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5 unusual facts about Duke of Mecklenburg


Ancestry of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

House of Mecklenburg, in which a princess of Sweden Euphemia, have ancestors there and (in several ways) in all ruling royal houses of Europe through her son Magnus I of Mecklenburg and grandson Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg

Euphemia of Sweden

Children: at least son John, possibly the daughter Euphemia was already born.

Duke Magnus I of Mecklenburg (d. 1.9.1385), married 1369 Elisabeth of Pomerania-Rügen.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg

In 1549 John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg gained a majority of deputies of the united Landtag of the separate duchies of Mecklenburg (Mecklenburg-Güstrow, -Schwerin and -Strelitz) to officially introduce Lutheran confession as state religion in the duchies.

Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark

Johann VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin


Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg

Charles was born in Strelitz, the only son of the reigning Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Adolphus Frederick II, and his third wife, Princess Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

Richardis Catherine of Mecklenburg

She was the daughter of Albert of Mecklenburg, King of Sweden and Duke of Mecklenburg, and Richardis of Schwerin.


see also

Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg (10 October 1741 – 6 November 1816) was ruler of the state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1794 until his death.

Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg

He was born in Ludwigslust the second child of the reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Frederick Francis IV and his wife Princess Alexandra of Hanover a daughter of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover and Princess Thyra of Denmark.

Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, KG (17 October 1819 – 30 May 1904) was a German sovereign who ruled over the state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1860 until his death.

Ingeborg of Denmark

Ingeborg of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1347–1370), wife of Henry III, Duke of Mecklenburg, daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark

Marie of Mecklenburg

Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1803–1862), daughter of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and consort of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1878–1948), daughter of Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt