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Niklot (Pomerania)

Type Figure Region Pomerania Time c. 1350–1408 Also known as Nikolaus V von Werle、Nicholas V of Werle、Niklot V、尼古劳斯五世（韦尔勒）

Niklot (Nicholas V of Werle, c. 1350–1408), lord of Werle, descendant of the 12th-century Obotrite leader Niklot;…

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  1. 1385–1400Güstrow · Mecklenburg-VorpommernCo-ruled with his father John VI around 1385; after his father's death he alone held Werle-Goldberg and Werle-Waren. After 1397 he married Sophia, daughter of Pomeranian duke Bogislaw VI and widow of Eric I of Mecklenburg-Werle, embedding himself in the Pomeranian Griffin network.
  2. 1401–1410Wolgast · PomeraniaFrom 1401 he co-ruled Werle with his brother Christoph; through his marriage to Sophia he maintained ties with Pomerania-Wolgast and peripheral princes of the Kalmar Union, preserving local influence amid Pomerania's fragmented situation after Bogislaw VI.
  3. 1401–1408Dobbertin · Mecklenburg-VorpommernHe died in 1408 and was buried at Dobbertin Abbey; his lands passed to his brother Christoph, and his daughter Jutta married Henry, duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard, continuing the Mecklenburg–Pomerania marriage ties.

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