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Mecklenburg was a princedom in northern Germany under the Obodrite dynasty. 1226, it was divided into four smaller princedoms of Mecklenburg, Werle, Parchim-Richenberg und Rostock. Except for Werle, they lasted less than a century; but after the death of Heinrich II, Stargard was split off again. The latter line thrived under its able princes Albrecht II, Albrecht III and Albrecht V; it inherited main Mecklenburg in 1468 and Werle in 1521 and acquired Schwerin during the Twenty-Year War.

In 1600, Albrecht VII was elected king Albert of Sweden. Now, Mecklenburg's fate was connected with its bigger neighbor; for its protection, Erik XVII founded the Baltic League with Prussia, Brandenburg-Silesia and Franconia-Pomerania against Polish or Russian threats. After the Second French Republican War with France however, Mecklenburg was lost to the duke of Pomerania who had lost Franconia; and after the Third French Republican War, it became part of the new Semnonic Republic, until Germany was united after the German Uprising in 1818.

Baltic Flag   Member States of the Baltic League (Chaos TL)   Baltic Flag
Member States

Brandenburg-Silesia | Franconia-Pomerania | Prussia | Sweden-Norway-Mecklenburg

Prominent Rulers
(founding members in italics)

Dietrich IV | Erik XVII | Johann VIII | Kristina I | Waldemar "Cicero" V

HRE Flag  Member States of the Holy Roman Empire (Chaos TL)  HRE Flag
List of Roman kings of the HRE
Nations

Baden | Bavaria | Brandenburg | Braunschweig | Franconia | Hesse | Jülich-Berg | Luxemburg | Mecklenburg | Nassau | Netherlands | Thuringia | Württemberg

Nations that joined the HRE later: Poland | Prussia
Nations that left the HRE: Bohemia | Florence | Switzerland
Nations that became defunct

Austria | Holstein | Meissen | Münster | Osterland | Pomerania | Salzburg | Würzburg

Organisations

Alpenbund | Baltic League | Hanseatic League | Süddeutscher Städtebund

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