Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Mecklenburg-Güstrow was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in Northern Germany, that existed on three occasions ruled by the House of Mecklenburg at Güstrow.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Duchy of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
- Country.common_name
- Mecklenburg-Güstrow
- Country.status
- Duchy
- Country.empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Country.year_start
- 1480
- Country.year_end
- 1695
- Country.life_span
- 1480–14831520–16101621–1695
- Country.event_pre
- Death of Henry IV
- Country.date_pre
- 1477
- Country.event_start
- First partition ofMecklenburg
- Country.event1
- Reunited
- Country.date_event1
- 1483
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Mecklenburg-Güstrow was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in Northern Germany, that existed on three occasions ruled by the House of Mecklenburg at Güstrow.
==History== thumb|left|Güstrow Castle A first short-lived predecessor existed after the death of Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg in 1477 and the subsequent partition of his lands among his sons in 1480. Albert VI received the estates of the former Lordship of Werle around Güstrow. However, Albert died without issue in 1483 and his lands were inherited by his younger brother Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
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