John II of Werle

John II, called the Bald (born after 1250, died 1337), was the second son of John I of Werle. From 1309 he shared Werle with his brother Nicholas II, who withdrew from government after travelling to Montpellier in 1311 in hope of a cure for leprosy.

When Nicholas died in 1316, Werle was divided again: John took Werle-Güstrow and his nephew John III took Werle-Goldberg. In 1326 Christopher II of Denmark promised him the Rügen estates, but his claims could not be enforced in the War of the Rügen Succession.

Burdened with debt, John cleared it through host-desecration trials against Jews in Güstrow. He died in 1337 and was buried in Doberan Minster.