Adolf Friedrich V (Mecklenburg)

Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich V.

Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg [-Strelitz] (born July 22, 1848 in Neustrelitz ; † June 11, 1914 in Berlin ; full name: Georg Adolf Friedrich Victor Ernst Adalbert Gustav Wilhelm Wellington ) was Grand Duke of Mecklenburg from 1904 to 1914 as regent in Mecklenburg-Strelitz , general of the cavalry .

Life

Adolf Friedrich was the only surviving child of Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm (1819-1904) and his wife Princess Augusta Karoline of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover (1822-1916), daughter of Adolph Friedrich, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850).

After his upbringing at home, the Hereditary Grand Duke received his school education at the Vitzthum School in Dresden . He then studied law at the University of Göttingen and became a member (owner of the Bierzipfels) of the Corps Saxonia Göttingen in 1870 .

Since his father's accession to the throne in 1860, Adolf Friedrich had been Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg in the Strelitz region . He took part in the Franco-German War in 1870/71 . On January 18, 1871, he represented his father when King Wilhelm I of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor (" Imperial Proclamation ") in the Palace of Versailles .

He followed after the death of his father on May 30, 1904 as Grand Duke of Mecklenburg [-Strelitz]. He did not continue his father's excessive frugality and tried to modernize his country. His attempts to introduce a constitution failed. The first attempt to replace the existing constitution of the estates of 1755 by introducing a mansion and a house of representatives was rejected by the Mecklenburg state parliament in June 1908 . Although the Schwerin Grand Duke was not so sympathetic to the project either, both grand dukes submitted drafts again in January 1909, which, despite some concessions, failed again in 1913 due to resistance from the knighthood. Only for the Principality of Ratzeburg , for which the Land constitutional comparison of inheritance of 1755 did not apply, Adolf Friedrich V was able to enforce changes. The regent was more successful in restructuring the administration of his Grand Duchy and in standardizing and improving the school system.

The seriously ill, 65-year-old Grand Duke died during a treatment stay in Berlin. He was buried in the family crypt in Mirow in the presence of Kaiser Wilhelm II .

Marriage and offspring

Adolf Friedrich V with the Collane des Order of the Bath

On April 17, 1877, Adolf Friedrich married Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt-Dessau (1857–1933) in Dessau . The marriage had four children:

Victoria Marie Auguste Luise Antoinette Karoline Leopoldine (1878–1948)

⚭ 1899–1908 Count Georg Jametel (1859–1944)

⚭ 1914 Prince Julius Ernst zur Lippe (-Biesterfeld) (1873–1952)

Auguste Charlotte Jutta Alexandra Georgine Adolfine (1880–1946)

⚭ 1899 Crown Prince Danilo of Montenegro (1871–1939)

Adolf Friedrich VI. Georg Ernst Albert Eduard (1882–1918, by suicide )
Karl Borwin Christian Alexander Arthur (1888–1908 during a duel )

Regiment chief

May 30, 1904 to November 14, 1914 - Chief of the 2nd Battalion of the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Grenadier Regiment No. 89 .

literature

Helmut Borth: Herzoghaus Mecklenburg-Strelitz: Of crowned heads, blue-blooded cuckoo children and the Mirow princely crypt. Steffen Verlag, Berlin 2015. ISBN 978-3-942477-95-6 . Pp. 165-172.
Andreas Frost: Adolf Friedrich V. In: Biographical Lexicon for Mecklenburg. Volume 8 (2016). ISBN 978-3-7950-3756-7 . Pp. 9-12.
Bernd Kasten : Money alone doesn't make you happy. The Mecklenburg-Strelitz line. In: Same: Prince Schnaps. Black sheep in the Princely House of Mecklenburg. Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2009. ISBN 978-3-356-01334-4 . P. 111.
Rajko Lippert: The Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Suum Cuique, Reutlingen 1994. ISBN 3-927292-94-X . Pp. 85-89.

Web links

Commons : Adolf Friedrich V. (Mecklenburg) - Collection of images

Individual evidence

^ Hasso von Etzdorf , Wolfgang von der Groeben , Erik von Knorre: Directory of the members of the Corps Saxonia zu Göttingen and the Landsmannschaft Saxonia (1840–1844) as of February 13, 1972 , Göttingen 1972, p. 203.
↑ Theodor Toeche-Mittler: The imperial proclamation in Versailles on January 18, 1871 with a directory of the festival participants. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1896, p. 23, p. 53.
↑ Heinrich Schnaebeli: photographs of the imperial proclamation in Versailles. Berlin 1871.
↑ Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon. New, revised anniversary edition. Volume 17 (1910).
^ Lippert: The Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , p. 87 ff.

predecessor	Office	successor
Friedrich Wilhelm (II.)	Grand Duke of Mecklenburg [-Strelitz] 1904–1914	Adolf Friedrich VI.

personal data
SURNAME	Adolf Friedrich V.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg; Georg Adolf Friedrich Victor Ernst Adalbert Gustav Wilhelm Wellington (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Grand Duke of Mecklenburg in Mecklenburg-Strelitz
DATE OF BIRTH	July 22, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neustrelitz
DATE OF DEATH	June 11, 1914
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Hasso von Etzdorf , Wolfgang von der Groeben , Erik von Knorre: Directory of the members of the Corps Saxonia zu Göttingen and the Landsmannschaft Saxonia (1840–1844) as of February 13, 1972 , Göttingen 1972, p. 203.

[Toeche-Mittler-2] Theodor Toeche-Mittler: The imperial proclamation in Versailles on January 18, 1871 with a directory of the festival participants. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1896, p. 23, p. 53.

[Schnaebeli-3] Heinrich Schnaebeli: photographs of the imperial proclamation in Versailles. Berlin 1871.

[4] Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon. New, revised anniversary edition. Volume 17 (1910).

[5] Lippert: The Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , p. 87 ff.