Heinrich I von Mecklenburg

Abt 1230 - 1302  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Heinrich I von Mecklenburg
  Birth	Abt 1230  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Jan 1302  [1]
  Person ID	I29461	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Johann I von Mecklenburg,   b. Abt 1211   d. 1 Aug 1264 (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Luitgard von Henneberg   d. Bef 14 Jun 1267
  Marriage	Abt 1230  [1]
  Family ID	F15277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anastasia of Pomerania,   b. Abt 1245   d. 15 Mar 1317 (Age ~ 72 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1259  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Heinrich II of Mecklenburg,   b. Abt 1267, Riga, Latvia d. 21 Jan 1329, Sternberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (Age ~ 62 years)
  Family ID	F17567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Called "the Pilgrim." Prince of Mecklenburg. Fought in the crusade against the Lithuanians. In 1272, on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he was taken prisoner near Acre and imprisoned in Cairo for 26 years. On his release he returned to Mecklenburg where he died shortly after arriving.

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler.