Individual Details
Nicholas I, Lord of Werle
(1210 - 14 May 1277)
According to Wikipedia:
Nicholas I, Lord of Werle (c. 1210 – 14 May 1277), was Lord of Rostock from 1229 to 1234 and Lord of Werle from 1234 until his death.
In the division of Mecklenburg of 1234, he received the Lordship of Werle. He was regent of Rostock for his younger brother Henry Borwin III, until his brother came of age.
He waged war together with Duke Barnim I of Pomerania against the Margraviate of Brandenburg and lost Perleberg, Wesenberg and Penzlin. However, after the death of his brother Pribislaw I, he managed to secure Parchim, Plau and Goldberg for himself. In 1275, he arbitrated in a conflict between his sons.
He strongly supported the founding of cities in its territory. He saw this as a way to develop the land.
He died in 1277. After his death, his sons divided Werle between themselves.
Marriage and issue[edit]
He married around 1231 with Jutta, the daughter of Count Henry I of Anhalt. They had the following children:
Unnamed daughter, married around 1284 to Conrad I of Gützkow, reeve of Salzwedel
Another daughter, married Lord Albert I of Mecklenburg
Bernard I, Lord of Werle
Hedwig (d. 1287), married Margrave John II of Brandenburg
Henry I, Lord of Werle-Güstrow
John I, Lord of Werle-Parchim
Margareta (b. aft. 1231 - d. bef. 27 May 1261), second wife of Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania
Nicholas I, Lord of Werle (c. 1210 – 14 May 1277), was Lord of Rostock from 1229 to 1234 and Lord of Werle from 1234 until his death.
In the division of Mecklenburg of 1234, he received the Lordship of Werle. He was regent of Rostock for his younger brother Henry Borwin III, until his brother came of age.
He waged war together with Duke Barnim I of Pomerania against the Margraviate of Brandenburg and lost Perleberg, Wesenberg and Penzlin. However, after the death of his brother Pribislaw I, he managed to secure Parchim, Plau and Goldberg for himself. In 1275, he arbitrated in a conflict between his sons.
He strongly supported the founding of cities in its territory. He saw this as a way to develop the land.
He died in 1277. After his death, his sons divided Werle between themselves.
Marriage and issue[edit]
He married around 1231 with Jutta, the daughter of Count Henry I of Anhalt. They had the following children:
Unnamed daughter, married around 1284 to Conrad I of Gützkow, reeve of Salzwedel
Another daughter, married Lord Albert I of Mecklenburg
Bernard I, Lord of Werle
Hedwig (d. 1287), married Margrave John II of Brandenburg
Henry I, Lord of Werle-Güstrow
John I, Lord of Werle-Parchim
Margareta (b. aft. 1231 - d. bef. 27 May 1261), second wife of Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania
Events
| Birth | 1210 | ||||
| Marriage | 1231 | Jutta of Anhalt | |||
| Death | 14 May 1277 |
Families
| Spouse | Jutta of Anhalt ( - ) |
| Child | Henry I, Prince of Werle ( - 1291) |
| Child | John I, Lord of Werle (1245 - 1283) |
| Father | Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg (1170 - 1226) |
| Mother | Christina of Sweden ( - 1248) |
| Sibling | John I, Lord of Mecklenburg (1211 - 1264) |
| Sibling | Matilda of Mecklenburg ( - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret of Mecklenburg ( - ) |