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Duchy of Mecklenburg
drawn on the map 1806–1870
A northeastern duchy of Slavic (Obotrite) dynastic origin—unusually, its ruling house descended from the Obotrite prince Niklot. Long partitioned, the enduring divisions were Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz (formalized 1701).
- Shown on the map
- 1806–1870
- Peak area
- 11k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
A northeastern duchy of Slavic (Obotrite) dynastic origin—unusually, its ruling house descended from the Obotrite prince Niklot. Long partitioned, the enduring divisions were Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz (formalized 1701). Predominantly agrarian and Lutheran, both duchies survived into the German Empire as federal states.
Common questions
- What was the Duchy of Mecklenburg?
- A northeastern duchy of Slavic (Obotrite) dynastic origin—unusually, its ruling house descended from the Obotrite prince Niklot. Long partitioned, the enduring divisions were Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz (formalized 1701).
- When is the Duchy of Mecklenburg shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Duchy of Mecklenburg 1806–1870. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the Duchy of Mecklenburg?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Duchy of Mecklenburg covered about 11,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia, German History in Documents and Images, national institutions such as the Swiss Federal Council and the National Museum of Denmark, and the scholarship of Peter H. Wilson and Joachim Whaley on the Holy Roman Empire. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Mecklenburg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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