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Marriage: Children:
  1. Johann III Prince Of Mecklenburg Death: 27 May 1289
  2. Luitgarde Of Mecklenburg Birth: Abt 1261 Death: Abt Dec 1283
  3. Heinrich II Prince Of Mecklenburg Birth: Abt 1267 in Riga Death: Abt 21 Jan 1329 in Sternberg

Bibliography
  1. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. I: Die Stammesherzoge, Die Weltlichenkurforsten, Die Kaiserlichen, Koniglichen und Grossherzoglichen Familien. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES I #[0-9]*].
  2. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. II: Die Ausserdeutschen Staaten Die Regierenden Hauser der Ubrigen Staaten Europas. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES II #[0-9]*].
  3. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. III.1 (#1-#200): Herzogs und Grafenhauser des Heiligen Romischen Reiches Andere Europaische Furstenhauser. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES III.1 #[0-9]*].
  4. van de Pas, Leo, Nikolot of Obotrites and Princes of Mecklenburg. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 9/17/1998. Subject: A heathen in your tree? Niklot of the Obotrites.. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/JqfcjYrDlhQ/m/_vaj0e3xwSkJ. Author address: leovdpas at iinet dot net dot au. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Leo van de Pas SGM 9/17/1998-A].
  5. van de Pas, Leo, Heinrich I 'the Pilgrim' Furzt zu Mecklenburg. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 9/17/1998. Subject: Heinrich I 'the Pilgrim' Furzt zu Mecklenburg. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/N6gEPgi1guY/m/gonFobIn0KUJ. Author address: leovdpas at iinet dot net dot au. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Leo van de Pas SGM 9/17/1998-B].
  6. Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: ES I #137]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: ES I #137]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anastasia Duchess Of Pommern
date:
vor 1260 [Ref: ES III.1 #1 (with corr in III.3)],
child:
[Ref: ES I #137]
Research Notes:
Prince of Mecklenburg [Ref: ES I #137]

called "the Pilgrim" [Ref: Leo van de Pas SGM 9/17/1998-B]

Shortly after having succeeded, he went on a crusade against the heathens in Lithuania, one lasting almost two years. With great danger to himself, he saved the life of a three-year-old girl, after which he had her baptised as Catharina and placed in a convent at Rhena. [Ref: Leo van de Pas SGM 9/17/1998-B]

1271: accompanied by a small retinue, he went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, appointing his wife as Regent. On the road between Acre and Jerusalem, on 25 June 1272, he was taken prisoner by the Saracens and brought to Cairo where he was imprisoned. It took three years before the news reached Mecklenburg. Unrest and upheavals then followed as Heinrich's brother, Johann, wanted to take over the Regency. It took a further eight years before Johann could be defeated.
After 26 years imprisonment, a new Sultan released Heinrich in 1297 and, in 1298, he returned to Mecklenburg where he was believed to have had died. However, he was received with great joy, only to die shortly afterwards. [Ref: Leo van de Pas SGM 9/17/1998-A, Leo van de Pas SGM 9/17/1998-B]

1271: captured on a crusade; held prisoner in Egypt until released by the Sultan in 1297 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-248(156)]



