The Duchy of Mecklenburg was a duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, located in the region of Mecklenburg. It existed during the Late Middle Ages and the early modern period, from 1471 to 1520, as well as 1695 to 1701. Its capital was Schwerin.
The state was formed in 1471, when duke Henry IV, had united the duchies of Mecklenburg-Stargard and Mecklenburg-Schwerin.Friedrich Wigger, Stammtafeln des Großherzoglichen Hauses von Meklenburg in Verein für Mecklenburgische Geschichte und Altertumskunde: Jahrbücher des Vereins für Mecklenburgische Geschichte und Altertumskunde. Vol. 50 (1885), p. 111-326. The state existed until 7 May 1520, when it was partitioned into the duchies of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Mecklenburg-Schwerin.Gustav Hempel: Geographisch-statistisch-historisches Handbuch des Meklenburger Landes. Frege, Güstrow 1837, p. 52–53.Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch, Die Reformation zu Malchin (Aufsatz 4, Bd. 16), Schwerin, 1851, p. 98. It was again reestablished in 1695, with the unification of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Frederick William became the duke. In 1701, it was partitioned into the duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
List of rulers First state Henry IV and John VI (1471–1472) Henry IV (1472–1477) Magnus II, Albert VI and Balthasar (1477–1483) Magnus II and Balthasar (1483–1503) Balthasar, Eric II, Albrecht VII and Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (1503–1507) Eric II, Albrecht VII and Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (1508) Albrecht VII and Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (1508–1520)
Second state Frederick William (1695–1701)
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