Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
House of Mecklenburg
The remaining members of this family bear the title
Duke or Duchess of Mecklenburg (Highness).
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 12 May 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)
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)
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 31 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 1848)
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)