Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Frederick Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (13 June 1778, Ludwigslust - 29 November 1819, Ludwigslust) 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, grand-duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and of Louise de Saxe-Gotha.

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:
#Paul-Frederick of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800-1842) grand-duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who in 1822 married Alexandrine of Prussia (1803-1892)
#Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1803-1862), who in 1825 married Georges of Saxony (died 1853).

On Elena's death, in 1810 he married Karoline Luise van Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and they had 3 children:
#Albert of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1812-1834)
#Hélène of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814-1858), who in 1837 married Ferdinand-Philippe d'Orléans (1810-1842) eldest son of Louis-Philippe of France
#Magnus of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1815-1816)

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

Bibliography

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

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