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Gunzelin VI, Count of Schwerin

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Noble family
  
House of Hagen

Mother
  
Elisabeth of Holstein


Name
  
Gunzelin Count

Died
  
1327

Spouse(s)
  
Richardis of Tecklenburg

Father
  
Niklot I, Count of Schwerin

Parents
  
Niklot I, Count of Schwerin

Children
  
Otto I, Count of Schwerin, Richardis of Schwerin, Duchess of Schleswig, Nicholas I, Count of Tecklenburg

Grandchildren
  
Richardis of Schwerin, Queen of Sweden, Otto VI, Count of Tecklenburg, Henry, Duke of Schleswig

Grandparents
  
Gunzelin III, Count of Schwerin

Great grandchildren
  
Richardis Catherine of Mecklenburg, Nicholas II, Count of Tecklenburg, Eric I, Duke of Mecklenburg

Similar People
  
Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Ludvig Holberg, Valdemar IV of Denmark

Gunzelin VI of Schwerin (died: 1327) was a son of Count Niklot I of Schwerin and his wife, Elisabeth of Holstein. In 1323, he succeeded his father in Schwerin-Wittenburg.

He was married to Richardis of Tecklenburg, daughter of Count Otto IV of Tecklenburg. They had five children:

  • Otto (d. 1357)
  • Nicholas (d. 1367)
  • Matilda, married Count Henning of Gützkow
  • Beata, in 1334 married Albert IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
  • Richardis (d. 1384), married Valdemar V, Duke of Schleswig
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