Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg
Albrecht VII, the Handsome, Duke of Mecklenburg in Gustrow (25 July 1486 – 5 January 1547), was a minor ruler in North Germany of the 16th century. He also asserted claims to Scandinavian thrones based on the royal lineage of the House of Mecklenburg.
In the course of the so-called Count's Feud, the Free City of Lübeck involved Duke Albrecht in its alliance with various parties and offered him the Danish crown. King Christian III of Denmark, however, managed to keep his kingdom: Christopher, Count of Oldenburg, and Duke Albert were besieged in Copenhagen in 1535-1536 until they capitulated.
Marriage and children
On 17 January 1524 he married Anna of Brandenburg, a daughter of Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg. They had the following children:
- Magnus (19 November 1524 - ? )
- Johann Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (23 December 1525 - 12 February 1576)
- Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Schwerin (21 April 1528 - 14 March 1603)
- Georg (22 February 1529 - 20 July 1587)
- Anna (14 October 1533 - 4 July 1602), married Gotthard Kettler, Duke of Courland.
- Ludwig (1535 - 1535)
- Johann (1536 - 1536)
- Christoph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch (30 June 1537 - 4 March 1592), married on 1573 to Dorothea (1528–November 11, 1575), daughter of Frederick I of Denmark and on May 14, 1581 to Princess Elizabeth of Sweden (April 5, 1549 - November 20, 1597)
- Sophie (10 April 1538 - 1538)
- Charles I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Schwerin (28 September 1540 - 22 July 1610)
Ancestry
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16. Magnus I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8. John IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17. Elizabeth of Pomerania-Wolgast |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4. Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18. Eric IV of Saxe-Lauenburg (= 26) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9. Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19. Sophie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (= 27) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Güstrow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21. Elisabeth of Meissen |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5. Dorothea of Brandenburg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22. Frederick, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11. Elisabeth of Bavaria |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23. Maddalena Visconti |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24. Barnim VI, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12. Wartislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25. Veronika of Hohenzollern |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6. Eric II, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26. Eric IV of Saxe-Lauenburg (= 18) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13. Sophie of Saxe-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27. Sophie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (= 19) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3. Sophie of Pomerania-Wolgast |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28. Bogislaw VIII, Duke of Pomerania-Stargard |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14. Bogislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania-Stargard |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29. Sophia of Holstein-Rendsburg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7. Sophia of Pomerania-Stargard |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30. Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15. Maria of Masovia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31. Alexandra of Lithuania |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Persondata |
| Name |
Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg |
| Alternative names |
|
| Short description |
Duke of Mecklenburg (1503-1520), then Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1520-1547) |
| Date of birth |
25 July 1486 |
| Place of birth |
|
| Date of death |
5 January 1547 |
| Place of death |
|