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Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg

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Reign
  
1219–1226

Name
  
Henry II,

Predecessor
  
Henry Borwin I

Spouse(s)
  
Christina of Sweden

Great-grandparents
  
Niklot


Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg

Successor
  
John I, Nicholas I, Henry Borwin III, and Pribislaw I

Father
  
Henry Borwin I, Lord of Mecklenburg

Died
  
June 5, 1226, Gustrow, Germany

Parents
  
Henry Borwin I, Lord of Mecklenburg

Children
  
Henry Borwin III, Lord of Rostock, Nicholas I of Werle, John I, Lord of Mecklenburg, Pribislaw I

Grandchildren
  
Waldemar, Lord of Rostock

Noble family
  
House of Mecklenburg

Grandparents
  
Pribislav of Mecklenburg

Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg (1170 – 5 June 1226) was a member of the House of Mecklenburg, was a Prince of Mecklenburg from 1219 to 1226 and Lord of Rostock (1225-1226).

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Life

Borwin Henry II was a son of Henry Borwin I and Matilda of Blieskastel. He was the grandson of the Slavic prince Pribislav, the founder of the House of Mecklenburg. After he died in 1226 in Güstrow, his four sons ruled Mecklenburg jointly until 1234. They then divided Mecklenburg into the principalities of Werle, Parchim-Richenberg, Rostock and Mecklenburg.

Marriage and issue

Henry Borwin married in 1200 Christina of Sweden (died: after 20 May 1248), the daughter of King Sverker II of Sweden. They had the following children:

  • Nicholas I, Lord of Werle (1210-1277)
  • John I the Theologian, Lord of Mecklenburg (1211-1264)
  • Henry Borwin III, Lord of Rostock (1220-1278)
  • Pribislaw I, Lord of Parchim-Richenberg (1224-1256), died in 1275
  • Margaret, (died after 18 August 1267), married in 1230 Count Gunzelin III of Schwerin
  • Matilda, (died after 23 November 1270) married 1229 Duke Sambor II of Pomerelia

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