Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

For other people named Marie of Mecklenburg, see Marie of Mecklenburg (disambiguation).

Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Maria von Mecklenburg and her husband Wartislaw VII on the picture family tree of the griffins by Cornelius Krommeny (1598)
Born	c. 1363–1367
Died	after 13 May 1402
Noble family	House of Mecklenburg
Spouse(s)	Wartislaw VII, Duke of Pomerania
Issue	Eric of Pomerania Catherine of Pomerania
Father	Henry III, Duke of Mecklenburg
Mother	Ingeborg of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg

Marie of Mecklenburg, (born c. 1363–1367, died after 13 May 1402), was a duchess of Pomerania.^[1] She was the daughter of Duke Henry III of Mecklenburg (died 1383) and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (died 1370), elder sister of Queen Margrete I of Denmark.^[2]

History

She married 1380, before March 23, with Duke Wartislaw VII of Pomerania^[3] (died c. 1394–1395) and together they had one son and a daughter:

• Bogusław (c. 1382–1459),^[3] better known as the Kalmar Union King Eric of Pomerania; and,
• Catherine (c. 1390–1426),^[3] married to Count palatine John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt (c. 1383–1443).

Maria was also possibly the heir to her aunt, the Nordic Union Queen Margaret I of Denmark.

See also

• House of Knýtlinga

References

1. Lars Ulwencreutz Ulwencreutz's The Royal Families in Europe V ISBN 978-1304581358
2. Herzogin Marie zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin
3. (in Swedish) Albrekt-släkten Maria av Mecklenburg Henriksdotter