Christoph of Mecklenburg
Christoph, Duke of Mecklenburg (born July 30, 1537 in Augsburg , † March 4, 1592 in Tempzin Monastery ), son of Duke Albrecht VII of Mecklenburg [-Güstrow] , administrator of Ratzeburg and the Mirow Commandery .
Life
At the instigation of his older brother Johann Albrecht I , Christoph was postulated in 1554 at the age of seventeen by the Ratzeburg Cathedral Chapter as the successor to Bishop Christoph von der Schulenburg and was thus the first Lutheran administrator in the Ratzeburg Monastery.
In 1555 he also became coadjutor of the Archbishop of Riga , Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach , with the right of succession. His choice was controversial and led to armed conflict, in the course of which both were imprisoned on July 1, 1556 at Kokenhusen Castle . Released in 1557 after negotiations and recognized as coadjutor, he was unable to assert his right to a successor after Wilhelm's death in 1563 and was captured again in the ensuing clashes with Poland. He was not released until 1569, after he had waived all his claims, and returned to Mecklenburg.
His first wife was Dorothea of Denmark (* 1528), daughter of King Frederick I . They married on Koldinghus on October 27, 1573. She died two years later in the bishopric of Schönberg of the Ratzeburg diocese on November 11, 1575. He married the second wife, Elisabeth of Sweden, a daughter of King Gustav Wasa on May 7, 1581 in Stockholm. With her he had the daughter Margarete Elisabeth. After Christoph's death she went back to her homeland and lived on Norrköpingshus . She died in Sweden on November 20, 1597 and was buried in Uppsala Cathedral. Christoph is the Schwerin Cathedral buried, the commission given grave monument of kneeling before a prie-dieu couple in northern Chapel of dealing around the high choir was by Elisabeth 1594-1596 from the workshop of the Flemish sculptor Robert Coppens supported by the Pomeranian painter Strachen Georg made .
children
- Margarete Elisabeth (* July 11, 1584; † November 16, 1616), ∞ since October 9, 1608 with Duke Johann Albrecht II of Mecklenburg
literature
- Alexander Bergengrün: Duke Christoph von Mecklenburg, last coadjutor of the Archdiocese of Riga: A contribution to the history of Livonia and Mecklenburg. Publisher Franz Kluge, Reval 1898.
- Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume II: The district court districts of Wismar, Grevesmühlen, Rehna, Gadebusch and Schwerin. Schwerin 1898, reprint Schwerin 1992, ISBN 3-910179-06-1 , p. 557 ff.
- Ludwig Fromm: Christoph of Mecklenburg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 240 f.
- Heinz Meybaum: Christoph von Mecklenburg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 247 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature about Duke Christoph in the state bibliography MV
- Family tree of the House of Mecklenburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Strachen, Franz Joachim . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938 ("Painter from Old Stettin. Admitted 1587 as a Conterfeier, panel and history painter by the Lübeck Council.").
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Christoph von der Schulenburg |
Administrator of the Ratzeburg Monastery from 1554–1592 |
Charles I (Mecklenburg) |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Christoph of Mecklenburg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mecklenburg, Christoph zu (wrong name form) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Mecklenburg; Administrator to Ratzeburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1537 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1592 |
| Place of death | Tempzin Monastery |