Pedigree of Henry I Prince Of Mecklenburg
                                     /-----Niklot Prince Of Obotriten
                            /-----Przybyslaw
                   /-----Heinrich Burwin I Prince Of Mecklenburg
                  |         \-----Wojslawa
          /-----Heinrich Burwin II Co-Regent Of Mecklenburg
         |        |                                             /-----Albert Asso II Count Of Milan And Maine
         |        |                                    /-----Welf IV Duke Of Bavaria
         |        |                                   |         \-----Cunegonde Of Carinthia
         |        |                           /-----Henry IX The Black Duke Of Bavaria
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Baldwin IV The Bearded Count Of Flanders
         |        |                          |         \-----Judith Of Flanders
         |        |                          |                  \-----Judith Of Normandy
         |        |                  /-----Henry X The Proud Duke Of Bavaria
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Ordolf Duke Of Saxony
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Magnus Duke Of Saxony
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Ulfhild Of Norway
         |        |                 |         \-----Wulfhilda Of Saxony
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Bela I King Of Hungary
         |        |                 |                  \-----Sophia Of Hungary
         |        |                 |                           \-----Rixa Of Poland
         |        |         /-----Henry V The Lion Duke Of Saxony
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Bernhard Count In Harz-Derlingau
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Gebhard Of Supplingenburg, Count In Harzgau
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Ida Of Querfurt
         |        |        |        |         /-----Lothar Von Supplinburg, Emperor
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Frederick Count Of Formbach
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Hedwig Of Formbach
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Gertrude Von Haldenslaben
         |        |        |         \-----Gertrude Of Saxony
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Otto I Count Of Northeim, Duke Of Bavaria
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Henry The Fat Count Of Nordheim
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Richeza
         |        |        |                  \-----Richeza Of Nordheim
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Ekbert II Margrave Of Saxony And Thuringia
         |        |        |                           \-----Gertrude Heiress Of Brunswick
         |        |        |                                    \-----Ermengarde Markgrafin Of Susa
         |         \-----Mechtild Of Saxony
         |                 |                                    /-----Godfrey I Count Of Metz
         |                 |                           /-----Folman III Count Of Metz
         |                 |                          |         \-----Judith
         |                 |                  /-----Gottfried III Count In Bleisgau
         |                 |                 |         \-----Spanhilda
         |                 |         /-----Gottfried I Count Of Blieskastel
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Giselbert Count Of Luxembourg
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Conrad I Count Of Luxembourg
         |                 |        |         \-----Mathilda Of Luxemburg
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----William V Peter Count Of Poitou, Duke Of Aquitaine
         |                 |        |                  \-----Clementia Of Poitou
         |                 |        |                           \-----Emisinde Of Longwy
         |                  \-----Ida Of Blieskastel
 /-----Johann I Prince Of Mecklenburg
|        |                                                      /-----Crinan The Thane Abbot Of Dunkeld
|        |                                             /-----Donnchad (Duncan I) Mac CRINAN, King Of Scots
|        |                                            |         \-----Bethoc
|        |                                    /-----Mael Coluim Ceann Moir (Malcolm III) Canmore Mac DONNCHAD, King Of Scots
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sigurd Digera Earl Of Northumbria
|        |                                   |         \-----Sibylia Of Northumbria
|        |                                   |                  \-----Aelflaed
|        |                           /-----David I The Saint King Of Scots
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Edmund Ironside King Of England
|        |                          |        |         /-----Edward Athling The Exile
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Ealgyth
|        |                          |         \-----Saint Margaret Of Scotland
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Jaroslav I Grand Prince Of Kiev
|        |                          |                  \-----Agatha
|        |                          |                           \-----Ingegard
|        |                  /-----Henry Of Huntingdon, Earl Of Huntingdon
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Beorn
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sigurd Digera Earl Of Northumbria
|        |                 |        |         /-----Waltheof II Earl Of Huntingdon
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Ealdred Of Bernicia
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Aelflaed
|        |                 |         \-----Maud Of Huntingdon
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Eustace I Count Of Boulogne
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Lambert Of Boulogne, Count Of Lens
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Maud Of Louvain
|        |                 |                  \-----Judith Of Lens
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Robert I The Devil Duke Of Normandy
|        |                 |                           \-----Adelaide Of Normandy
|        |                 |                                    \-----Herleve Of Falaise
|        |         /-----William The Lion King Of Scots
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Rodulf De Warrene
|        |        |        |                           /-----Ralph II De Warrene
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Beatrice De VASCOEUIL
|        |        |        |                  /-----William De Warrene, Earl Of Surrey
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Emma
|        |        |        |         /-----William II De Warrene, Earl Of Surrey
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Gherbod The Fleming, Advocate Of St. Bertins
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Gundred
|        |        |         \-----Ada De WARENNE
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Robert II The Pious King Of France
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Henry I King Of France
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Constance Of Provence
|        |        |                 |         /-----Hugh Magnus Duke Of France
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Jaroslav I Grand Prince Of Kiev
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Anne Of Kiev
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Ingegard
|        |        |                  \-----Isabel De Vermandois, Countess Of Leicester
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Eudes Count Of Vermandois
|        |        |                          |         /-----Herbert IV Count Of Vermandois
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Parvie
|        |        |                           \-----Adelaide De Vermandois, Countess Of Vermandois
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Raoul III The Great Count Of Valois And Vexin
|        |        |                                    \-----Adela De Valois
|        |        |                                             \-----Adela
