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Duke Christian Louis
Born(1912-09-29)29 September 1912
Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Died18 July 1996(1996-07-18) (aged 83)
Gut Hemmelmark, Germany
SpousePrincess Barbara of Prussia (m. 1954)
IssueDuchess Donata
Duchess Edwina
Names
Christian Louis Ernest Augustus Maximilian John Albert Adolphus Frederick
Template:Lang-de
HouseHouse of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
FatherFrederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
MotherPrincess Alexandra of Hanover
ReligionLutheranism

Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg (Template:Lang-de; 29 September 1912 – 18 July 1996) was the second son of the last reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Frederick Francis IV.

Early life

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. Following the defeat of the German Empire in World War I his father abdicated on 14 November 1918.

After the abolition of the monarchy, in 1919 the family went on the invitation of Queen Alexandrine, consort of Christian X of Denmark, and sister of the Grand Duke into exile in Denmark, where they lived for a year in Sorgenfri Palace. Later the family returned to Mecklenburg and lived in Gelbensande, and from 1921 the settled at Ludwigslust Castle. After finishing school, in the autumn of 1935 he went as a recruit in the cavalry regiment 14 in Ludwigslust, with whom he was drafted in 1939 in the World War II. In 1944 he was dismissed because of a decree as being a member of a former ruling house of the armed forces.

After the war

When the war ended, Ludwigslust was first occupied by the British, but soon was transferred to the Soviet occupation, so that Christian Louis initially went with his family to Glücksburg Castle in Schleswig-Holstein. But he soon returned to Ludwigslust to take care of the family property and was taken prisoner by the Soviet military authorities. After imprisonment he was flown to Moscow, where he was sentenced in the Lubyanka prison to be imprisoned for 25 years.

In 1953 he was released after the intervention of Konrad Adenauer for German POWs in the Soviet Union and came back to Christmas 1953 with his family in Glücksburg.

Marriage and family

On 5 July 1954 in Glücksburg Christian Louis married in a civil marriage, Princess Barbara of Prussia daughter of Prince Sigismund of Prussia.[1] They married in a religious ceremony on 11 July 1954. They had two daughters.[2]

  • Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg (b. 11 March 1956) married Alexander von Solodkoff and had issue.
  • Duchess Edwina of Mecklenburg (b. 25 September 1960) married Konrad von Posern and had issue.

Ancestry

Family of Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg
16. Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
8. Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
17. Princess Alexandrine of Prussia
4. Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
18. Prince Heinrich LXIII Reuss of Köstritz
9. Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz
19. Countess Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode
2. Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
20. Nicholas I of Russia
10. Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia
21. Princess Charlotte of Prussia
5. Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
22. Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
11. Princess Cecilie of Baden
23. Princess Sophie of Sweden
1. Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
24. Ernest Augustus I of Hanover
12. George V of Hanover
25. Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
6. Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
26. Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
13. Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
27. Duchess Amelia of Württemberg
3. Princess Alexandra of Hanover
28. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
14. Christian IX of Denmark
29. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Cassel
7. Princess Thyra of Denmark
30. Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel
15. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel
31. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark

Notes

  1. ^ Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 169.
  2. ^ Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 162. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.

Sources

  • Alexander Solodkoff: Christian Ludwig Herzog zu Mecklenburg: Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Club Wien 2003, ISBN 3-933781-28-0
  • Alison Weir: Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy, The Bodley Head, London 1999, S: 292
  • Marlene A. Eilers: Queen Victoria's Descendants, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore 1987, S. 161, 162, 169
  • Peter Hoffmann: Stauffenbergs Freund - Die tragische Geschichte des Widerstandskämpfers Joachim Kuhn, Verlag C.H.Beck München 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-55810-8
  • Peter Hoffmann: Oberst i.G. Henning von Tresckow und die Staatsstreichspläne im Jahr 1943, in: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, Vol 55, 2, April 2007, S. 331-364
  • Christian Ludwig von Mecklenburg: Erzählungen aus meinem Leben, Schwerin, 3. Auflage31998, ISBN 3-910179-75-4
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