GRAND DUCHY
OF MECKLENBURG-SCHWERIN
Groß-Herzogtum
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
was a duchy (1815: grand duchy) in northern
Germany
since 1348, when Albert II of Mecklenburg and his younger
brother John were raised to Dukes of Mecklenburg by King Charles
IV. Ruled by the successors of the Nikloting House of Mecklenburg,
the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
remained a relatively poor state
of
the Holy Roman Empire along the Baltic littoral between the states
of Holstein and Pomerania.
The Family
Titles and Styles
The remaining members of this family bear the titles Duke or
Duchess of Mecklenburg with
the formal appellation of Highness.
The Genealogy
of The Grand Ducal House
CHRISTIAN LUDWIG II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
28 Nov 1747 (Grabow 15 May 1683-Schwerin 30 May 1756);
m.Güstrow 13 Nov 1714 Gustave Karoline Dss of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Neustrelitz 12 Jul 1694-
Schwerin 13 Apr 1748)
1a) FRIEDRICH,
Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(Schwerin 9 Nov 1717-Ludwigslust 24 Apr 1785);
m.Schwedt 2 Mar 1746 Luise Friederike Dss of
Württemberg (Stuttgart
3 Feb 1722-Hamburg 2 Aug 1791)
2a)
Ulrike Sophie (Grabow 1
Jul 1723-Rostock 17 Sep 1813)
3a) Ludwig (Grabow 6 Aug 1725-Schwerin 12 Sep 1778);
m.by proxy at Coburg 25 Apr 1755 and in person
at
Schwerin 14 May 1755 Charlotte Pss of Saxe-Coburg-
Saalfeld (Coburg 24 Sep 1731-Schwerin 2 Aug 1810)
1b) FRIEDRICH FRANZ I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin,
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 14 Jun 1815
(Schwerin 10 Dec 1756-Ludwigslust 1 Feb 1837); m.
Gotha 1 Jun
1775 Luise Pss of Saxe-Gotha (Roda 9
Mar 1756-Ludwigslust 1 Jan 1808)
1c) Friedrich Ludwig, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
-Schwerin (Ludwigslust
13 Jun 1778- Ludwigslust 29 Nov 1819
); m.1st Gatschina 23 Oct 1799 Elena Pavlovna, Grand Dss of
Russia (St.Petersburg
24 Dec 1784-Ludwigslust 24 Sep 1803)
; m.2d Weimar 1 Jul 1810 Karoline Luise Pss of Saxe-Weimar-
Eisenach (Weimar
18 Jul 1786-Ludwigslust 20 Jan 1816); m.3d
Homburg 3 Apr 1818 Auguste Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg
(Homburg 28
Nov 1776-Ludwigslust 1 Apr 1871)
1d) PAUL FRIEDRICH, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(Ludwigslust 15 Sep 1800- Schwerin 7 Mar 1842); m.Berlin
25 May 1822 Alexandrine Pss of Prussia (Berlin 23 Feb
1803- Schwerin 21 Apr 1892)
1e) FRIEDRICH FRANZ II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(Ludwigslust 28 Feb 1823-Schwerin 15 Apr 1883); m.1st
Ludwigslust 3 Nov 1849 Auguste Pss Reuss (Klipphausen 26
May 1822-Schwerin 3 Mar 1862); m.2d Darmstadt 4 Jul 1864
Anne Pss of Hesse and the Rhine (Bessungen 25 May 1843-
Schwerin 16 Apr 1865); m.3d Rudolstadt 4 Jul 1868 Marie
Pss von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (Rabensteinfeld 29 Jan
1850-The Hague 22 Apr 1922)
1f) FRIEDRICH FRANZ III Paul Nikolaus Ernst Heinrich
(Ludwigslust 19 Mar 1851-Cannes 10 Apr 1897); m.St.