|         \-----Christine Of Sweden
Henry I Prince Of Mecklenburg
|                                                               /-----Otto Count Of Grabfeld
|                                                      /-----Otto III Count
|                                             /-----Poppo I Count Of Henneberg
|                                    /-----Gotebold II Count Of Henneberg
|                                   |        |                  /-----Charles Duke Of Lower Lorraine
|                                   |        |         /-----Louis Barbafus Of Thuringia
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Adelheid Of Ardennes
|                                   |         \-----Hildegard Of Schauenberg
|                                   |                  \-----Cecilia Countess Of Sangerhausen
|                           /-----Berthold I Count Of Henneburg
|                          |        |                  /-----Emicho Count In Nehegau
|                          |        |         /-----Berthold Count Of Hohenberg
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Berthold Count In Wetterau
|                          |        |        |         \-----Kunigunde Of Stromberg
|                          |         \-----Luitgard Of Hohenberg
|                          |                  \-----Luitgard
|                  /-----Poppo VI Count Of Henneburg
|                 |        |                                    /-----Frederick I Pfalzgraf Of Saxony
|                 |        |                           /-----Frederick II Pfalzgraf Of Saxony
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Agnes Of Weimar
|                 |        |                  /-----Friedrich III Of Putelendorf, Count Of Goseck
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Hedwig Of Bavaria
|                 |        |         /-----Friedrich IV Pfalzgraf Of Saxony
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Lothar Udo II Count Of Stade, Markgraf Of Nordmark
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Lothar Udo III Count Of Stade, Markgraf Of Nordmark
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Adelheid Of Rheinfelden
|                 |        |        |         \-----Adelheid Of Stade
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Hermann Count Of Werle
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Oda Of Werl
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Richeza
|                 |         \-----Bertha Of Putelendorf
|                 |                 |                           /-----Waleran I The Old Count Of Arlan
|                 |                 |                  /-----Udo/Waleran I Duke Of Limburg
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Adela
|                 |                 |         /-----Henry I Duke Of Limburg
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Frederick II Duke Of Lower Lorraine
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Jutta
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Gerberge
|                 |                  \-----Agnes Of Limburg
|                 |                          |                  /-----Hartwig II Pfalzgraf In Bavaria
|                 |                          |         /-----Boto The Bold Von Botenstein
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Frideruns
|                 |                           \-----Adelaide
|                 |                                   |         /-----Otto III Count Of Schweinfurt, Duke Of Swabia
|                 |                                    \-----Judith Von Schweinfurt
|                 |                                             \-----Ermengarde Markgrafin Of Susa
|         /-----Poppo VII Count Of Henneberg
|        |        |                                             /-----Frederick I Count In Upper Isar And Warrenburg
|        |        |                                    /-----Berthold I Count In The Upper Isar And Of Diessen
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Kunizza
|        |        |                           /-----Berthold II Count Of Diessen And Andach
|        |        |                  /-----Berthold III Count Of Diessen
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Henrich Margrave Of Schweinfurt
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Otto III Count Of Schweinfurt, Duke Of Swabia
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Gerberga Of Gleiberg
|        |        |                 |         \-----Gisela Von Schweinfurt
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Ulric Manfred II Marquess Of Turin
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Ermengarde Markgrafin Of Susa
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Bertha
|        |        |         /-----Berthold IV Count Of Andache
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Poppo I Markgraf Of Krain And Istrien
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Ulric I Count Of Krain And Istria
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Hadamut Of Istria
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Poppo II Margrave Of Krain And Istria
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Bela I King Of Hungary
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Sophia Of Hungary
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Rixa Of Poland
|        |        |        |         \-----Sophia Of Istria
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Siegfried Von Spondheim, Count Of Levanthal
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Engelbert I Von Spondheim, Count In Lavanthal
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Richardis
|        |        |        |                  \-----Richarda Of Lavaret
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Bernhard Von Flinsbach
|        |        |        |                           \-----Hedwig
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Alilia
|        |         \-----Sophia Of Andechs
|        |                 |                                    /-----Dietmar (Thiemas) Count In The Quinziggau
|        |                 |                           /-----Thiemo II Count In The Quinziggau
|        |                 |                  /-----Ekbert I Count Of Formbach
|        |                 |         /-----Ekbert II Count Of Putten And Neuberg
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Arnold II Markgraf Of Kartner Mark
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Godfrey Count In The Ernsthal
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Regilla
|        |                 |        |         \-----Mathilda Heiress Of Lambeck
|        |                  \-----Hedwig Of Formbach
|        |                          |                           /-----Ottokar V Count In The Chimgau
|        |                          |                  /-----Ottokar VI Count Of Chimgau, Count Of Styria
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Wilibirg
|        |                          |         /-----Ottokar II Margraf Of Styria
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Adalbert Von Epperstein, Duke Of Carinthia
|        |                          |        |         \-----Wilibirg
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Beatrix
|        |                           \-----Wilibirg
|        |                                   |                  /-----Earnest The Valiant Margrave Of Austria
|        |                                   |         /-----Leopold II Le Beau Margrave Of Austria
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Adelaide Of Misnia
|        |                                    \-----Elizabeth
|        |                                            |         /-----Ratpoto Count Of Cham
|        |                                             \-----Ita Of Cham
|        |                                                      \-----Matilda De LAMBACH
 \-----Luitgard Of Henneberg
         |                  /-----Mangold Of Thundorf
         |         /-----Berthold Of Wildberg
          \-----Elizabeth Of Wildberg
                  |         /-----Hartman Of Auhausen
                   \-----(Unk) Of Auhausen



