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Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin

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Name
  
Christian II,

Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born
  
15 May 1683 Grabow (
1683-05-15
)

Father
  
Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow

Mother
  
Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg

Died
  
May 30, 1756, Schwerin, Germany

Spouse
  
Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (m. 1714–1748)

Parents
  
Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow

Children
  
Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Ulrike Sophie zu Mecklenburg

Grandchildren
  
Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Grandparents
  
Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg

Christian Ludwig II of Mecklenburg (15 May 1683 – 30 May 1756) was the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1747 to 1756.

He was the son of Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow, and Christine Wilhelmine, princess of Hesse-Homburg. In 1714 he married Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and had five children :

  • Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717-1785); married Duchess Louise Frederica of Wurttemberg (1722-1791)
  • Ulrike Sofie (1723-1813)
  • Louis (1725-1778); married Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1731-1810). They were the parents of Friedrich Franz I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
  • Luise (1730)
  • Amalie (1732-1775)
  • His household employed Johann Gottfried Muthel as an organist and cembalist and Konrad Ekhof as a comedian.

    References

    Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Wikipedia


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