Main list of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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Coat of arms of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Coat of arms of the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Neustrelitz Castle (destroyed in 1945)

The Mecklenburg-Strelitz line of the ducal house of Mecklenburg was created on March 8, 1701 as a result of the third division of Mecklenburg mainland agreed in the Hamburg settlement . Adolf Friedrich II , Duke of Mecklenburg, is considered to be the founder of the line . Among his male descendants are all the regents of the newly formed Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , who until the end of the monarchy were initially called Duke of Mecklenburg , from June 28, 1815, as Grand Duke of Mecklenburg etc. A title addition to the name of the Strelitz part of the country was only used colloquially. These title additions were z. B. used on coins, postage stamps, certificates, medals and to avoid confusion in diplomatic and legal transactions, but were never part of the official title.

The Princely House of Mecklenburg had agreed on the principle of succession of primogeniture for the dynasty in the Hamburg hereditary comparison . Nevertheless, the accession to the throne of the 14-year-old Duke Adolf Friedrich IV at the turn of the year 1752/53 again brought political entanglements, which can be explained by the political struggle between princes and knighthood in the country in the run-up to the Land Constitutional Hereditary Compensation (LGGEV). The ruling line of Mecklenburg-Strelitz of the Mecklenburg dynasty capable of succeeding the throne ended in 1934 with Carl Michael .

Descendants in the Mecklenburg-Strelitz line are still alive today. In order to maintain the former title Duke of Mecklenburg (which had become a family name according to the Weimar Constitution), Carl Michael Herzog zu Mecklenburg adopted the son of his brother Georg Alexander . The former Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Friedrich Franz IV. , Recognized the adoption under house law on the condition that it did not establish a right to the throne. On December 18, 1950, the (former) Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz and Adolf Friedrich Herzog zu Mecklenburg (-Schwerin) Georg Herzog zu Mecklenburg attested the use of the predicate "Highness" and the title "Chief of Mecklenburg-Strelitzer", which had been common for the dukes until 1918 House ”. For dynastic questions, adoption and its consequences remained meaningless.

