father's death, he at first ruled jointly with his brother Albert I. After Albert died in 1265, John ruled alone.
Henry I, Lord of Mecklenburg (nicknamed the Pilgrim, c. 1230 – 2 January 1302) ruled Mecklenburg from 1264 to 1275 and from 1299 until his death.
Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts.
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Henry Borwin I was a son of Pribislaw and his wife, Woizlava of Pomerania, daughter of Wartislaw I, Duke of Pomerania. Pribislav was an Obotrite prince and was the first Lord of Mecklenburg. He died on 30 December 1178 of a wound he received during a tournament at the court of Henry the Lion in Lüneburg, and Henry Borwin I succeeded him as Lord of ...
Henry Borwin I married twice. His first wife was Matilda, illegitimate daughter of Henry the Lionand Ida von Blieskastel. With her, he had two sons: 1. Nicholas II, Lord of Mecklenburg(d. 1225) 2. Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg(d. 1226) His second wife was Adelaide. With her, he had a daughter: 1. Elisabeth of Mecklenburg (d. 1265), abbess of...
Ludwig Fromm (1876), "Heinrich Borwin I.", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie(in German), vol. 3, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 183
Lord Henry II of Mecklenburg's paternal great-grandmother, a Scandinavian noblewoman named Christina, who was the wife of Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg (d 1226), was a daughter of King Sverker II of Sweden by his first wife.
Despite his many successes in war, diplomacy, and government, Henry I's legacy was a disputed succession and almost inevitable civil war. From: Henry I in A Dictionary of British History ». Subjects: History — Regional and National History.
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The death of William Atheling had caused a succession problem for Henry had no remaining male heir to succeed him. Henry therefore remarried Adeliza [Adela, Adeleine, Adelaide], daughter of Geoffrey, Count of Louvain, Duke of Lower Brabant and Lower Lorraine and his wife Ida, hoping for a male heir.
