Christopher, Duke of Mecklenburg

Christoph, Duke of Mecklenburg (* July 30, 1537 in Augsburg, † March 4, 1592 in the monastery Tempzin ), son of Duke Albrecht VII of Mecklenburg [- Güstrow ] Administrator to Ratzeburg and the Commandery Mirow.

Life

At the instigation of his older brother Johann Christoph Albrecht I in 1554 postulated the age of seventeen from Ratzeburg cathedral chapter as the successor of Bishop Christoph von der Schulenburg and was the first Lutheran administrator in Hochstift Ratzeburg.

1555 he also became Coadjutor Archbishop of Riga, William of Brandenburg- Ansbach, with the right of succession. His election was disputed and led to armed conflict, during which both the July 1, 1556 to Kockenhusen (now Koknese ) were captured. 1557 released after negotiations and recognized as a coadjutor, but he could not enforce his claim to succession after William's death in 1563 and was captured again in the following Auseinandersztungen with Poland. He did not come until 1569 free, after he had renounced all his claims, and returned to Mecklenburg.

His first wife was Dorothea of ​​Denmark (* 1528), daughter of King Frederick I. They married on October 27, Koldinghus 1573rd She died two years later in the bishopric to Schoenberg of the diocese of Ratzeburg on 11 November 1575th The second woman Elisabeth of Sweden, a daughter of King Gustav Vasa, he married on May 7, 1581 Stockholm. With her he had the daughter Margarete Elisabeth. After Christopher's death, she went back to her home and lived on Norrköpingshus. She died in Sweden on November 20, 1597 and was buried in the cathedral of Uppsala. Christoph is buried in the cathedral at Schwerin, which by Elisabeth commissioned grave monument of kneeling before a prie-dieu couple in northern chapel of dealing to the high choir was supported from 1594 to 1596 from the workshop of the Flemish sculptor Robert Coppens made ​​by Pomeranian painter Georg Strachen.

Children

  • Margarete Elisabeth ( * July 11, 1584, † November 16, 1616 ), ∞ since October 9, 1608 Duke Johann Albrecht II of Mecklenburg
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