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Friedrich Ludwig, 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 29 November 1819(1819-11-29) (aged 41)
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
Full name
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.


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