Niklot I, Count of Schwerin

Who was Niklot I, Count of Schwerin?

Niklot I, Count of Schwerin was the ruling Count of Schwerin-Wittenburg from 1299 until his death. He was a son of Count Gunzelin III of Schwerin and his wife, Margaret of Mecklenburg. Niklot married twice:

Elisabeth, the daughter of Count John I of Holstein-Kiel

Mirosalawa, the daughter of Duke Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania

Niklot was the father of:

Gunzelin VI

Mechtild, a nun in Szczecin

Beatrix, a nun in Szczecin

Kunegonde, a nun in Zarrenthin

Agnes, a nun in Zarrenthin

Audacia, a nun and later abbess in Zarrenthin

Anastasia, married in 1306 to Duke Valdemar IV of Schleswig and secondly, in 1313, to Count Gerhard IV of Holstein-Plön

Barnim

Miroslawa, married in 1327 Count John III of Holstein-Plön

Nicholas II