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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mecklenburg
		Mecklenburg being obliged to recognize Danish supremacy in the reign of Henry Burwy I (1178-1227).
		Mecklenburg suffered terribly from the oppression of both the Swedish and the imperial forces, and also from pestilence and famine.
		Mecklenburg of priests not natives of the country; these measures were so strictly enforced that the private chaplain of Herr von der Kettenburg was taken over the boundary by gendarmes.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10107a.htm (3887 words)

	Ludwigslust - LoveToKnow 1911
		The castle was built by the duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Frederick II., in 1772-1776..
		There is also another ducal residence, a fine park and a monument of the grand duke, Frederick Francis I.
		Ludwigslust was founded by the duke Frederick, being named after this duke's father, Christian Louis II.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Ludwigslust (91 words)

	Staatliches Museum Schwerin
		Scarcely a visitor to Schwerin will be able to resist the attraction of the palace with its multiplicity of towers and turrets and its many faceted facades.
		This extensive exhibition was made possible by the loan of 2240 pieces by the Grand Duke on condition that they were exhibited by the state, before the land acquired many of these objects in 1930.
		The palace was utilized by various institutions between 1943 and 1980 in consequence of the 2nd World War but also as a result of the general rejection of works from the second half of the nineteenth century by artistic circles.
	www.schloss-schwerin.de /schwerin/english/schwerineng.html (751 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
		She was born a Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in the city of Schwerin.
		Her father was the Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; her mother was the Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, a granddaughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia.
		The only brother of Queen Alexandrine was Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (born April 9, 1882, in Palermo, Italy; married Princess Alexandra of Hanover, in Gmunden, Austria, on June 7, 1904; died November 17, 1945, in Flensburg, Germany).
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Alexandrine_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin (241 words)

	Paul Friedrich, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Information
		Paul Friedrich, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (15 September 1800 - 7 March 1842) ruled as Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1837 to 1842.
		The son of Hereditary Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, 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 Prince.
		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.
	www.bookrags.com /Paul_Friedrich%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin (160 words)

	Decorations of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
		The Mecklenburg dukes conspired with the Prussians to switch to the Allied side, and a Mecklenburg-Schwerin Brigade and a Mecklenburg-Strelitz Husaren-Regiment were formed in 1813.
		The Army Detachment was then disbanded and the Mecklenburgers and their Grand Duke, back in command of XIII Army Corps, fought under Prince Friedrich Karl von Preußen's 2nd Army in the January 1871 capture of Le Mans.
		The Mecklenburgers participated in the opening salvos of the war, fighting at Liége on August 6-7, 1914 and facing the British at Mons on August 23.
	home.att.net /~david.danner/militaria/schwerin.htm (2082 words)

	Duke Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Hendrik Or Henry Biography (1876–1934) Online Encyclopedia Article About Duke Of ...
		Duke Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Hendrik Or Henry Biography (1876–1934)
		Prince of The Netherlands, the son of Friedrich Franz II, grandduke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his third wife, Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, born in Schwerin, N Germany.
		He became prince on his marriage to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands in 1901; by special decree their only daughter, Juliana, was given her mother's family name.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /Cambridge/entries/048/Duke-of-Mecklenburg-Schwerin-H.html (134 words)

	Grand Ducal Standards 1815-1918 (Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany)
		According to Ströhl 1897 and Neubecker 1933 the grand duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin flies a banner-of-arms in the proportions 4:5.
		According to Siebmacher 1878, the grand ducal house of Schwerin used a flag of 3.75 m × 5.625 m with the middle arms on a white square (sides 1.75 m) in the middle.
		The county of Schwerin in the central inescutcheon and in the quarters Mecklenburg (oxhead with hide), Rostock (griffin), principality of Schwerin (griffin and green rectangle), Ratzeburg (crowned cross), Stargard (hand holding ring) and Wenden (oxhead).
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/de-mv_gd.html (860 words)

	Toronto Catalog (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Friedrich Franz III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (19 March 1851 — 10 April 1897) was the penultimate Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
		He was born in Ludwigslust the son of Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his first wife Princess Auguste of Reuss.
		Friedrich Franz died on the 10 April 1897 and was succeeded by his son Friedrich Franz IV who would be the last Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
	www.torontopost.biz /Info/?Friedrich_Franz_III,_Grand_Duke_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin (211 words)

	Guestrow
		Güstrow became a summer residence of the dukes of Mecklenburg in the 14th century.
		After the division of Mecklenburg (1621) it became the capital of the small duchy of Mecklenburg-Güstrow.
		In 1695 the last duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow died, and the duchy ceased to exist.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/gu/Guestrow.html (114 words)

	Albert II of Mecklenburg - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Albrecht was born as the second, but finally the eldest surviving, son of Duke Henry II of Mecklenburg (c 1266-1329), lord of Stargard (Starij Gorod), of the old Vendic princely clan of the Obotrites, and his second wife Princess Anna of Saxony-Wittenberg (d 1327), of the Princely Ascanian House.
		Her father was Eric of Sweden who was the Duke of Sudermannia and of Halland, and her mother was Princess Ingeborg of Norway, the heiress and the only legitimate daughter of King Haakon V of Norway.
		Duke Albert was deeply involved in making his son king in Sweden, and pursued towards becoming himself the real power behind the throne.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Albert_II_of_Mecklenburg (847 words)

	Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the unclear and possibly heirless situation, Grand Duke Frederick Francis IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (possibly the rightful heir, though the case was yet under adjudication) was in 1918 appointed as the regent of the small grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and the depositions of German monarchs soon ended both these grand duchies.
		After the sonless deaths of his great-uncle duke Adolf Frederick of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d 1969) and his only brother duke Christian Ludwig of Mecklenburg (d 1996), the childless hereditary grand duke Frederick Francis V confirmed the Count of Carlow's (d 1962) male-line descendants as dynasts of Mecklenburg with rights to succession in Mecklenburg states.
		Their dynastic status is under dispute, depending on the validity of the act of Frederick Francis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d 2001) to recognize this family as dynasts of Mecklenburg.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mecklenburg-Schwerin (489 words)

	AllRefer.com - Schwerin, Germany (German Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		It was the capital of the county of Schwerin and with it passed to Mecklenburg (see Mecklenburg–West Pomerania) in 1358.
		Schwerin became the capital of the former state of Mecklenburg in 1934.
		From 1952 to 1990 it was the capital of the Schwerin district of East Germany.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Schwerin.html (288 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Schwerin (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was the capital of the county of Schwerin and with it passed to Mecklenburg (see Mecklenburg-West Pomerania) in 1358.
		Schwerin became the capital of the former state of Mecklenburg in 1934.
		From 1952 to 1990 it was the capital of the Schwerin district of East Germany.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Schwerin.asp (344 words)

	Mecklenburg
		Ecclesiastically, the land belonged partly to the Dioceses of Havelberg and Brandenburg, partly to the Diocese of Oldenburg, that was erected in 968.
		Both dukes were early won over to Luther's cause by the Humanist Konrad Pegel, whom Henry had called from the University of Rostock as tutor for his son Magnus, the postulated Bishop of Schwerin.
		The Peace of Westphalia (1648) assigned the Dioceses of Schwerin and Ratzeburg as principalities to Schwerin, in return for which the city of Wismar and the districts of Poel and Neukloster were yielded to Sweden.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/m/mecklenburg.html (4042 words)

	Royal Family of Europe - pafg31 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Franz Otto, Duke Of BRUNSWICK-LUNEBURG was born on 20 Jun 1530 in Of, Lhuneburg, Hannover, Prussia.
		Ursule Duchess Of MECKLENBURG SCHWERIN was born on 17 Oct 1488 in Of, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia.
		Ursule, Princess Of MECKLENBURG SCHWERIN was born on 30 Aug 1510 in Of, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany.
	www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg31.htm (1284 words)

	Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.2, Entry 304, MECKLENBURG: Library of Economics and Liberty
		The grand duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz may assemble the estates of his territory to discuss their particular interests, for outside the diet the two duchies are entirely separate.
		Mecklenburg was obliged to submit to the law of equality of religions decreed by the constitution of the empire.
		But the forced connection of Mecklenburg with the tariff system of the empire has abolished the transit dues; it is true, however, that by the same act the grand duchies were relieved from various expenditures.
	www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy695.html (2355 words)

	Chemistry - Mecklenburg
		Mecklenburg, located in Northern Germany, was a duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, then divided, and after 1815 two Grand Duchies, then a state, and now part of the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
		Mecklenburg, besides Bavaria and a few others, is among the few German territories that remained pretty much the same and relatively independent since the end of the Middle Ages.
		In the 14th century Albert, Duke of Mecklenburg ruled as king of Sweden, from 1363 until he was deposed in 1389.
	www.chemistrydaily.com /chemistry/Mecklenburg (489 words)

	Mecklenburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Wehrmacht assigned Mecklenburg and Pomerania to Wehrkreis II, with the headquarters at Stettin.
		Mecklenburg was assigned to an Area headquartered at Schwerin, which was responsible for military units in Schwerin; Rostock; Parchim; and Neustrelitz.
		Mecklenburg contributed about two-thirds of the geographical size of the new state and the majority of its population.
	72.51.33.237 /cgi-bin/nph-surf.cgi/010110A/uggc/ra.jvxvcrqvn.bet/jvxv/Zrpxyraohet (536 words)

	Schlösser und Herrenhäuser: Tourismusverband Mecklenburg - Vorpommern
		Bothmer Castle, the most extensive and interesting Baroque estate, built in Mecklenburg at the beginning of the 18th century was not commissioned by a regent but by an aristocratic state servant.
		Imperial Duke Johann Caspar von Bothmer - Prussian ambassador to the English court - had an ensemble built in the British style that spread out over a width of 200 metres and was surrounded by a large park.
		Duke Christian Ludwig II von Mecklenburg-Schwerin laid the foundation stone for a new capital city by erecting a hunting lodge south of Schwerin.
	www.auf-nach-mv.de /chinese/region_and_people/schloesser/inhalt03.htm (1132 words)

