Christian Louis II
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Christian Ludwig II | |
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Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |
Born | Grabow | 15 May 1683
Died | 30 May 1756 Schwerin | (aged 73)
Spouse | Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
Father | Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow |
Mother | Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg |
Christian Ludwig II of Mecklenburg (15 May 1683 – 30 May 1756) was the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1747 to 1756.
He was the son of Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow, and Christine Wilhelmine, princess of Hesse-Homburg. In 1714 he married Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and had five children :
- Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717-1785); married Duchess Louise Frederica of Württemberg (1722-1791)
- Ulrike Sofie (1723-1813)
- Louis (1725-1778); married Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1731-1810). They were the parents of Friedrich Franz I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
- Luise (1730)
- Amalie (1732-1775)
His household employed Johann Gottfried Müthel as an organist and cembalist and Konrad Ekhof as a comedian.