duchy · Germany and Central Europe

Duchy of Mecklenburg-Stargard

1352 CE – 1471 CE · capital Neubrandenburg

A junior Mecklenburg duchy around Neubrandenburg and Stargard that lasted just over a century before reuniting with the main line.

Origins

In 1352 the brothers Albert II and John I, raised to dukes of Mecklenburg in 1348, divided their lands. John received the Lordship of Stargard in the east, with Neubrandenburg and Strelitz, which Mecklenburg had acquired from Brandenburg in the 13th century.

Rule and society

The duchy was an agrarian land of knightly estates and small towns such as Neubrandenburg, with its brick Gothic gates, Friedland and Woldegk. Its dukes remained junior partners of their cousins in the Duchy of Mecklenburg and joined in their wars with Brandenburg and Pomerania. Few details of its administration survive.

Decline and legacy

When Duke Ulrich II died without sons in 1471, Stargard reverted to the main Mecklenburg line. The region re-emerged in 1701 as the core of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Lineage

Duchy of Mecklenburg 1348 CE – 1701 CEDuchy of Mecklenburg-StargardDuchy of Mecklenburg 1348 CE – 1701 CE

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Duchy of Mecklenburg-Stargard. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/duchy-of-mecklenburg-stargard
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“Duchy of Mecklenburg-Stargard.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/duchy-of-mecklenburg-stargard. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Duchy of Mecklenburg-Stargard.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/duchy-of-mecklenburg-stargard.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Duchy of Mecklenburg-Stargard’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/duchy-of-mecklenburg-stargard (Accessed: ).

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