Mecklenburg-Güstrow

Duchy of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Hertzogtum Mecklenburg-Güstrow (German)
Hertogdom Mekelenborch-Güstrow (Low German)
1480–1483  
1520–1610a
1621–1695b
Coat of arms
Mecklenburg circa 1648, showing the division between Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Güstrow
StatusDuchy
CapitalGüstrow
Duke 
 1520–1547
Albert VII
 1556–1603
Ulrich III
 1628–1631
Albrecht von Wallenstein
 1636–1695
Gustav Adolph
History 
 Death of Henry IV
1477
 First partition of
    Mecklenburg
1480
 Reunited
1483
 Neubrandenburg
    Treaty

1520c
 Ruppin dictum
1556d
 Third partition of
    Mecklenburg

1621
 Emp. Ferdinand II
    stripped duchies

1628–1631
 Acquired secularised
    Bp Ratzeburg

1648
 Ducal line extinct,
    to M-Schwerin
1695
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
a: De jure partition was from 1556 to 1603.
b: Between 1628 and 1631, the duchies of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Mecklenburg-Schwerin were stripped from the ducal brothers and awarded to Albrecht von Wallenstein by Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
c: Second de facto partition.
d: Second de jure partition.

Mecklenburg-Güstrow was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in Northern Germany, that existed on three occasions ruled by the House of Mecklenburg at Güstrow.