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611:– to his sons, Albert II and John. After they both had received the title of duke, the former lordship of Stargard was recast as the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Stargard for John in 1352. Albert II retained the larger western part of Mecklenburg, and after he acquired the former County of Schwerin in 1358, he made Schwerin his residence.
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took part in this struggle, which was intensified three years later, when on the death of
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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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Evangelical
Lutheran State Church of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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was reasserted, and the right of summoning the joint
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1774:Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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394:• Raised to Grand Duchy
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18:Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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921:Encyclopædia Britannica
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259:Common languages
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778:. In other respects
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