, spouse =
, issue =
Marie, Princess Julius Ernst of Lippe Jutta, Crown Princess of Montenegro Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-StrelitzDuke Karl Borwin
, father =
Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
, image = Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819-1904).jpg
, caption = The Grand Duke
, succession =Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
, predecessor =George
, successor = Adolf Frederick V
, reign ...
, mother =
Princess Augusta of Cambridge
Princess Augusta of Cambridge (19 July 1822 – 5 December 1916) was a member of the British royal family, a granddaughter of George III. She married into the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and became the Grand Duchess of Mecklenbur ...
, birth_date =
, birth_place =
Neustrelitz
Neustrelitz (; East Low German: ''Niegenstrelitz'') is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the shore of the Zierker See in the Mecklenburg Lake District. From 1738 ...
,
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in northern Germany consisting of the eastern fifth of the historic Mecklenburg region, roughly corresponding with the present-day Mecklenburg-Strelitz district (the former Lordship of Stargard), ...
,
Germany
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, death_place =
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
,
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...
,
Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...
,
Germany
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, burial_date = 16 June 1914
, burial_place =
Mirow
Mirow () is a town in the district of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte in southern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Name (Etymology)
"Mir" in Slavonic languages means "peace" or "glory". The name "Mirow" was derived from "villa mirowe", translating a ...
, Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Adolphus Frederick V (22 July 1848 – 11 June 1914) was reigning grand duke of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in northern Germany consisting of the eastern fifth of the historic Mecklenburg region, roughly corresponding with the present-day Mecklenburg-Strelitz district (the former Lordship of Stargard), ...
from 1904 to 1914.
Biography
Duke George Adolphus Frederick Augustus Victor Ernest Adalbert Gustavus William Wellington of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was born in
Neustrelitz
Neustrelitz (; East Low German: ''Niegenstrelitz'') is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the shore of the Zierker See in the Mecklenburg Lake District. From 1738 ...
, the only surviving child of
Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
Frederick William (17 October 1819 – 30 May 1904) was a German sovereign who ruled over the state of Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Strelitz as Grand Duke from 1860 until his death.
Biography
He was born in Neustrelitz, the ...
, and
Princess Augusta of Cambridge
Princess Augusta of Cambridge (19 July 1822 – 5 December 1916) was a member of the British royal family, a granddaughter of George III. She married into the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and became the Grand Duchess of Mecklenbur ...
. Following the death of his grandfather
Grand Duke George on 6 September 1860, Adolphus Frederick became the
heir apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
to the grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz with the title of Hereditary Grand Duke. Adolphus Frederick took part in the
Franco-Prussian war and represented his father at the crowning of King
William I
William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087 ...
of Prussia as
German Emperor
The German Emperor (german: Deutscher Kaiser, ) was the official title of the head of state and hereditary ruler of the German Empire. A specifically chosen term, it was introduced with the 1 January 1871 constitution and lasted until the offi ...
at
Versailles
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. He succeeded his father as grand duke on 30 May 1904.
[''Lines of Succession'' by Jiri Louda, p.219 Table III]
His mother, Grand Duchess Augusta, was disgusted at her son's military ways. She wrote to her niece,
Mary of Teck
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, "Strelitz that was never a Military State, suddenly is all drums and fifes, ... such a pity, a bad imitation of
Schwerin
Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch dialect, Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germany, second-largest city of the northeastern States of Germany, German ...
& small German Courts, whilst ''we were'' a Gentlemanlike ''Civilian'' court!"
In 1907 Adolphus Frederick announced that he would grant Mecklenburg-Strelitz a constitution, but this was met with opposition from nobles. In his attempt to create a constitution he offered to pay $2,500,000 to the national treasury if the nobles and land-owning classes dropped their opposition. In 1912 he repeated attempts to create a constitution for Mecklenburg-Strelitz, which along with
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a duchy in northern Germany created in 1701, when Frederick William and Adolphus Frederick II divided the Duchy of Mecklenburg between Schwerin and Strelitz. Ruled by the successors of the Nikloting Hous ...
were the only European states without one.
In January 1914, Adolphus Frederick was reported to be the second richest person in Germany after the Emperor William II with a fortune of $88,750,000.
Adolphus Frederick died in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
and was succeeded by his eldest son
Adolphus Frederick VI.
Marriage and children
Adolphus Frederick was married on 17 April 1877 in
Dessau
Dessau is a town and former municipality in Germany at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the '' Bundesland'' (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it has been part of the newly created municipality of Dessau-Roßlau ...
to
Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt
Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt (7 September 1857 – 20 July 1933) was the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1904 to 1914 as the spouse of Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Family
She was born Princess Elisabeth Mar ...
. His mother commented on his wife, "She welters in happiness at her luxurious "Schloss" wearing a new Paris dress daily, Diamonds, also, when we are quite ''entre nous'' - Yes, she does enjoy being a ''Grand'' Duchess! poor dear, I am glad ''she'' does, for I never did."
Adolphus Frederick and Elisabeth had four children.
*
Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
, spouse =
, issue = Count George JametelCountess Marie JametelPrincess Elisabeth of LippePrince Ernst August of Lippe
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Neustrelitz, German Empire
, death_date =
, death_place = Oberkassel, ...
(1878–1948) married 22 June 1899 and divorced 31 December 1908
Count George Jametel (1859–1944), married secondly on 11 August 1914 Prince Julius Ernst of
Lippe
Lippe () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe.
The d ...
(1873–1952).
*
Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
, image = Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 3b08781r.jpg
, house = Mecklenburg-Strelitz
, spouse =
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German Empire
, death_date =
, death_place = Rome, ...
(1880–1946) married 27 July 1899
Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro.
*
Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1882–1918).
*Duke Karl Borwin of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Karl Borwin Christian Alexander Arthur, Herzog von Mecklenburg-Strelitz; 10 October 1888 – 24 August 1908); killed in a duel with his brother-in-law Count George Jametel, defending his sister's honor.
Honours
He received the following orders and decorations:
Ancestry
References
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