Petersburg 24 Jan 1879 Anastasia, Grand Dss of Russia
(Peterhof 28 Jul 1860-Eze 11 Mar 1922)
1g)
Alexandrine Auguste (Schwerin 24 Dec 1879-Copenhagen
28 Dec 1952); m.Cannes 26 Apr 1898 King Christian X of
Denmark(Charlottenlund
26 Sep 1870-Amalienborg 20 Apr 1947)
2g) FRIEDRICH FRANZ IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin,
renounced the throne 14 Nov 1918 (Palermo 9 Apr 1882-Flensburg
17 Nov 1945); m.Gmunden 7 Jun 1904 Alexandra Pss
of Hannover
(Gmunden 29 Sep 1882-Glücksburg 30 Aug 1963)
1h) FRIEDRICH FRANZ Michael Wilhelm Nikolaus
Franz-Joseph Ernst August
Hans, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Schwerin 22 Apr
1910-Hamburg-Blankenese
31 Jul 2001); m.Wiligrad 11 Jun 1941 (div 1967,
remarried Glücksburg 22 Apr 1977) Karin von Schaper (b.Breslau
31 Jan 1920)
2h) Christian Ludwig Ernst August Maximilian Johann Albrecht Adolf Friedrich
(Ludwigslust 29 Sep 1912-Hemmelmark
18 Jul 1996); m.Schloß Glücksburg 11 Jul
1954 Barbara Pss of Prussia (Hemmelmark 2 Aug 1920-Hemmelmark 31
May 1994)
1i) Donata (b.Kiel
11 Mar 1956); m.London 14 Aug 1987 (rel)
Eckernförde 19 Sep 1987 Alexander von Solodkoff (b.Köln 20 Jan 1951)
1j) Thyra von Solodkoff, b.London 12 Oct 1989
2j) Alix von Solodkoff, b.London 17 Mar 1992
3j) Niklot-Alexis von Solodkoff, b.London 8 Dec 1994
2i) Edwina ( b.Kiel 26 Sep 1960); m.Eckernförde 20
Sep 1995 (rel)
Hemmelmark 14 Oct 1995 Konrad von Posern (b.Innsbruck 24 Jul 1964)
1j) Ludwig Leopold Bernhard Georg Maria
von Posern, b.Eckernförde
27 Feb 1996
2j) Paul Friedrich
Christian Fabian
Maria von Posern, b.Eckernförde 14 Jun 1997
3j) Ferdinand Johann Albrecht Maria von
Posern, b.Eckernförde 19 Jun 1999
3h) Olga (Schwerin 27 Dec 1916
-Schwerin 4 Feb 1917)
4h) Thyra Anastasia Alexandrine Marie-Louise Olga Cecilie
Charlotte
Elisabeth Emma (Sorgenfri 18 Jun 1919-Flensburg 27 Sep 1981)
5h) Anastasia Alexandrine Cecile Marie-Louise Wilhelmine (Gelbansande 11
Nov 1922-Hamburg 25 Jan 1979); m.Wiligrad 1 Sep 1943 Friedrich Ferdinand
Pr of Schleswig-Holstein (Gotha 14 May 1913-Glücksburg
31 May 1989)
3g) Cecile Auguste
Marie (Schwerin 20 Sep 1886-Bad Kissingen 6 May 1954);
m.Berlin 6 Jun 1905 Wilhelm, Crown Pr of Prussia (Marmorpalais
6 May
1882-Hechingen 20 Jul 1951)
2f)
Paul Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich (Ludwigslust 19 Sep 1852-Ludwigslust
17 May 1923); m.Schwerin 5 May 1881 Marie Pss zu
Windisch-Grätz
(Vienna 11 Dec 1856- Ludwigslust 9 Jul 1929)
1g) Paul Friedrich Carl Alexander Michael
Hugo (Schwerin 12 May 1882-Kiel 21 May 1904)
2g) Marie Luise Auguste Alexandrine Olga
(Schwerin
1 May 1883- Ludwigslust 21 Aug 1887)
3g)
Maria Antonia Margarete Auguste Mathilde
(Venice 28 May 1884-Bled, Yugoslavia 26 Oct 1944)
4g) Heinrich Borwin Albert Hugo Joseph Paul (Venice 16 Dec
1885- Sarszentmihaly,
Hungary 3 Nov 1942); m.1st Dover 15 Jun 1911 (div 1913) Elizabeth Pratt (New York
City 27
Jan 1860-Ponovich, Yugoslavia Nov 1928); m.2d New York City 1915 (div 1921)
Natalie Oelrichs (Cheyenne, Wyoming 12 Oct
1880-San Francisco 23 Feb 1931); m.3d Rome
5 Nov 1921 Karola von Alers (Wiesbaden 3 Sep 1882-Garmisch-Partenkirchen
27 Sep 1974)
3f) Marie Alexandrine
Elisabeth Eleonore (Ludwigslust 14 May 1854-Contexeville,
France 6 Sep 1920); m.St.Petersburg 28 Aug 1874 Vladimir,
Grand Duke of Russia
(St.Petersburg 22 Apr 1847-St.Petersburg 17 Feb 1909)
4f) Nikolaus Alexander Friedrich Heinrich
(Ludwigslust 18 Aug 1855-Ludwigslust
23 Jan 1856)
5f) Johann Albrecht
Ernst Konstantin Friedrich Heinrich (Schwerin 8 Dec
