Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg
Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg (* 1417, † March 9, 1477 ) was from 1422 to 1477, Duke of Mecklenburg.
Life
Mecklenburg called Henry IV, because of his lavish lifestyle and the corresponding obesity Heinrich thickness, was born as the son of Duke John IV of Mecklenburg Mecklenburg and Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg.
He ruled after the death of his father and Albrecht V, to 1436 under regency of his mother, Catherine, along with his brother, John V. († 1442 ).
He married in May 1432, the daughter of the Margrave of Brandenburg Friedrich I. Dorothea.
By the death of William, Prince of Werle in 1436, with the line Werle extinct in the male line, the principality became part of the Duchy of Mecklenburg. After 1471 also died Ulrich II of Mecklenburg [- Stargard ], Mecklenburg was united again under one ruler.
Through the mediation of Henry end ended in May 1472, it Stettin war of succession between the Pomeranian dukes and the Elector of Brandenburg.
At the end of his life he gave more and more to his sons Albrecht VI. , John VI. , And Magnus II the government. The latter took over after the death of Henry and the death of his two older brothers John ( 1474 ) and Albrecht ( 1483 ), the sole successor. Magnus still living younger brother Balthasar was not interested in the business of government.
After his death, Henry was buried in Doberan.
Children
- John VI. († 1474 ), Duke of Mecklenburg
- Albrecht VI. (1438-1483), Duke of Mecklenburg
- Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg
- Catherine ( 1442-1451/52 )
- Anna (1447-1464)
- Elisabeth (1449-1506), abbess of the Poor Clare Monastery in Ribnitz
- Balthasar (1451-1507), Duke of Mecklenburg, Coadjutor in the Diocese of Schwerin to 1479