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20-500: After the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin emancipated its Jewish subjects in 1813 Israel Jacobson bought two feudal manor estates, Klenz and Gehmkendorf and the peasant village Klein Markow (all three are components of today's Jördenstorf). In 1816 he swore his oath of fealty to Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , thus becoming the first Jew with permanent seat and vote in

40-733: A defensive alliance of the Lower Saxon Estates. They tried to seem neutral during the Thirty Years' War , but they secretly supported the Danish troops of king Christian IV . After the Imperial side won the Battle of Lutter , Tilly treated them as enemies. On 19 January 1628, Emperor Ferdinand II issue a decree at Brandýs Castle declaring that the brothers had forfeited their fief and that Mecklenburg would be invested to Wallenstein . In May 1628,

60-503: A recreation of the medieval Stargard lordship, to Adolphus Frederick II . At the same time, the principle of primogeniture was reasserted, and the right of summoning the joint Landtag was reserved to the ruler of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Continued conflicts and partitions weakened the rule of the dukes and affirmed the reputation of Mecklenburg as one of the most backward territories of the Empire. Mecklenburg-Schwerin began its existence during

80-443: A series of constitutional struggles between the duke and the nobles. The heavy debt incurred by Charles Leopold , who had joined Russian Empire in a war against Sweden , brought matters to a head; Charles VI interfered, and in 1728 the imperial court of justice declared the duke incapable of governing. His brother, Christian Ludwig II , was appointed administrator of the duchy. Under this prince, who became ruler de jure in 1747,

100-612: The Confederation of the Rhine . He was later the first member of the confederation to abandon Napoleon , to whose armies he had sent a contingent, and in 1813–1814 he fought against France. With the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Frederick Francis I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin received the title of Grand Duke. After the fall of the monarchies in 1918 resulting from World War I, the Grand Duchy became

120-635: The Duchy of Mecklenburg between Schwerin and Strelitz . Ruled by the successors of the Nikloting House of Mecklenburg , Mecklenburg-Schwerin remained a state of the Holy Roman Empire along the Baltic Sea littoral between Holstein-Glückstadt and the Duchy of Pomerania . The dynasty's progenitor, Niklot (1090–1160), was a chief of the Slavic Obotrite tribal federation, who fought against

140-549: The Estates of the Realm of a German state. As liege lord he also held the patrimonial jurisdiction over his vassal peasants and the patronage of the pertaining Lutheran church, which he conveyed to a Lutheran confidant. In 1817 he further acquired the neighbouring estates of Grambow and Tressow. His life and work, especially this part, is commemorated - among other things - in the permanent exhibition on Mecklenburg's Jewish history in

160-913: The Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . On 1 January 1934 it was united with the neighbouring Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (both today part of the Germany's Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ). [REDACTED]   This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). " Mecklenburg ". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 1018–1020. Circles est. 1500: Bavarian , Swabian , Upper Rhenish , Lower Rhenish–Westphalian , Franconian , (Lower) Saxon John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg John Albert II (5 May 1590 in Waren – 23 April 1636 in Güstrow )

180-601: The Convention of Rostock, by which a new constitution was framed for the duchy, was signed in April 1755. By this instrument, all power lay in the hands of the duke, the nobles, and the upper classes generally; the lower classes were entirely unrepresented. During the Seven Years' War , Frederick II took a hostile attitude towards Frederick the Great , and in consequence Mecklenburg-Schwerin

200-534: The advancing Saxons and was finally defeated in 1160 by Henry the Lion in the course of the Wendish Crusade . Niklot's son, Pribislav , submitted to Henry, and in 1167 came into his paternal inheritance as the first Prince of Mecklenburg. After various divisions of territory among Pribislav's descendants, Henry II of Mecklenburg (1266–1329) by 1312 had acquired the lordships of Stargard and Rostock , and bequeathed

220-562: The brothers left the Duchy, at the request of Wallenstein. In May 1631, Wallenstein was overthrown by Swedish troops, and the brothers returned. John Albert II died in 1636 and was buried in the Minster in Güstrow. John Albert II was married three times. (I) On 9 October 1608 he married Margaret Elizabeth (11 July, 1584 – 16 November, 1616), daughter of Duke Christopher of Mecklenburg. The couple had

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240-588: The death of Gustav Adolph , the family ruling over Mecklenburg-Güstrow became extinct. In 1701, with the endorsement of the Imperial state of the Lower Saxon Circle , the Treaty of Hamburg (1701) was signed and the final division of the country was made. Mecklenburg was divided between the two claimants. The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was given to Frederick William , and the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , roughly

260-583: The duchy, creating the subdivision of Mecklenburg-Güstrow , which Duke Adolf Frederick I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin inherited in 1610. In a second partition of 1621, he granted Güstrow to his brother, John Albert II . Both were deposed in 1628 by Albrecht von Wallenstein , as they had supported Christian IV of Denmark in the Thirty Years' War . Nevertheless, the Swedish Empire forced their restoration three years later. When John Albert II 's son, Duke Gustav Adolph , died without male heirs in 1695, Mecklenburg

280-556: The museum Engelscher Hof and the half-timbered former synagogue in Röbel , 66 km south of Jördenstorf. This Rostock district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ( German : Herzogtum Mecklenburg-Schwerin ) was a duchy in northern Germany created in 1701, when Frederick William and Adolphus Frederick II divided

300-564: The regency of his great-uncle Duke Charles I , jointly with his brother Adolf Frederick I in the Mecklenburg-Schwerin part of the country. After Charles's death, the Emperor declared Adolf Frederick an adult and he ruled alone until John Albert came of age and they began to rule jointly. In 1617 he converted to Protestantism . In the division of Mecklenburg of 1621, John Albert received Mecklenburg-Güstrow. In 1623, both brothers joined

320-587: The reunified Mecklenburg lands – except for the County of Schwerin and Werle – to his sons, Albert II and John. After they both had received the title of duke, the former lordship of Stargard was recast as the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Stargard for John in 1352. Albert II retained the larger western part of Mecklenburg, and after he acquired the former County of Schwerin in 1358, he made Schwerin his residence. In 1363 Albert's son, Duke Albert III , campaigned in Sweden , where he

340-460: Was a duke of Mecklenburg. From 1608 to 1611, he was the nominal ruler of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ; the actual ruler being the regent, his great-uncle Charles I . From 1611 to 1621 John Albert and his brother Adolf Frederick I jointly ruled the whole Duchy of Mecklenburg. From 1621, John Albert ruled Mecklenburg-Güstrow alone. John Albert was the son of Duke John VII and Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp . He reigned from 16 April 1608, under

360-420: Was crowned king one year later. In 1436, William, the last Lord of Werle, died without a male heir. Because William's son-in-law, Ulric II of Mecklenburg-Stargard, had no issue, his line became extinct upon Ulric's death in 1471. All possessions fell back to Duke Henry IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who was then the sole ruler over all of Mecklenburg. In 1520 Henry's grandsons, Henry V and Albert VII , again divided

380-577: Was occupied by Prussia . In other respects Frederick II 's rule proved beneficial to the country. In the early years of the French Revolutionary Wars , Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin remained neutral, and in 1803 he regained Wismar from the Kingdom of Sweden. In 1806 the territory was overrun by the First French Empire , and in 1808 Frederick Francis I joined

400-492: Was reunited once more under Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . In June 1692, when Christian Louis I died in exile and without sons, a dispute arose about the succession to his duchy between his brother, Adolphus Frederick II , and his nephew, Frederick William . The emperor and the rulers of Sweden and of the Electorate of Brandenburg took part in this struggle, which was intensified three years later, when on

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