Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg

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Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
John Albert I
SuccessorCharles I
Born(1527-03-05)5 March 1527
Schwerin
Died14 March 1603(1603-03-14) (aged 76)
Güstrow
SpouseElizabeth of Denmark
Anna
IssueSophie, Queen of Denmark and Norway
HouseHouse of Mecklenburg
FatherAlbrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg
MotherAnna of Brandenburg

Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg or Ulrich III of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (5 March 1527 – 14 March 1603) was

Duke of Mecklenburg (-Güstrow
) from 1555-56 to 1603.

Early life

Ulrich was the third son of Duke

Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin in 1550. Later, he married Magnus's widow, Elizabeth, a daughter of King Frederick I of Denmark. His wife was actually a first cousin of his maternal grandmother Elizabeth of Denmark, daughter of John, King of Denmark. They were first cousins, twice removed. After the death of Elizabeth he married Anna, daughter of Philip I, Duke of Pomerania
.

After the death of his uncle, Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg, Ulrich participated in the national government, especially during Mecklenburg's participation in the Schmalkaldic War. It erupted from an inheritance dispute, which was settled by the "Ruppiner dictum" of the Elector of Brandenburg.

Reign

On 17 February 1555, Ulrich succeeded his brother

John Albert II. Ulrich built the castle at Güstrow
as his principal residence.

Ulrich embodied an educated, modern prince, and was a devout

guilders. Ulrich participated in the exchange with Tycho Brahe and David Chytraeus in the scientific discourse of his time and corresponded with humanists like Heinrich Rantzau
. In 1594, as Chief of Lower Saxony imperial circle, he organized military and financial assistance against the Turkish threat.

In the dispute between

Bishop of Schleswig, Prince Ulrich of Denmark (30 December 1578 – 27 March 1624 in Rühn), who married with Lady Catherine Hahn
-Hinrichshagen.

Ulrich's granddaughter

Elizabeth's throne and that the Princes of Europe should supported him against Spanish claims, with military help if required. Ulrich wrote to James on 20 August with a letter of cautious support, counselling that Elizabeth should name him her successor, and was lukewarm on a definite pledge of arms.[1]

Family

Ulrich's only child from his marriage to Elizabeth of Denmark, Sophie, married King Frederick II of Denmark. Through her, Ulrich was a grandfather to Christian IV of Denmark and a great-grandfather of Charles I of England.

References

  1. ^ Annie I. Cameron, Warrender Papers, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1932), pp. 362, 366-8.
Ulrich of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
House of Nikloting
Born: 5 March 1527 in Schwerin Died: 14 March 1603 in Güstrow
Regnal titles
Religious titles
Preceded by
Administrator of the
Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin

as Ulrich I
1550–1603 		Succeeded by
Ulrik of Denmark
as Ulrich II
Regnal titles
Preceded by
John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg
 Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
as Ulrich III
1555–1603 		Succeeded by
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