Gunzelin VI, Count of Schwerin

Gunzelin VI. Schwerin († 1327 ) was a Count of Schwerin.

Life

Origin

Gunzelin VI. was the eldest son of Count Nicholas I of Schwerin ( † 1323), Count of Wittenburg, Boizenburg and Crivitz with Silesen and his first wife Elisabeth of Holstein ( † 1327 ).

Career

Gunzelin VI. held on October 31, 1305 status of a schoolmaster at Schwerin cathedral chapter, but had returned to the lay state, probably before 17 February 1307 when he and his father signed a contract with his relatives Henry III on May 1, 1312 at the latest. († 1344) and Gunzelin V. ( † after 1307 ) mitträgt.

His seal impression is obtained by documents from the years 1312, 1316, and on several occasions between 11 November 1322 and 23 November 1326.

After the death of his father he was called on March 30, 1323 as the reigning Count of Wittenburg.

Gunzelin probably died between May 3 and August 7, 1327, as hereinafter only be brothers without him, and in his place his eldest son Otto I appeared in a document.

The latter inherited his father as Count of Wittenburg and Schwerin, while Nicholas (III ), then the next born, Count of Tecklenburg and the male line was continued. However, he sold to his son on December 7, 1358 the schweriner counties to the Dukes of Mecklenburg, which is now titled as Count of Schwerin.

Family

Gunzelin VI. married with Richardis of Tecklenburg († 1327 ), daughter of Otto IV von Tecklenburg - Ibbenbüren († 1307 ) and the Beatrix of Rietberg. She was heiress of the county of Tecklenburg. From this marriage several children were born.

According to Hoffmann speaks more likely than not that even Elizabeth, mentioned in a document in 1378 as a widowed Countess of Gützkow the children Gunzelin VI. is attributed. Schmidt makes clear in retrospect to his post that he is also inclined to this view.