Friedrich Franz I
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Titles: Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1785-1815); Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1815-1837)
Born: December 10, 1756 in Schwerin
Parents: Ludwig, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Married: June 1, 1775 to Princess Luise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Children:
– stillborn daughter (1776)
– stillborn son (1777)
– Friedrich Ludwig, Hereditary Grand Duke (1778)
– Luise Charlotte (1779)
– Gustav Wilhelm (1781)
– Karl (1782)
– Charlotte Friederike (1784)
– Adolf (1785)
REIGN: June 17, 1815 – February 1, 1837
Died: February 1, 1837 in Ludwigslust
Buried: Doberan Minster
Luise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born: March 9, 1756 in Roda, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Parents: Prince Johann August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Countess Luise Reuss of Schleiz
Married: June 1, 1775 to Grand Duke Friedrich Franz I
Children:
– stillborn daughter (1776)
– stillborn son (1777)
– Friedrich Ludwig, Hereditary Grand Duke (1778)
– Luise Charlotte (1779)
– Gustav Wilhelm (1781)
– Karl (1782)
– Charlotte Friederike (1784)
– Adolf (1785)
Died: January 1, 1808 at Schloss Ludwigslust
Buried: Duchess Luise Mausoleum, Schloss Ludwigslust
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Paul Friedrich
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born: September 15, 1800 in Ludwigslust
Parents: Friedrich Ludwig, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia
Married: May 25, 1822 to Princess Alexandrine of Prussia
Children:
– Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II (1823)
– Luise (1824)
– Wilhelm (1827)
– Helene (1829)
– Marie (1831)
– Pauline (1833)
REIGN: February 1, 1837 – March 7, 1842
Died: March 7, 1842 in Schwerin
Buried: Schwerin Cathedral
Alexandrine of Prussia
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born: February 23, 1803 in Berlin
Parents: King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia and Princess Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Married: May 25, 1822 to Grand Duke Paul Friedrich
Children:
– Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II (1823)
– Luise (1824)
– Wilhelm (1827)
– Helene (1829)
– Marie (1831)
– Pauline (1833)
Died: April 21, 1892 in Schwerin
Buried: Schwerin Cathedral
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Friedrich Franz II
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born: February 28, 1823 in Ludwigslust
Parents: Paul Friedrich, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princess Alexandrine of Prussia
Married(1): November 3, 1849 to Princess Auguste Reuss of Köstritz
Children:
– Friedrich Franz III, Grand Duke (1851)
– Paul Friedrich (1852)
– Marie (1854)
– Nikolaus (1855)
– Johann Albrecht (1857)
– Alexander (1859)
Married(2): July 4, 1864 to Princess Anne of Hesse and by Rhine
Children:
– Anne (1865)
Married(3): July 4, 1868 to Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Children:
– Elisabeth (1869)
– Friedrich Wilhelm (1871)
– Adolf Friedrich (1873)
– Heinrich (1876)
REIGN: March 7, 1842 – April 15, 1883
Died: April 15, 1883 in Schwerin
Buried: Schwerin Cathedral
Auguste Reuss of Köstritz
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born: May 26, 1822 in Klipphausen, Saxony
Parents: Heinrich LXIII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz
Married: November 3, 1849 to Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II
Children:
– Friedrich Franz III, Grand Duke (1851)
– Paul Friedrich (1852)
– Marie (1854)
– Nikolaus (1855)
– Johann Albrecht (1857)
– Alexander (1859)
Died: March 3, 1862 in Schwerin
Buried: Schwerin Cathedral
Anna of Hesse and by Rhine
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born: May 25, 1843 in Bessungen, Hesse
Parents: Prince Karl of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elisabeth of Prussia
Married: July 4, 1864 to Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II
Children:
– Anne (1865)
Died: April 16, 1865 in Schwerin
Buried: Schwerin Cathedral
Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born: January 29, 1850 in Raben Steinfeld, Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Parents: Adolf of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Mathilde ot Schönburg-Waldenburg
Married(3): July 4, 1868 to Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Children:
– Elisabeth (1869)
– Friedrich Wilhelm (1871)
– Adolf Friedrich (1873)
– Heinrich (1876)
Died: April 22, 1922 in The Hague, Netherlands
Buried: Schwerin Cathedral
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Friedrich Franz III
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born: March 19, 1851 in Ludwigslust
Parents: Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II and Princess Augusta of Reuss-Köstritz
Married: January 24, 1879 to Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
Children:
– Alexandrine (1879)
– Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV (1882)
– Cecilie (1886)
REIGN: April 15, 1883 – April 10, 1897
Died: April 10, 1897 in Cannes
Buried: Helena Pavlovna Mausoleum, Ludwigslust
Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born: July 28, 1860, Peterhof Palace, St Petersburg, Russia
Parents: Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich of Russia and Princess Cecilie Auguste of Baden
Married: January 24, 1879 to Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III
Children:
– Alexandrine (1879)
– Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV (1882)
– Cecilie (1886)
Died: March 11, 1922 in Èze, France
Buried: Helena Pavlovna Mausoleum, Ludwigslust
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Friedrich Franz IV
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born: April 9, 1882 in Palermo, Italy
Parents: Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
Married: June 7, 1904 to Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland
Children:
– Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke (1910)
– Christian Ludwig (1912)
– Olga (1916)
– Thyra (1919)
– Anastasia (1922)
REIGN: April 10, 1897 – November 14, 1918 (abdicated)
Died: November 17, 1945 in Flensburg, Germany
Buried: New Cemetery in Glücksburg
Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born: September 29, 1882 at Schloss Ort in Gmunden
Parents: Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover and Princess Thyra of Denmark
Married: June 7, 1904 to Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland
Children:
– Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke (1910)
– Christian Ludwig (1912)
– Olga (1916)
– Thyra (1919)
– Anastasia (1922)
Died: August 30, 1963 at Glücksburg Castle in Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein
Buried: New Cemetery in Glücksburg
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