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Frederick Louis

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Birth Date:
13.06.1778
Death date:
29.11.1819
Extra names:
Фридрих Людвиг Мекленбург-Шверинский, Friedrich Ludwig, Herzog zu Mecklenburg, Frederick Louis Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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Frederick Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (13 June 1778 – 29 November 1819) was a hereditary prince of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, one of the constituent states of the German Confederation. He was the son of Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and of Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

Marriage and issue

At Gatchina near Saint Petersburg) on 12 October 1799 (Old Style - 23 October) he married Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia. They had two children:

  1. Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800-1842) Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who in 1822 married Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1803-1892)
  2. Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1803-1862), who in 1825 married Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

On Elena's death, in 1810 he married Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, daughter of Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. They had 3 children:

  1. Albert of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1812-1834)
  2. Hélène of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814-1858), who in 1837 married Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810-1842) eldest son of Louis Philippe I, King of the French
  3. Magnus of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1815-1816)

After Caroline's death in 1816, he remarried in 1818 to Landgravine Auguste of Hesse-Homburg.

Among Friedrich Louis's descendants are the King of the Netherlands, the Queen of Denmark, the Queen of Greece, the King of Spain, the Queen of Romania, the Count of Paris, the Duke of Parma, the Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, the Grand Duchess of Russia and the Prince of Prussia as well as Guglielmo Plüschow and Gunther Plüschow, descendants of his illegitimate son Carl Eduard Plüschow.

 

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Елена  ПавловнаЕлена ПавловнаWife17.12.178424.09.1803
        2Paul IPaul IFather in-law01.10.175423.03.1801
        3Maria FeodorovnaMaria FeodorovnaMother in-law14.10.175924.10.1828
        4Anna PavlovnaAnna PavlovnaSister in-law18.01.179501.03.1865
        5Екатерина ПавловнаЕкатерина ПавловнаSister in-law10.05.178809.01.1819
        6Maria  PavlovnaMaria PavlovnaSister in-law04.02.178611.06.1859
        7Михаил ПавловичМихаил ПавловичBrother in-law08.02.179828.08.1849
        8Константин ПавловичКонстантин ПавловичBrother in-law27.04.177915.06.1831
        9Alexander I of RussiaAlexander I of RussiaBrother in-law12.12.177719.11.1825
        10Nicholas I of RussiaNicholas I of RussiaBrother in-law06.07.179618.02.1855
        11Elisabeth  of Saxe-AltenburgElisabeth of Saxe-AltenburgGreat granddaughter25.01.186524.03.1927

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