Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (German: Herzogtum 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 House of Mecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin remained a state of the Holy Roman Empire along the Baltic Sea littoral between Holstein-Glückstadt and the Duchy of Pomerania.
Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |||||||||
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Coat of arms
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Mecklenburg c. 1803 (brown), with Mecklenburg-Schwerin being the larger central territory | |||||||||
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| Capital | Schwerin | ||||||||
| Common languages | Low German, Polabian | ||||||||
| Religion | Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |||||||||
• 1701–1713 | Frederick William | ||||||||
• 1713–1728 | Karl Leopold | ||||||||
• 1728–1756 | Christian Ludwig II | ||||||||
• 1756–1785 | Frederick II | ||||||||
• 1785–1815 | Frederick Francis I | ||||||||
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• Treaty of Hamburg | 1701 | ||||||||
• Raised to Grand Duchy | 1815 | ||||||||
| Currency | Mecklenburg thaler | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
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