	Paul Friedrich, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paul Friedrich, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (15 September 1800 - 7 March 1842) ruled as Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1837 to 1842.
		The son of Hereditary Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, 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 Prince.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Friedrich,_Grand_Duke_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin (195 words)

	Mecklenburg information - Search.com
		The Wehrmacht assigned Mecklenburg and Pomerania to Wehrkreis II, with the headquarters at Stettin.
		Mecklenburg was assigned to an Area headquartered at Schwerin, which was responsible for military units in Schwerin; Rostock; Parchim; and Neustrelitz.
		Mecklenburg contributed about two-thirds of the geographical size of the new state and the majority of its population.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Mecklenburg (674 words)

	Regional Genealogy: Mecklenburg
		Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg - Westpomerania) is a state in northeastern Germany, bounded on the north by the Baltic Sea (Ostsee), on the west by Schleswig - Holstein, on the southwest by Lower Saxony, on the south by Brandenburg, and on the east by Poland.
		Mecklenburg-Schwerin consisted of: The Duchy of Schwerin, The Principality of Schwerin, The Wenden District of the Duchy of Güstrow, The Lordship of Wismar (Wismar and the surrounding area were under the rule of Sweden from 1648 to 1803), Rostock District, and The Domain of Scattered Convents.
		From 1759 to 1764 all of Mecklenburg was occupied by Prussia.
	www.genealogienetz.de /gene/reg/MEC/mec.html (4132 words)

	mecklenburgschwerin
		grave of 1e spouse in the Dom, Schwerin.
		grave of 2e spouse in the Dom, Schwerin.
		grave of 3e spouse in the Dom, Schwerin.
	www.royaltyguide.nl /families/mecklenburg/mecklenburgschwerin1.htm (144 words)

	Friedrich Franz I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
		Friedrich Franz I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (10 December 1756 - 1 February 1837) ruled over the German state of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, first as Duke (1785-1815) and then as Grand Duke (1815-1837).
		The son of Duke Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Duchess Charlotte of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Friedrich Franz succeeded his uncle Friedrich as Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1785.
		On his death in 1837 he was succeeded by his grandson, Grand Duke Paul Friedrich.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/f/fr/friedrich_franz_i_of_mecklenburg_schwerin.html (143 words)

	House Laws of Mecklenburg
		The ducal line of Mecklenburg descends from a Wend ruler Niklot, whose son Pribislaw converted in 1167 and formally received Mecklenburg in fief from the duke of Saxony, Henry the Lion.
		Albrecht bought the county of Schwerin in 1358, and the principality of the Wenden was inherited in 1436.
		A constitution promulgated in 1849 by the duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was attacked by the Mecklenburg agnates and the king of Prussia as residual heir; an arbitration panel with representatives of Prussia, Hanover and Saxony ruled against it (the Freienwalder Schiedsspruch of 14 Sep. 1850) and the Erbvergleich of 1755 restored in force.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/royalty/HGMecklenburg.htm (8592 words)

	Titles of European hereditary rulers (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mecklenburg was elevated to the rank of Duchy of the Holy Roman Empire (1348).
		Henry IV (+1477), Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin aquired the lands of the extinct branch of Werle (1436).
		< Albert of Wallenstein / Waldstein (+1634), Duke of Mecklenburg [1629-1631], of Friedland, of Sagan >
	www.geocities.com /eurprin/mecklenburg.html (3264 words)

	Mecklenburg-Schwerin at AllExperts
		After the sonless deaths of his great-uncle duke Adolf Frederick of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d 1969) and his only brother duke Christian Ludwig of Mecklenburg (d 1996), the childless hereditary grand duke Frederick Francis V confirmed the Count of Carlow's (d 1962) male-line descendants as dynasts of Mecklenburg with rights to succession in Mecklenburg states.
		Carlow's grandson is the present George Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg, claimant to the two grand duchies since Fredrick Francis V's death.
		Their dynastic status is under dispute, depending on the validity of the act of Frederick Francis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d 2001) to recognize this family as dynasts of Mecklenburg.
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/me/mecklenburg-schwerin.htm (470 words)

	Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Mecklenburg-Schwerin" (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a Duchy (from 1815 a Grand Duchy) in northeastern Germany, formed by a partition of the Duchy of Mecklenburg.
		The ruling family of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, collaterals of this Schwerin branch, faced its practical extinction already much earlier, either in 1918 or in 1934: Grand Duke Adolf Frederick VI committed suicide on 23 February 1918, just before the end of the monarchy.
		In the unclear and possibly heirless situation, Grand Duke Frederick Francis IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (possibly the rightful heir, though the case was yet under adjudication) was in 1918 appointed as the regent of the small grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and the depositions of German monarchs soon ended both these grand duchies.
	www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=mecklenburg-%53chwerin (457 words)

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