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(1479–1552). They had three children: # Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1508–1541), married

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# Magnus III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1509–1550) (predeceased his father) # Ursula of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (30 August 1510 – 22 April 1586),

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She died in

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in 1510 at the age of 21, less than a month after the birth of her third child.

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