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26-516: The District, originally known as Mecklenburg District (named after Mecklenburg Castle in the Mecklenburg region of Germany), was constituted in 1788 in the Province of Quebec , and was described as: ... extending within the north and south bounds of our province, extending from the western limits of the said district of Luneburg , as far westerly as to a north and south line, intersecting

52-735: A 52 m (171 ft) section of the southern wall and an area of 1,175 m (12,650 sq ft) near the ruins. The diameter of the oval inner court reached 95 to 140 m (312 to 459 ft), while the ramparts rose 10 metres (33 ft). The street, “Am Burgwall”, leads to the still visible remnants of the castle's rampart; the area has been used a cemetery since 1870. 53°50′14″N 11°28′16″E  /  53.83722°N 11.47111°E  / 53.83722; 11.47111 Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg ( German : Herzog Johann Albrecht zu Mecklenburg ; given names John Albert Ernest Constantine Frederick Henry ; 8 December 1857 – 16 February 1920)

78-553: The Christian prince Gottschalk (ruled 1043–1066) and the seat of the Irish bishop John of Mecklenburg ; the castle contained churches and three monasteries by 1066. During a widespread pagan rebellion later that year, Gottschalk was killed and his family fled from Mecklenburg Castle. The head of Bishop John was displayed at the pagan center of Rethra . Henry , a younger son of Gottschalk, avenged his father's death by killing

104-781: The First World War Duke John Albert was active with the German Colonial Society in defending the Germany's colonial possessions from suggestions that they should be abandoned. On 2 September 1917 he was appointed honorary chairman of the pro-war Fatherland Party , a far-right political organization that was one of the precursors to the Nazi Party . Duke John Albert died in 1920 in Wiligrad castle near Lübstorf aged 62. John Albert

130-573: The United Counties of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington replaced it for municipal and judicial purposes. 44°40′N 77°10′W  /  44.667°N 77.167°W  / 44.667; -77.167 Mecklenburg Castle Mecklenburg Castle was a medieval castle and a residential capital of the Nakonid and Nikloting dynasties of the Obotrites . It was located just south of

156-407: The 10th century.; a number of silver artifacts have been found in the vicinity of the ruins. The castle of Mecklenburg became a seat of Obotrite princes by the 10th century at the latest. It lay on a route from Hamburg to Wolin , assuring the castle importance as an economic and political center. The powerful Obotrite prince resided in the castle by 965. The castle flourished as the residence of

182-626: The Archbishop of Bremen placed a bishop named Emmehard at Mecklenburg in 1149, as the bishopric had been vacant since 1066. In 1160 King Valdemar the Great of Denmark and Henry the Lion campaigned against the Obotrite prince, Niklot , who burned his castles at Ilow , Mecklenburg, Schwerin , and Dobin in order to avoid being pinned down in sieges. Niklot was ultimately killed at Werle during

208-618: The District: The District was renamed as "Midland District" in 1792, and its jail and courthouse were established in Kingston . At the beginning of 1800, Lennox and Addington were combined to form the incorporated counties of Lennox and Addington , and the islands comprising Ontario were divided between Frontenac and Lennox and Addington. The general boundaries of the District were also altered so that it comprised: ...

234-535: The campaign, however, and the Obotrite territory was partitioned between Saxon ministeriales ; Mecklenburg Castle passed to Count Heinrich von Schaten . The Bishopric of Mecklenburg was replaced by the Bishopric of Schwerin in the same year. Niklot's son Pribislav led a Slavic rebellion in 1163 against Henry the Lion and the German lords occupying Obotrite castles. Although Pribislav sacked Mecklenburg in 1164,

260-658: The counties of Frontenac, the incorporated counties of Lenox and Addington, Hastings, and Prince Edward, with all that tract of land which lies between the district of Johnstown and a line drawn north, fifteen degrees west from the north west angle of the township of Rawdon , till it intersects the northern limits of the Province, together with all the islands in the Ottawa River , wholly, or in greater part opposite thereto... In 1829, Hugh Macdonald (the father of future first Canadian Prime Minister John A. Macdonald , who at

286-521: The modern village Dorf Mecklenburg , seven kilometres (4 miles) south of the Bay of Wismar in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Germany. The only remnants of the ruined castle are parts of an earthen wall. Some scholars have associated Mecklenburg with the medieval trading emporium Reric . The travelling merchant Ibrahim Ibn Jacub described Mecklenburg as “ Nakon ’s Castle” in 965. By 995 it

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312-458: The mouth of a river now called the Trent , discharging itself from the west into the head of the bay of Quinty , and therein comprehending the several towns and tracts called or known by the names of Pittsburg, Kingstown, Ernestown, Fredericksburg, Adolphustown, Marysburg, Sophiasburg, Ameliasburg, Sydney, Thurlow, Richmond and Camden... In 1792, the following electoral counties were established in

