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Eric II, Duke of Mecklenburg

Joint ruler of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1503–1508

Joint ruler of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1503–1508

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nameEric II of Mecklenburg
fatherMagnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg
motherSophie of Pomerania-Stettin
birth_date3 September 1483
death_date
burial_placeDoberan Minster
noble familyMecklenburg
imageBad Doberan, Münster, zwei Figuren.JPG
captionEric II (right), statue in Doberan Minster (with his uncle Balthasar)

Eric II, Duke of Mecklenburg (; 3 September 1483 – 21/22 December 1508) was Duke of Mecklenburg, a son of Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg, and his wife Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin.

Eric studied in University of Rostock and was an honorary rector of the university three times in 1499, 14991500 and 1502. After his father's death on 27 December 1503, he ruled Mecklenburg-Schwerin jointly with his brothers Henry V and Albert VII and his uncle Balthasar. Eric probably died on 21 or 22 December 1508. He was buried in the Doberan Minster in Bad Doberan. He never married and died childless.

References

References

  1. Wigger, Friedrich. (1885). "Stammtafeln des Großherzoglichen Hauses von Mecklenburg".
  2. "Erich von Mecklenburg (Herzog) II.".
  3. "Erich II., Herzog (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)".
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