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Ingeborg of Mecklenburg Schwerin

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Mother
  
Euphemia of Sweden


Died
  
25 July 1395 (aged 51–52)

Spouse
  
Louis VI of Bavaria Henry II of Holstein-Rendsburg

Issue
  
Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein Albert II, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg Henry III, Count of Schauenburg-Holstein Sophia, Duchess of Pomerania

House
  
House of Mecklenburg (by birth) House of Wittelsbach (by marriage) House of Schauenburg (by marriage)

Father
  
Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg

Name
  
Ingeborg Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Ingeborg of Mecklenburg (1343/45 – 25 July 1395) was a daughter of Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg and his wife, Euphemia of Sweden. Euphemia was a daughter of Ingeborg of Norway, who was the only legitimate child of King Haakon V of Norway. Thus, Ingeborg of Mecklenburg was Haakon V's great-granddaughter.

In 1360, she married Louis VI "the Roman" of Bavaria; she was his second wife. The marriage remained childless.

After Louis's death, the married Henry II, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg. They had at least four children:

  • Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein; married, in 1391, Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg and had issue.
  • Albert II, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg
  • Henry III, Count of Schauenburg-Holstein (d. 1421), Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück as Henry I
  • Sofia of Holstein (1375, Lübeck - 1448); married, in 1398, Bogislaw VIII, Duke of Pomerania (1364-1418) and had issue.
  • References

    Ingeborg of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Wikipedia