State · 1471 – 1701
Duchy of Mecklenburg
A state of 1471 – 1701 — 230 years in Europe. It was followed by Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Its line of rulers holds 4 people. Its own article says it was partitioned by duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 230 years
- 1471 – 1701
- Rulers
- 4
- the Duke
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
After it
- Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin · followed by · 1701 – 1815
- Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz · followed by · 1701 – 1815
How it ended, as its article says
Partitioned by duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1701. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
In 1701, it was partitioned into the duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg | 1471 – 1477 | 6 years | ending not on record | |
| Duke Heinrich V, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1503 – 1520 | 17 years | ending not on record | grandchild |
| Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg | 1503 – 1520 | 17 years | ending not on record | sibling |
| Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1695 – 1701 | 6 years | ending not on record |
4 rulers, 4 with terms dated as terms, covering 1471 – 1701. Median reign 11.5 years. 1 of 3 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood230 years
stood longer than 67% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median17 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 54% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record4
has more rulers on record than 58% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1448 – 1724, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1586, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q109252949 (CC0) · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.