Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg

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Paul Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin]

Paul Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin] (born September 19, 1852 in Ludwigslust ; † May 17, 1923 there ; full name: Paul Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich ) was a Mecklenburg-Schwerin cavalry general .

Life

Paul Friedrich was the second child of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II and his first wife, Princess Auguste Reuss zu Köstritz . From 1870 to 1876 he served, first as a lieutenant and then as a cavalry captain , in the Brandenburg Hussar Regiment (Zietensche Hussars) No. 3 in Rathenow . With the regiment he took part in the war against France in 1870/71 and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class.

Since April 9, 1902, he held the rank of Grand Ducal Mecklenburg General of the Cavalry and stood à la suite of the 1st Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 17 .

Since 1873 he was a corps bow bearer of the Corps Borussia Bonn .

Marriage and offspring

On May 5, 1881, Paul Friedrich married his cousin, the Austrian Princess Marie von Windisch-Graetz , the third daughter of Prince (from 1867: Prince) Hugo von Windisch-Graetz and his wife Luise, Duchess of Mecklenburg (-Schwerin) . The couple had five children:

⚭ 1911–1913 Elisabeth Pratt-Tibbits (1860–1929)
⚭ 1915–1921 Natalie Oelrichs (1880–1931)
⚭ 1921 Carola Schmitz, b. von Alers (1882–1974)
  • Joseph, Duke of Mecklenburg (* / † 1889)

Although the Mecklenburg House was Protestant, the couple raised their children in the Catholic faith. In 1884 the duke converted to the Catholic faith. The financial problems of the ducal couple led to Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV (Mecklenburg) having the ducal couple incapacitated on March 5, 1906 and placed under the trustee of Oberlandstallmeister Christian von Stenglin (1843–1928) .

Awards

Orders and decorations

literature

  • Anonymous: Duke Paul von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his wife, Princess Marie von Windischgrätz . In: Illustrierte Zeitung Leipzig from June 11, 1881, Vol. 76, No. 1980, 484-485.
  • Bernd Kasten : Two notorious spendthrifts - Duke Paul Friedrich (1852–1923) and his wife Marie (1856–1929). In: the same: Prince Schnaps. Black sheep in the Princely House of Mecklenburg. Hinstorff Verlag , Rostock 2009. ISBN 978-3-356-01334-4 . Pp. 40-49.
  • Bernd Kasten: The monarchy as a facade - court scandals in Mecklenburg 1850-1930 . In: Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher 124 (2009), pp. 213-238.
  • Silke Marburg: European high nobility. King John of Saxony (1801–1873) and the internal communication of a social formation. Berlin 2008. ISBN 978-3-05-004344-9 . P. 232.
  • Marie Gabriele Ernestine Alexandra von Windischgrätz (1856–1929) . In: Archeology Agency , October 13, 2015, pp. 1–3.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chiefs and officers of the Ziethen Hussars , accessed on January 5, 2013.
  2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1910, 19 , 472
  3. ↑ Jana Esther Fries : Marie, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin: princess, wife, mother and archaeologist . In: Ausgräberinnen, Forschinnen, Pionierinnen (2013), p. 44 f.
  4. ↑ Bernd Kasten: Prince Schnaps. Black sheep in the Princely House of Mecklenburg. Rostock 2009, p. 41.
  5. ^ Government Gazette for Mecklenburg-Schwerin. 10 (1906), p. 52.
personal data
SURNAME Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paul Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich (full name); Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Paul Friedrich zu (wrong name form); Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Paul Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich zu (wrong name form)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Mecklenburg, General of the Cavalry
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigslust
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1923
Place of death Ludwigslust