Tribe list

  1. Adolf Friedrich II. (1658–1708), reg. Duke of Mecklenburg [-Strelitz]; → For ancestors, see Mecklenburg ancestral list
    1. Adolf Friedrich III. (Mecklenburg) (1686-1752), reg. Duke of Mecklenburg [-Strelitz]
    2. Gustave Karoline (1694–1748) ⚭ Christian Ludwig II. (Mecklenburg) (1683–1756)
    3. Karl zu Mecklenburg (1708–1752) , called "Prince von Mirow" ⚭ Elisabeth Albertine von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (1713–1761), daughter of Duke Ernst Friedrich I (Sachsen-Hildburghausen) (1681–1724)
      1. Christiane of Mecklenburg (1735–1794)
      2. Adolf Friedrich IV. (Mecklenburg) (1738–1794), reg. Duke of Mecklenburg [-Strelitz]
      3. Charles II (Mecklenburg) (1741-1816), reg. Herzog zu… , (from 1815) Grand Duke of Mecklenburg [-Strelitz] ⚭ Friederike Caroline Luise of Hessen-Darmstadt (1752–1782), daughter of Landgrave Georg Wilhelm (Hessen-Darmstadt) (1722–1782)
        1. Charlotte (1769–1818) ⚭ Friedrich (Sachsen-Altenburg) (1763–1834)
        2. Caroline (1771–1773)
        3. Georg (1772–1773)
        4. Therese Mathilde von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1773–1839) ⚭ Karl Alexander von Thurn and Taxis (1770–1827)
        5. Friedrich (1774–1774)
        6. Luise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776–1810) ⚭ 1793 King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (Prussia) (1770-1840)
        7. Friederike zu Mecklenburg (1778–1841)
        8. Georg (Mecklenburg) (1779–1860), Grand Duke of Mecklenburg [-Strelitz] ⚭ Marie von Hessen-Kassel (1796–1880) , daughter of Landgrave Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel (1747–1837)
          1. Luise (1818–1842)
          2. Friedrich Wilhelm II. (Mecklenburg) (1819–1904), Grand Duke of Mecklenburg [-Strelitz] ⚭ Augusta Karoline von Cambridge (1822–1916), daughter of Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge (1774–1850)
            1. Adolf Friedrich V. (Mecklenburg) (1848–1914), Grand Duke of Mecklenburg [-Strelitz] ⚭ Elisabeth von Anhalt-Dessau (1857–1933), daughter of Duke Friedrich I (Anhalt) (1831–1904)
              1. Marie von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1878–1948) ⚭ (I) 1899 Count George Jametel oo 1908; ⚭ (II) 1914 Julius Ernst Prinz zur Lippe (-Biesterfeld)
              2. Jutta von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1880–1946) ⚭ Danilo of Montenegro (1871–1939)
              3. Adolf Friedrich VI. (Mecklenburg) (1882–1918), Grand Duke of Mecklenburg [-Strelitz]
              4. Karl Borwin of Mecklenburg (1888–1908)
          3. Caroline zu Mecklenburg (1821–1876) ⚭ King Friedrich VII (Denmark) (1808–1863)
          4. Georg zu Mecklenburg (1824–1876) ⚭ Katharina Michailowna Romanowa (1827–1894), daughter of Grand Duke Michael Pawlowitsch Romanow (1798–1849)
            1. Nicholas (1854)
            2. Helene zu Mecklenburg (-Strelitz) (1857–1936) ⚭ Albert von Sachsen-Altenburg (1843–1902)
            3. Georg Alexander zu Mecklenburg (1859–1909) ⚭ Natalia Feodorovna Countess von Carlow (1858–1921), daughter of the Kaiserl. Soot. State Councilor Feodor v. Vanljarski
              1. Ekaterina (1891–1940), Countess von Carlow ⚭ Vladimir Emmanuelovich Prince Galitzin (1884–1954)
              2. Marie (1893–1979), Countess of Carlow
              3. Natalia (1894–1913), Countess of Carlow
              4. Georg Herzog zu Mecklenburg (1899–1963), head of the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ⚭ (I) 1920 Irene Rajevsky, daughter of Major General Michael Rajevsky; ⚭ (II) 1956 Charlotte Archduchess of Austria (1921–1989), daughter of Emperor Karl I (Austria-Hungary) (1887–1922)
                1. Georg Alexander Herzog zu Mecklenburg (1921–1996), head of the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ⚭ 1946 Ilona Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary (1927–2011), oo 1974
                  1. Elisabeth Christine (* 1947) ⚭ 1975 Alhard Graf von dem Bussche-Kessell (* 1947)
                  2. Maria Katharina (* 1949) ⚭ 1978 Wolfgang von Wasielewski (* 1951)
                  3. Irene (* 1952)
                  4. Georg Borwin (* 1956), head of the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ⚭ 1986 Alice Wagner (* 1958)
                    1. Helene Olga (* 1988)
                    2. Georg Alexander (* 1991)
                    3. Carl Michael (* 1994)
                2. Helene (1924–1962)
                3. Carl Gregor Herzog zu Mecklenburg (1933–2018) ⚭ 1966 Maria Margarethe Princess of Hohenzollern-Emden (1928–2006)
            4. Marie (1861)
            5. Carl Michael zu Mecklenburg (1863–1934), adopted his nephew Georg Alexander in 1928. Since then, his descendants have been called "Herzog zu Mecklenburg" .
        9. Friedrich (1781–1783)
        10. Augusta (1782)
        11. Karl of Mecklenburg (1785–1837)
      4. Ernst of Mecklenburg (1742-1814)
      5. Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818) ⚭ 1761 King George III. (United Kingdom) (1738-1820)
      6. Georg of Mecklenburg (1748–1785)

See also

Borwin Herzog zu Mecklenburg (* 1956), head of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz family and - besides his two sons - the last male obodrite

Web links

Commons : Haus Mecklenburg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files