Duchy 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), and the western exclave of the former Bishopric of Ratzeburg in modern Schleswig-Holstein. At the time of its establishment, the duchy bordered on the territory of Swedish Pomerania in the north and of Brandenburg in the south.
Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Herzogtum Mecklenburg-Strelitz | |||||||||
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| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806) Independent duchy (1806–1808) Member of the Confederation of the Rhine (1808–1813) Independent duchy (1813–1815) | ||||||||
| Capital | Strelitz then Neustrelitz | ||||||||
| Government | Duchy | ||||||||
| Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | |||||||||
• 1701–1708 | Adolphus Frederick II | ||||||||
• 1708–1752 | Adolphus Frederick III | ||||||||
• 1752–1794 | Adolphus Frederick IV | ||||||||
• 1794–1815 | Charles II | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Treaty of Hamburg | 1701 | ||||||||
• Raised to Grand Duchy | 1815 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
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