Frederick Louis | |||||
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Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |||||
Born |
Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
13 June 1778||||
Died | 29 November 1819 Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
(aged 41)||||
Spouse |
Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Landgravine Auguste of Hesse-Homburg |
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Issue |
Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Marie Louise, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg Duke Albert Helene, Duchess of Orléans Duke Magnus |
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House | House of Mecklenburg | ||||
Father | Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||||
Mother | Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | ||||
Religion | Lutheranism |
Full name | |
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German: Friedrich Ludwig |
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.
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:
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:
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.