Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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Friedrich Wilhelm
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Reign 6 September 1860 - 30 May 1904
Born October 17, 1819(1819-10-17)
Birthplace Neustrelitz
Died May 30, 1904 (aged 84)
Place of death Neustrelitz
Predecessor Georg
Successor Adolf Friedrich V
Consort Augusta of Cambridge
Royal House Mecklenburg
Father Georg
Mother Marie of Hesse-Kassel

Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Georg Ernst Adolf Gustav (17 October 1819 - 30 May 1904) was a Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

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[edit] Biography

He was born in Neustrelitz the son of Grand Duke Georg of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel (1796-1880). He spent his youth in Neustrelitz and later went to study history in Bonn. After finishing his studies he went travelling visiting Italy and Switzerland.

Friedrich Wilhelm succeeded as Grand Duke on the death of his father on the 6 September 1860. During his reign Mecklenburg-Strelitz became members of firstly the North German Confederation and then the German Empire. Friedrich Wilhelm was a large land owner with more than half of the whole Grand Duchy his personal property.[1]

On August 12, 1862 Friedrich Wilhelm was made a knight of the Order of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.[2]

He died at Neustrelitz on the 30 May 1904 and was succeeded by his only son who became Adolf Friedrich V.

[edit] Marriage and children

Friedrich Wilhelm was married on the 28 June 1843 at Buckingham Palace to Princess Augusta of Cambridge, a member of the British Royal Family, and a granddaughter of King George III. They had one son.[3]

Friedrich Wilhelm and his wife Augusta celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary by distributing 25 Pfennig to every citizen of the Grand Duchy from the public treasury.[4]



[edit] Ancestry

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charles Louis Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Georg, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Friederike Caroline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Luise of Leiningen-Heidesheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Princess Mary of Great Britain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marie of Hesse-Kassel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prince Karl Wilhelm of Nassau-Usingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Princess Caroline Polyxene of Nassau-Usingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Countess Karoline Felizitas of Leiningen-Heidesheim
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Wealthiest Grand Duke dead", New York Times, 1904-05-31. Retrieved on 2007-10-23. 
  2. ^ "The Gentleman's Magazine", F. Jefferies, 1862, pp. 350. 
  3. ^ Online Gotha
  4. ^ "Six Cents to Every Subject.", New York Times, 1903-07-05. Retrieved on 2007-11-08. 
Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Born: 17 October 1819 Died: 30 May 1904
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Georg
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1860–1904
Succeeded by
Adolf Friedrich V