Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg (1882–1904)

Duke Paul Frederick
Full name
Paul Frederick Charles Alexander Michael Hugh
House	House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Father	Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg
Mother	Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz
Born	12 May 1882(1882-05-12) Schwerin
Died	21 May 1904(1904-05-21) (aged 22) Kiel

Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg (German: Herzog Paul Friedrich zu Mecklenburg; given names: Paul Frederick Charles Alexander Michael Hugh; 12 May 1882 – 21 May 1904)^[1] was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and a German soldier and sailor. He was styled His Highness Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg.^[2]

German soldier and sailor

Duke Paul Frederick Charles Alexander Michael Hugh of Mecklenburg was born in Schwerin, the eldest child of Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg and his wife, Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz.^[1] Duke Paul Frederick was a grandson of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg. Shortly after his birth he was admitted into the German Imperial Army and assigned to the 15th Mecklenburg Dragoons by Emperor William I.^[3] Duke Paul Frederick and his siblings were raised as Roman Catholics and were brought up in Venice, where his family became friends with Cardinal Sarto (later Pope Pius X), who was a regular visitor to the family.^[4]

On 21 April 1884 Duke Paul Frederick's place in the line of succession to the throne of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was superseded by his uncles after his father renounced his own and his descendants' rights of succession.^[1][5] However in the event of his uncles' families becoming extinct, Duke Paul Frederick's line could succeed, as long the successor converted from Roman Catholicism to Protestantism.^[6]

Despite being put into the Army shortly after his birth, Duke Paul Frederick eventually pursued a career in the German Imperial Navy. He rose to the rank of lieutenant and in 1902, while serving on the training ship Atlantic to visit the United States of America and cruise in the Southern waters of the country.^[7]

Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg died unmarried in Kiel at the age of 22.^[1]

Ancestry

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Huberty, Michel; Alain Giraud, F., B. Magdelaine. L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VI : Bade-Mecklembourg. pp. 233, 239. ISBN 9782901138068. 
2. ^ Almanach de Gotha (141st ed.). Justus Perthes. 1904. pp. 58, 59. 
3. ^ "Mail News". Otago Witness: p. 14. 16 September 1882. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=OW18820916.2.29. Retrieved 30 August 2009. 
4. ^ "The Pope as a Matchmaker". Yukon World: p. 4. 12 February 1905. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NQIZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7yMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3767,2804622&. 
5. ^ "News by the Mail". Bruce Herald: p. 3. 3 June 1884. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=BH18840603.2.16. Retrieved 30 August 2009. 
6. ^ "Mulltum in Parvo". Otago Witness: p. 6. 16 September 1882. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=OW18840621.2.8. Retrieved 30 August 2009. 
7. ^ "Another German Naval Prince Will Visit America". New York Times. 15 June 1902. p. 18. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A00E7DC153DE433A25756C1A9609C946397D6CF. Retrieved 30 August 2009. 

External links

• S.M.S. Charlotte

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Name	Paul Frederick Of Mecklenburg
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	12 May 1882
Place of birth	Schwerin
Date of death	21 May 1904
Place of death	Kiel