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Johann VII. von Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1558–1592 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 March 1558

Birth Location: Güstrow, Landkreis Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Death Date: 22 March 1592

Death Location: Burg Stargard, Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Father: Johann Mecklenburg-Gustrow

Mother: Princess Hohenzollern

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Johann VII. von Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born in 1558 in Güstrow, Landkreis Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, the child of Johann Albrecht I Duke Of Mecklenburg Gustrow And Princess Anna Sophia Sofie Of Prussia Duchess Of Mecklendurg Hohenzollern. Johann VII. von Mecklenburg-Schwerin passed away in 1592 in Burg Stargard, Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

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Biography

  • Johann VII. von Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born in 1558 in Güstrow, Landkreis Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, the child of Johann Albrecht I Duke Of Mecklenburg Gustrow And Princess Anna Sophia Sofie Of Prussia Duchess Of Mecklendurg Hohenzollern.
  • Johann VII. von Mecklenburg-Schwerin passed away in 1592 in Burg Stargard, Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johann Mecklenburg-Gustrow
1525–1576
Birth Location: Mecklenburg, Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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Princess Hohenzollern
1527–1590
Birth Location: Königsberg, Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Duchy of Prussia
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Johann Mecklenburg-Schwerin's Ancestors

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Johann Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1558–1592
Birth Place: Güstrow, Landkreis Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Parents
Johann Albrecht I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gustrow
1525–1576
Mecklenburg, Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Princess (Anna Sophia\sofie of Prussia, Duchess of Mecklendurg,) Hohenzollern
1527–1590
Königsberg, Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Duchy of Prussia
Grandparents
Albrecht ("the Handsome" Hertog van Mecklenburg-Schwerin Vorst van Wenden) VII
1486–1547
Wismar, Mecklenburg, Sachsen, Germany
Anna (Hohenzollern of) Brandenburg
1507–1567
Berlin, Electorate of Brandenburg, Brandenburg, Allemagne
Albert (of Hohenzollern, 1st Duke of Prussia, Prince of Brandenburg-Ansbach, 37th Grand Master of the Teutonic) Knights
1490–1568
Ansbach, Mittelfranken, Beieren
Dorothea (von) Dänemark
1504–1547
Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Magnus Mecklenburg
1441–1503
Joachim Brandenburg
1484–1535
Elisabeth Denemarken
1485–1555
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Mecklenburg
1417–1477
Dorothea Mecklenburg
1420–1491

Johann Mecklenburg-Schwerin's Timeline

2 Records

1558
7 March 1558
Birth of Johann VII. von Mecklenburg-Schwerin in Güstrow, Landkreis Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Güstrow, Landkreis Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
1592
22 March 1592
Age 34
Death of Johann VII. von Mecklenburg-Schwerin in Burg Stargard, Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Burg Stargard, Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 March 1558
    Event Place: Güstrow, Landkreis Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 March 1592
    Event Place: Burg Stargard, Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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