338-522: The new Grand Duke, Frederick Francis IV after his older brother Duke Paul Frederick had renounced his claim to the regency. He ruled as regent until his nephew came of age on 9 April 1901 when he assumed personal control of the Grand Duchy. On 28 May 1907, Duke John Albert was elected regent of the Duchy of Brunswick following the death of Prince Albert of Prussia by the state's diet , accepting

364-518: The number of servants and retainers to the minimum needed to run the household. The regency came to an end on 1 November 1913 when Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover's son Ernest Augustus was permitted to ascend to Duchy following his marriage to Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia the only daughter of the German Emperor William II which helped heal the rift between the houses of Hanover and Hohenzollern. During

390-521: The offer he arrived in Brunswick on 5 June 1907. The reason for the regency in Brunswick was that in 1884 when William, Duke of Brunswick died his distant cousin and heir Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover was prevented from taking over the duchy because he refused to renounce his claim to the throne of the Kingdom of Hanover which had been annexed by Prussia in 1866. Shortly after assuming

416-460: The pagan usurper Kruto in 1093. However, he chose as his residence Liubice , which was near the borders of the Wagrians , Polabians , and Obotrites, instead of Mecklenburg Castle, which was in the heart of the Obotrite territory. The castle also began to lose its prominence as the Kingdom of Germany began expanding eastward . As part of Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony ’s expansionary goals,

442-564: The rebellion was eventually defeated at the Battle of Verchen later that year. In need of an ally against the Saxon nobility three years later, Henry allowed Pribislav to receive his father's Niklot's inheritance and became the Prince of Mecklenburg, Kessin , and Rostock . Market traffic was documented at Mecklenburg in 1168, although most of the trade was passing to Schwerin. In 1265, the castle

468-415: The regency, Duke John Albert would walk Brunswick in civilian clothes visiting museums, libraries and other institutions in the duchy, asking questions of people to discover their living conditions. After he became too well known to walk unnoticed he established a weekly audience where people could go and present a petition to him. Duke John Albert also cut down on the expenses of the royal household by cutting

494-484: The time would have been ~14 years old) was appointed magistrate for the Midland District. Prince Edward County was separated in 1831 to form Prince Edward District , and Hastings County was split off in 1837 to form Victoria District . Lennox and Addington regained their separate identities in 1845, but still remained united for electoral purposes. At the beginning of 1850, the district was abolished, and

520-773: Was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin who served as the regent of two states of the German Empire . He was first regent of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1897 to 1901 for his nephew Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg , and thereafter regent of the Duchy of Brunswick from 1907 to 1913. Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg was born in Schwerin the fifth child of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg and his first wife Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz (1822–1862). Duke John Albert

546-735: Was documented as Michelenburg or Mikelenburg , meaning "large castle" in Old Saxon , the ancient version of Low German (mikil = large; Burg = castle). The original name of the castle was most likely "Veligrad" or "Wiligrad", which also means "large castle" in the Slavic Polabian dialect which was previously spoken in the region. This led to another castle, located in Lübstorf on the shores of Lake Schwerin and built between 1896-1898 for Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg , being named Wiligrad Castle ( de:Schloss Wiligrad ). In Latin , it

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572-754: Was educated in Dresden , pursued a career in the Prussian Army and was well known for his love of sports. He also developed an interest in Germany's colonial empire , co-founding the Pan-German League and becoming president of the German Colonial Society in 1895. Following the death of his brother Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg on 10 April 1897, Duke John Albert was appointed regent for his young nephew

598-463: Was known as Magnopolis . The later duchy and region of Mecklenburg derives its name from the castle. Excavations indicate that the first castle of Mecklenburg was built in the 7th or 8th century in a lowland at the tip of a lakeland peninsula. It was possibly the Obotrite residence of Reric , destroyed in 808. If associated with Reric, merchants were at the castle by the beginning of the 9th century. Significant market traffic would have developed in

624-573: Was married twice: firstly in Weimar on 6 November 1886 to Princess Elisabeth Sybille of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (28 February 1854–10 July 1908) the daughter of Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ; secondly in Brunswick on 15 December 1909 to Princess Elisabeth of Stolberg-Rossla (1885–1969), who following his death was to marry his half brother Duke Adolf Friedrich in 1924. Both of John Albert's marriages were childless. Ojimukoka,

650-461: Was torn down to provide building material for the construction of a palace in the growing city of Wismar . Although the princes in Schwerin rebuilt the castle at Mecklenburg in 1277 for use as a staging point for raids, it was demolished 45 years later. The modern village of Mecklenburg developed from a mid-14th century settlement near the castle. After the cursory removal of the ruins, the rampart

676-464: Was used for agriculture. Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch , active from 1839 to 1841, was the first to begin surveying the ruins. The wall was established as a memorial in 1854 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , while reforestation with oak trees began two years later. From 1967 to 1971, Prof. Dr. Donat of the Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR led extensive excavations into

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