Background
John Albert was the son of Duke John VII and Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp.
John Albert was the son of Duke John VII and Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp.
From 1621, John Albert ruled Mecklenburg-Güstrow alone. After Charles"s death, the Emperor declared Adolf Frederick an adult and he ruled alone until John Albert came of age and they began to rule jointly. In the division of Mecklenburg of 1621, John Albert received Mecklenburg-Güstrow.
In 1623, both brothers joined a defensive alliance of the Lower Saxon Estates.
They tried to seem neutral during the Thirty Years" War, but they secretely supported the Danish troops of king Christian IV. On 19 January 1628, Emperor Ferdinand II issue a decree at Brandýs Castle declaring that the brothers had forfeited their fief and that Mecklenburg would be invested to Wallenstein. In May 1628, the brothers left the Duchy, at the request of Wallenstein.
John Albert II died in 1636 and was buried in the Minster in Güstrow.
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