Albert IV (; before 1363 - 24/31 December 1388) was Duke of Mecklenburg from 1383 to 1388.
Life He was the son of the Duke Henry III of Mecklenburg and Ingeborg of Denmark.
Albert was also a claimant to the Danish throneNordman, Viljo Adolf in Albrecht Herzog von Mecklenburg König von Schweden, Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian Toimituksia B:44:1, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Helsinki, 1939 p. 334. after the death of King Valdemar IV, but Olaf II succeeded instead.Margaret of Denmark By Mary Hill. Page 52-55
After his father Henry died in 1383, Albert ruled Mecklenburg jointly with his uncles Albert III and Magnus I and his cousin John IV.
He was married to Elisabeth of Holstein, the daughter of Nicholas, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg and died in December 1388. In 1404 his widow Elisabeth married Duke Eric V of Saxe-Lauenburg.
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www.mittelalter-genealogie.de