Lordship of Rostock
The dominion (principality) of Rostock came into being after the first division of Mecklenburg's main state after the death of Heinrich Borwin II in 1227. It was named after the Rostock castle and settlement and consisted of the areas of Kessin , Kröpelin , Doberan , Ribnitz , Marlow , Sülze and Ticino in today's state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Gnoien and Kalen were added later in 1236 .
The first prince of Rostock was Heinrich Borwin III. from the family of the Obodrites . The last prince was Nikolaus, called the child .
After several unsuccessful attempts by the other two Mecklenburg principalities, Werle and Mecklenburg , to appropriate the rulership of Rostock, Nikolaus (called the child ) placed his land under the protection and feudal rule of King Erich of Denmark in 1300 . However, after a successful defense, he himself became the owner of the Rostock estate. As early as 1311, Prince Heinrich II of Mecklenburg tried to take the city of Rostock again, which he succeeded on December 15, 1312. In 1314 Nikolaus von Rostock died, disempowered and without a male heir. As early as 1312, the city of Rostock saw Heinrich II as the representative of the Danish king. After another war, Heinrich II conquered it and made peace with the Danish King Christoph II on May 21, 1323. He received the lords of Rostock, Gnoien and Schwaan as hereditary fiefs from Denmark and the principality of Rostock ceased to exist.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Karge, Wolf & Münch, Ernst & Schmied, Hartmut: The history of Mecklenburg. Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 1993, p. 29.