Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Infobox Monarch
name =Paul Friedrich
title =Grand Duke of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin]


reign =1 February 1837 - 7 March 1842
predecessor =Friedrich Franz I
successor =Friedrich Franz II
consort =Alexandrine of Prussia
royal house =Mecklenburg
father =Friedrich Ludwig
mother =Elena Pavlovna of Russia
date of birth =Birth date|1800|9|15
place of birth =Ludwigslust
date of death =Death date and age|1842|3|7|1800|9|15
place of death =Schwerin|

Paul Friedrich (15 September 1800 - 7 March 1842) ruled as Grand Duke of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin] from 1837 to 1842.

Biography

He was born in Ludwigslust the son of Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia. [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/mecklenburg.html Online Gotha] ] Paul Friedrich was educated at Geneva, Jena and Rostock. Paul Friedrich became heir-apparent to the throne of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1819, upon the death of his father, the Hereditary Grand Duke.

On 1 February 1837 he succeeded his grandfather, Friedrich Franz I. His reign saw improvements in the infrastructure and judicial system of the Grand Duchy, as well as a change in the government's seat of residence from Ludwigslust to Schwerin. Paul Friedrich died in 1842 of a cold caught while rushing to a fire in his capital city.

Marriage and children

Paul Friedrich married Princess Alexandrine of Prussia at Berlin on 25 May 1822. They had two sons and a daughter:
*Friedrich Franz II (1823-1883)
*Luise (1824-1859) married Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Grätz
*Wilhelm (1827-1879) married Princess Alexandrine of Prussia daughter of Prince Albert of Prussia

Ancestors

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1= 1. Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
2= 2. Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
3= 3. Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia
4= 4. Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
5= 5. Princes Luise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
6= 6. Paul I of Russia
7= 7. Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg
8= 8. Duke Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
9= 9. Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
10= 10. Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
11= 11. Luise Reuss of Schleiz
12= 12. Peter III of Russia
13= 13. Catherine II of Russia
14= 14. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
15= 15. Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt
16= 16. Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
17= 17. Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
18= 18. Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
19= 19. Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
20= 20. Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
21= 21. Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst
22= 22. Heinrich I, Count of Reuss of Schleiz
23= 23. Countess Juliane Dorothea Luise of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg
24= 24. Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
25= 25. Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia
26= 26. Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
27= 27. Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
28= 28. Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
29= 29. Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis
30= 30. Friedrich Wilhelm, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
31= 31. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia

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