Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
| Frederick Louis | |
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| Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |
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| Spouse | Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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| Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Marie Louise, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg Duke Albert Helene, Duchess of Orléans Duke Magnus |
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| Full name | |
| German: Friedrich Ludwig | |
| House | House of Mecklenburg |
| Father | Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
| Mother | Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
| Born | 13 June 1778 Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
| Died | 29 November 1819 (aged 41) Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
Frederick Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (13 June 1778, Ludwigslust – 29 November 1819, Ludwigslust) was a hereditary prince of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, one of the constituent states of the German Confederation. He was the son of Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and of Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
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[edit] Marriage and issue
At Gatchina near Saint Petersburg) on 12 October 1799 (Old Style - 23 October) he married Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia. They had two children:
- Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800-1842) grand-duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who in 1822 married Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1803-1892)
- Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1803-1862), who in 1825 married Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.
On Elena's death, in 1810 he married Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, daughter of Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. They had 3 children:
- Albert of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1812-1834)
- Hélène of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814-1858), who in 1837 married Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810-1842) eldest son of Louis Philippe I, King of the French
- Magnus of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1815-1816)
After Caroline's death in 1816, he remarried in 1818 to Augusta of Hesse-Homburg.
Among Friedrich Louis's descendants are the Queen of the Netherlands, the Queen of Denmark, the Queen of Greece, the Count of Paris, the Duke of Parma, the Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, the Grand Duchess of Russia and the Prince of Prussia.
[edit] Ancestry
[edit] Bibliography
- (French) Hélène de Mecklembourg-Schwerin; Madame la duchesse d'Orléans; Nouvelle édition. Paris: Michel Lévy, 1859. DC 269 .O7 M34 1859
