- Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg
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Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg Prince of Mirow Spouse Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen Issue Duchess Christiane
Duchess Karoline
Duke Adolf Friedrich IV
Duchess Elizabeth Christine
Duchess Sophie Louise
Duke Charles II
Duke Ernst Gottlob
Charlotte, Queen of the United Kingdom
Duke Gotthelf
Duke George AugustusHouse House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Father Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Mother Princess Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Born 23 February 1708
StrelitzDied 5 June 1752 (aged 44)
MirowReligion Lutheranism Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow (German: Herzog Carl Ludwig Friedrich zu Mecklenburg, Prinz von Mirow; 23 February 1708 – 5 June 1752) was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the father of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom.
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Life
Charles was born in Strelitz, the only son of the reigning duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Adolf Frederick II and his third wife Princess Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. His father died when he was only three months old and his half brother succeeded their father as Duke Adolf Friedrich III. He inherited from his father the commandries of Mirow and Nemerow.[1] After the death of his father he lived in Mirow with his mother.[2] He later attended the University of Greifswald in Pomerania.[1]
Charles who played the transverse flute set off in 1726 on a European tour to learn more about music.[3] After visiting Geneva, Italy and France he went to Vienna and briefly entered into the service of the Holy Roman Emperor as a Lieutenant Colonel before returning to Mirow.[2]
After leaving the Army Charles lived with his family in the castle of Mirow spending most of his time managing his estates and attending to the education of his children.[1] He lived at Mirow until his death there at the age of 44.
When his older brother Adolf Friedrich III died in December 1752 without a male heir Charles Louis Frederick's son Adolf Friedrich IV became the next Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Family
Charles was married on 5 February 1735 in Eisfeld to Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1713–1761), daughter of Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.[4] She was regent to her son in 1752 and played a major part in the struggle for the throne at that time.
They had ten children, of whom six survived infancy:
- Duchess Christiane of Mecklenburg (6 December 1735 – 31 August 1794).
- Duchess Karoline of Mecklenburg (22 December 1736)
- Duke Adolf Friedrich IV of Mecklenburg (5 May 1738 – 2 June 1794).
- Duchess Elizabeth Christine of Mecklenburg (13 April 1739 – 9 April 1741).
- Duchess Sophie Louise of Mecklenburg (16 May 1740 – 31 January 1742).
- Duke Charles II of Mecklenburg (10 October 1741 – 6 November 1816). Father of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
- Duke Ernst Gottlob Albert of Mecklenburg (27 August 1742 – 27 January 1814)
- Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg (19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818). She became Queen consort to George III of the United Kingdom.
- Duke Gotthelf of Mecklenburg (29 October 1745 – 31 October 1745)
- Duke George Augustus of Mecklenburg (16 August 1748 – 14 November 1785)
Ancestry
Ancestors of Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg 16. Johann Albrecht, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Schwerin 8. Johann V-VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 17. Anna Sophie of Prussia 4. Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 18. Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 9. Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp 19. Christine of Hesse 2. Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 20. Heinrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Dannenberg 10. Julius Ernst, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Dannenberg 21. Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg 5. Maria Katharina of Brunswick-Dannenberg 22. Edzard II, Count of East Frisia 11. Maria of East Frisia 23. Katharina Vasa 1. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow 24. Christian I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 12. Anton I of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 25. Anna Sibylle of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 6. Christian Wilhelm, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 26. George of Pfalz-Zweibrücken 13. Maria of Pfalz-Zweibrücken 27. Dorothea of Solms-Sonnenwalde 3. Christiane Emilie von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 28. Jost II, Count of Barby-Mühlingen 14. Albert Frederick of Barby-Mühlingen 29. Sophia of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 7. Antonie Sybille of Barby-Muhlingen 30. Anton II, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst 15. Sophie Ursula of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst 31. Sibylle Elisabeth of Brunswick-Dannenberg References
- ^ a b c Watkins, John (1819). Memoirs of Her Most Excellent Majesty Sophia-Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain. H. Colburn. pp. 28–30.
- ^ a b Carlyle, Thomas (1866). History of Friedrich the Second Called Frederick the Great. Harper & Brothers. pp. 477, 478.
- ^ Sardelli, Federico Maria; Michael Talbot (2007). Vivaldi's Music for Flute And Recorder. Ashgate Publishing. pp. 43. ISBN 075463714X.
- ^ Online Gotha
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