Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow

Infobox Prince
name = Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg
title =Prince of Mirow


caption =
spouse 1 =Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
royal house =Mecklenburg
father =Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
mother =Princess Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
date of birth =birth date|1708|2|23
place of birth = Strelitz
date of death =death date and age|1752|6|5|1708|2|23
place of death = Mirow|

Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow ( _de. Herzog Carl Ludwig Friedrich zu Mecklenburg, Prinz von Mirow; February 23 1708 ndash June 5 1752) was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the father of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom.

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.cite book |title=Memoirs of Her Most Excellent Majesty Sophia-Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain |last=Watkins |first=John |year=1819 |publisher=H. Colburn |pages=28-30 ] After the death of his father he lived in Mirow with his mother.cite book |title=History of Friedrich the Second Called Frederick the Great |last=Carlyle |first=Thomas |year=1866 |publisher=Harper & Brothers |pages=477, 478 ] He later attended the University of Gripswald in Pomerania.

Charles who played the transverse flute set off in 1726 on a European tour to learn more about music. [cite book |title=Vivaldi's Music for Flute And Recorder |last=Sardelli |first=Federico Maria |coauthors=Michael Talbot |year=2007 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing |isbn=075463714X |pages=43 ] 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.

After laving 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. 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 February 5 1735 in Eisfeld to Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1713–1761), daughter of Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen. [ [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/mecklenburg.html Online Gotha] ] 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

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1= 1. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow
2= 2. Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
3= 3. Christiane Emilie von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
4= 4. Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
5= 5. Maria Katharina of Brunswick-Dannenberg
6= 6. Christian Wilhelm, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
7= 7. Antonie Sybille of Barby-Muhlingen
8= 8. Johann V-VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
9= 9. Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
10= 10. Julius Ernst, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Dannenberg
11= 11. Maria of East Frisia
12= 12. Anton I of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
13= 13. Maria of Pfalz-Zweibrucken
14= 14. Albert Frederick of Barby-Mühlingen
15= 15. Sophie Ursula of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
16= 16. Johann Albrecht, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Schwerin
17= 17. Anna Sophie of Prussia
18= 18. Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
19= 19. Christine of Hesse
20= 20. Heinrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Dannenberg
21= 21. Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg
22= 22. Edzard II, Count of East Frisia
23= 23. Katharina Vasa
24= 24. Christian I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
25= 25. Anna Sibylle of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
26= 26. George of Pfalz-Zweibrucken
27= 27. Dorothea of Solms-Sonnenwalde
28= 28. Jost II, Count of Barby-Mühlingen
29= 29. Sophia of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
30= 30. Anton II, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
31= 31. Sibylle Elisabeth of Brunswick-Dannenbergahnentafel bottom

References

External links

* [http://www.mv-schloesser.de/netautor/napro4/appl/na_professional/parse.php?mlay_id=2500&mdoc_id=1000516 Schloss Mirow]