John Albert I, duke of Mecklenburg (died 1576)

John Albert I

Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

John Albert I, in older literature known as John or Johann, was the reigning duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow from 1547 to 1556 and of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1556 to 1576. In 1549 John Albert I saw to it that the parliament of Mecklenburg carried through the Reformation for the…