1857- Wiligrad 16 Feb 1920); m.1st Weimar 6 Nov 1886 Elisabeth Pss
of Saxe
-Weimar (Weimar 28 Feb 1854-Wiligrad 10 Jul 1908); m.2d Braunschweig 15 Dec
1909 Elisabeth Pss zu Stolberg-Rossla
(Rossla 23 Jun 1885-Eutin 16 Oct 1969)
6f)
Alexander Theodor Georg Friedrich Heinrich
(b.and d.Doberan 13 Aug 1859)
7f) Anne Elisabeth Auguste Alexandrine
(Schwerin 7 Apr 1865-Schwerin 8
Feb 1882)
8f) Elisabeth Alexandrine
Mathilde Auguste (Ludwigslust 10 Aug 1869-
Schaumburg 3 Sep 1955); m.Schwerin 24 Aug 1896 Friedrich August,
Grand
Duke of Oldenburg (Oldenburg 16 Nov 1852-Rastede 24 Feb 1931)
9f) Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf Günther (Schwerin 5 Apr
1871-d.on a ship in the Elbe nr Cuxhaven
22 Sep 1897)
10f) Adolf Friedrich
Albrecht Heinrich (Schwerin 10 Oct 1873-Eutin
5 Aug 1969); m.1st Gera 24 Apr 1917 Viktoria Pss Reuss (Potsdam 21
Apr 1889-Rostock 18 Dec 1918); m.2d Ludwigslust 15 Oct 1924 Elisabeth
Pss zu Stolberg-Rossla (Rossla 23 Jun 1885-Eutin
16 Oct 1969)
1g) Woizlawa-Feodore
Elise Marie Elisabeth (b.Rostock 17 Dec 1918);
m.Bad Doberan 15 Sep 1939 Heinrich I Pr Reuss (Krietern 8 Oct
1910-
Büdingen 10 Mar 1982)
11f)
Heinrich Wladimir Albrecht Ernst, cr Pr Hendrik of
the Netherlands (Royal Highness) 6 Feb 1901 (Schwerin 19
Apr
1876-The Hague 3 Jul 1934); m.The Hague 7 Feb 1901
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (The Hague 31 Aug 1880
-Het
Loo 28 Nov 1962); for his issue see The Netherlands
2e) Luise Marie Helene (Schwerin 17 May 1824-
Venice 9 Mar 1859); m.Ludwigslust 20 Oct 1849
Hugo Fst zu Windisch-Grätz (Vienna 26
May 1823-Schloß
Haasberg 26 Nov 1904)
3e) Friedrich
Wilhelm Nikolaus
(Ludwigslust 5 Mar 1827-Heidelberg 28 Jul 1879);
m.Berlin 9 Dec 1865 Alexandrine Pss of Prussia
(Berlin 1 Feb 1842-Schloß Marly 25 Mar 1906)
1f) Friederike Wilhelmine Elisabeth Alexandrine Auguste
Marianne
Charlotte (Schloß Bellevue 7 Nov 1868-Partenkirchen 20 Dec 1944)
m.1st Schwerin 17 Nov 1886 Heinrich
XVIII Pr Reuss (Leipzig 14
May 1847-Schweinfurt 15 Aug 1911); m.2d Berlin 4 Feb 1921 Robert
Schmidt (Wilmersdorf
1 Nov 1892-Bamberg 26 Dec 1971)
2d)
Marie Luise Friederike Alexandrine Elisabeth Catharina
(Ludwigslust 31 Mar 1803- Meiningen 26 Oct 1862);
m.Ludwigslust 7 Oct 1825 Duke Georg of Saxe-Altenburg
(Hildburghausen 24 Jul 1796-Altenburg 3 Aug 1853)
3d) Albrecht (Ludwigslust 11 Feb 1812-Ludwigslust 18 Oct 1834)
4d) Helene Luise Elisabeth (Ludwigslust 24 Jan 1814-Richmond, Surrey
18
May 1858); m.Fontainebleau 30 May 1837 Ferdinand d'Orléans Duc
d'Orléans (Palermo 3 Sep 1810- Sablonville
13 Jul 1842)
5d) Magnus (Ludwigslust
3 May
1815-Ludwigslust 25 Apr 1816)
2c)
Luise Charlotte (Schwerin 19 Nov 1779-Gotha
4 Jan 1801); m.Ludwigslust 21 Oct 1797 August,
Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
(Gotha 23 Nov 1772-Gotha
17 May 1822)
3c) Gustav Wilhelm
(Ludwigslust
Jan 1781-Ludwigslust 10 Jan 1851)
4c) Karl (Ludwigslust 2 Jul 1782-Ludwigslust 22 May 1833)
5c) Charlotte Friederike (Ludwigslust 4 Dec 1784-Rome 13
Jul 1840); m.Ludwigslust
21 Jun 1806 (div 1810) Christian,
Crown Pr [King 1839] of Denmark (Christiansborg 18 Sep
1786-Amalienborg 20 Jan
1884)
6c) Adolf (Ludwigslust
18 Dec 1785-Schwerin 8 May 1821)
2b)
Sophie Friederike (Schwerin 24 Aug 1758-Sorgenfri 29
Nov 1794); m.Copenhagen 21 Oct 1774 Frederik, Hereditary
Pr
of Denmark (Copenhagen 11 Oct 1753-Copenhagen 7 Dec 1805)
4a) Luise (Rühn 10 Feb
1730-Neustadt 12 Jun 1730)
5a) Amalie (Grabow
8 Mar 1732-23 Sep 1775)
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