Lordship of Rostock
Lordship of Rostock Herrschaft (or Fürstentum) Rostock | |||||||||
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| 1226–1323 | |||||||||
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Partitioned from the duchy of Mecklenburg | 1226 | ||||||||
• Rostock placed under the protection and overlordship of Denmark | Some time between 1286 and 1312[when?] | ||||||||
• Denmark grants Rostock to Henry II of Mecklenburg as a hereditary fief | 21 May 1323 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
The Lordship or Principality of Rostock (
The first
After some unsuccessful attempts by two other Mecklenburgian lordships, Werle and Mecklenburg, to take control of Rostock, Nicholas I, placed Rostock under the protection and overlordship of Eric VI, King of Denmark. However, after a successful defence Denmark became Rostock's de facto owner. Already by 1311 Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg sought to take the town of Rostock once more, and succeeded on 15 December 1312. In 1314 Nicholas of Rostock died disempowered and without a male heir. In 1312 the town of Rostock already saw Henry II as a representative of the Danish King. After a further war Henry II conquered Rostock and secured peace with the Danish King Christopher II on 21 May 1323. He received the Lordships of Rostock, Gnoien and Schwaan as hereditary fiefs of Denmark and with that the Lordship of Rostock ceased to exist as an independent entity.
References
- ^ Karge, Wolf & Münch, Ernst & Schmied, Hartmut: Die Geschichte Mecklenburgs. Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 1993, p29.