Principality Werle

Werle (or Wenden) was a fiefdom in the Holy Roman Empire that was founded in 1235. In German it is known as a Herrschaft (usually translated as "lordship") or Fürstentum (principality). It was created in the partition of territories in Mecklenburg that followed the death of Henry Borwin II of Mecklenburg (died 1226).

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Country.native_name: Herrschaft Werle (de)
Country.conventional_long_name: Lordship of Werle
Country.common_name: Werle
Country.era: Middle Ages
Country.status: Vassal
Country.empire: Holy Roman Empire
Country.government_type: Principality
Country.year_start: 1235
Country.year_end: 1436
Country.event1: Partitioned: W-Güstrow    and W-Parchim
Country.date_event1:  1277–1307
Country.event2: Partitioned: W-Güstrow    and W-Goldberg
Country.date_event2:  1316–74
Country.event3: W-Güstrow partitioned    to create W-Waren
Country.date_event3:  1337–1425
Country.event_end: Reverted to Mecklenburg
Country.date_end: September 7,
Country.p1: Duchy of Mecklenburg

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inception: 1235-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1436-00-00

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The royal (fürstlich in German) House of Werle was a spur line of the House of Mecklenburg line of the Obotrites. The Fiefdom of Werle lay in the area around Güstrow in today's Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, and stretched eastward to Müritz. It was named after the then-capital Werle, now a village in the municipality Kassow, Rostock district.