Descendants of Henry I Prince Of Mecklenburg
1. Henry I Prince Of Mecklenburg m. Anastasia Duchess Of Pommern
m. Anastasia Duchess Of Pommern father: Barnim I Duke Of Pommern mother: Marianna Of Sweden

2nd generation

4. Heinrich II Prince Of Mecklenburg m1. Beatrix Of Brandenburg m2. Anna Of Wittenburg m3. Agnes Of Lindow
m. Beatrix Of Brandenburg father: Albrecht III Markgraf Of Brandenburg mother: Mathilde Of Denmark
m. Anna Of Wittenburg father: Albert II Duke Of Saxe-Wittenburg mother: Agnes Of Hapsburg
m. Agnes Of Lindow father: Ulrich I Count Of Lindow mother: Adelheid Of Schladen

3rd generation

5. Mechtild Of Mecklenburg m. Otto III Duke Of Brunswick
m. Otto III Duke Of Brunswick father: Otto II Duke Of Brunswick mother: Mathilda Of Bavaria
6. Agnes Of Mecklenburg m. Nikolaus III Prince Of Werl
m. Nikolaus III Prince Of Werl father: Johann II Prince Of Werl mother: Mechtild Of Braunschweig
7. Albrecht II Duke Of Mecklenburg m1. Euphemia Of Sweden m2. Adelheid Von Hohnstein
m. Euphemia Of Sweden father: Erik Duke Of Sweden mother: Ingeborg Of Norway
m. Adelheid Von Hohnstein father: Ulrich I Count Of Hohenstein mother: Agnes Of Braunschweig

4th generation

11. Lorenz Prince Of Werl m. Mechtild Of Werle
m. Mechtild Of Werle father: Nikolaus IV Prince Of Werle mother: Agnes Of Lindow
12. Ingeburg Of Mecklenburg m1. Louis VI Duke Of Upper Bavaria m2. Heinrich II Count Of Holstein
m. Louis VI Duke Of Upper Bavaria father: Louis The Bavarian Count Of Hainault, German King mother: Margaret II Countess Of Hainault
m. Heinrich II Count Of Holstein father: Gerhard III Count Of Holstein mother: Sophia Of Werle
13. Albrecht III King Of Sweden m. Richarda Of Schwerin
m. Richarda Of Schwerin father: Otto I Count Of Schwerin mother: Mathilde Of Werle
14. Magnus I Duke Of Mecklenburg m. Elisabeth Of Pommern
m. Elisabeth Of Pommern father: Barnim IV Duke Of Pomerania mother: Sophie Of Werle
15. Henry III Duke Of Mecklenburg m1. Ingeborg Of Denmark m2. Mechtild Of Werle
m. Ingeborg Of Denmark father: Waldemar IV King Of Denmark mother: Heilwig Of Schleswig
m. Mechtild Of Werle father: Bernhard II Prince Of Werle mother: Elisabeth Of Holstein

5th generation

17. Sophia Of Holstein m. Bogislaus VIII Duke Of Pomerania
m. Bogislaus VIII Duke Of Pomerania father: Bogislaus V Duke Of Pomerania mother: Adelheid Of Braunschweig
18. Gerhard V Count Of Holstein, Duke Of Schleswig m. Elisabeth Katharina Of Brunswick
m. Elisabeth Katharina Of Brunswick father: Magnus II Torquatus Duke Of Brunswick mother: Katharina Of Anhalt
19. Richardis Of Mecklenburg m. Johann Of Luxemburg, Prince Of Bohemia
m. Johann Of Luxemburg, Prince Of Bohemia father: Charles IV King Of Bohemia, Emperor mother: Elizabeth Of Pomerania
21. Johann IV Duke Of Mecklenburg m. Katherine Of Saxony
m. Katherine Of Saxony father: Erich IV Duke Of Saxony-Lauenburg mother: Sophia Of Brunswick
22. Maria Of Mecklenburg m. Wartislaw VII Duke Of Pomerania
m. Wartislaw VII Duke Of Pomerania father: Bogislaus V Duke Of Pomerania mother: Adelheid Of Braunschweig