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Frederick Francis IV (Friedrich Franz Michael; 9 April 1882 – 17 November 1945) was the last Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and regent of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He inherited the throne when he was fifteen years old in 1897 and was forced to renounce it in 1918.
Friedrich Franz in c. 1918. He was born in Schwerin, the eldest child of the reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Frederick Francis IV, and his wife Princess Alexandra of Hanover, a daughter of Crown Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (a first-cousin once removed of Queen Victoria) and Princess Thyra of Denmark, the youngest daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark.
In 1897 Frederick Francis IV (b. 1882) succeeded his father Frederick Francis III (1851–1897) as the last grand duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In 1907 the grand duke promised a constitution to his subjects.
Being in Russia, however, Charles Michael did not assume the throne, and in 1918 he wrote to Grand Duke Frederick Francis IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who was acting as regent in Strelitz, stating that he wished to renounce his rights of succession to Strelitz, though the letter was only received by Frederick Francis in 1919 after the end of the ...
Son of Frederick Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Elena Pavlovna of Russia: 1 February 1837 – 7 March 1842: Grand Duchy of Schwerin: Alexandrine of Prussia 25 May 1822 Berlin no children 7 March 1842 Schwerin aged 41: Grandson of Frederick Francis I. Frederick Francis II: 28 February 1823 Ludwigslust Son of Paul Frederick and Alexandrine of ...
The House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin became extinct in the male line on 31 July 2001 with the death of Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Francis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the eldest son and heir of the last grand duke, Frederick Francis IV.
Born in Schloss Ludwigslust, as a member of an elder, Mecklenburg-Schwerin line of an ancient House of Mecklenburg, he was the second child of the reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Frederick Francis IV, and his wife, Princess Alexandra of Hanover, third child and second daughter of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover and ...
Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (9 April 1882 – 17 November 1945) he married Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland on 7 June 1904. They had five children. They had five children.