Ancestral Trails 2016 » Johan von MECKLENBURG VII (1558-1592)

Personal data Johan von MECKLENBURG VII 


Household of Johan von MECKLENBURG VII

He is married to Sophia von SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP.

They got married on February 17, 1588, he was 29 years old.


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Notes about Johan von MECKLENBURG VII

Johann VII of Mecklenburg (7 March 1558 - 22 March 1592) (sometimes called Johann V, and usually translated to John VII or John V) was a Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Johann was the son of John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Schwerin (1525-1576), and his wife Duchess Anna Sophia of Prussia (1527-1591). He was eighteen years old when his father died. A regency council was appointed that ruled in his name for the next nine years.

The regency handed over the actual rule of his territories to him in 1585. He immediately faced problems he was ill-equipped to deal with, including massive debt and his uncle Christopher's demands for territorial concessions. After an especially harsh argument with his uncle, he committed suicide.

Since suicides could not be buried in hallowed ground, a story was concocted which alleged that Johann had been killed by the devil as part of a pact with two women from Schwerin. The women were questioned: Katharina Wankelmuth, who died from the effects of torture, and Magdalena Rukitz, who was burned at the stake. Their condemnation as witches cleared the way for Johann's burial in Schwerin Cathedral.

Marriage and children
On 17 February 1588 Johann married Sophia (1 June 1569 - 14 November 1634), a daughter of Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and his wife Christine of Hesse. They had three children:

Adolf Frederick I (15 December 1588 - 27 February 1658)
John Albert II (5 May 1590 - 23 April 1636)
Anna Sophia (19 September 1591 - 11 February 1648)
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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Birthday March 7, 1558

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1558: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England.
    • April 24 » Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
    • July 13 » Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines.
    • October 17 » Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded.
    • November 17 » Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.

Day of marriage February 17, 1588

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1588: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 28 » The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.)
    • May 30 » The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
    • July 19 » Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel.
    • July 29 » Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.
    • July 31 » The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.
    • October 1 » Coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia.

Day of death March 22, 1592

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1592: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 20 » During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although they were ultimately unable to hold it.
    • August 14 » The first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis.
    • August 15 » Imjin War: At the Battle of Hansan Island, the Korean Navy, led by Yi Sun-sin, Yi Eok-gi, and Won Gyun, decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by Wakisaka Yasuharu.
    • November 3 » The city of San Luis Potosí is founded.


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