Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Frederick Louis
Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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Born	(1778-06-13)13 June 1778 Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Died	Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Spouse	Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Landgravine Auguste of Hesse-Homburg
Issue	Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Marie Louise, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg Duke Albert Helene, Duchess of Orléans Duke Magnus
Full name German: Friedrich Ludwig
House	House of Mecklenburg
Father	Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mother	Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Religion	Lutheranism

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.

Ancestry

Family of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

16. Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow               8. Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg                       17. Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg               4. Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin                             18. Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg               9. Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz                       19. Princess Maria of Mecklenburg-Gustrow               2. Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg                                   20. John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld               10. Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld                       21. Charlotte Johanne of Waldeck-Pyrmont               5. Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld                             22. Loius Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt               11. Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt                       23. Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg               1. Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin                                         24. Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg               12. Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg                       25. Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels               6. Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg                             26. Karl, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst               13. Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst                       27. Princess Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels               3. Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg                                   28. Heinrich XI, Count Reuss of Schleiz               14. Heinrich I, Count Reuss of Schleiz                       29. Johanna Dorothea of Tättenbach-Geilsdorf               7. Countess Louise Reuss of Schleiz                             30. Eucharius Kasimir, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg               15. Countess Juliana Dorothea Louise of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg                       31. Countess Juliana Dorothea Luise of Limpurg-Gaildorf

Bibliography

• (French) Hélène de Mecklembourg-Schwerin; Madame la duchesse d'Orléans; Nouvelle édition. Paris: Michel Lévy, 1859. DC 269 .O7 M34 1859