Name Duke Frederick | House House of Mecklenburg | |
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Born 19 September 1852
Ludwigslust ( 1852-09-19 ) Father Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Mother Princess Augusta of Reuss-Kostritz Religion Lutheranism, after 1897 Roman Catholicism Died May 17, 1923, Ludwigslust, Germany Spouse Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz Children Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg, Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg Parents Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess Augusta Reuss of Kostritz Similar People Frederick Francis III - Grand Du, Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg‑Schwerin, Prince Henry - Duke of, Princess Anna of Hesse an, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia | ||
Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg (German: Herzog Paul Friedrich zu Mecklenburg; 19 September 1852 – 17 May 1923) was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and general of the Mecklenburg cavalry.
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Life
Duke Paul Frederick was born in Ludwigslust Castle as the second eldest son of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg and his first wife Princess Augusta of Reuss-Köstritz, the daughter of Prince Henry LXIII Reuss of Köstritz.
Duke Paul Frederick married in Schwerin on 5 May 1881 his cousin, the Austrian born Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz, the daughter of Prince Hugo of Windisch-Graetz and his wife Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The couple who had five children who were all raised Roman Catholic, the religion of Princess Marie, lived a quiet life in Venice. While in Venice the family befriended Cardinal Sarto (later Pope Pius X) who often visited the family and acted as a spiritual advisor for them.
On 21 April 1884 Duke Paul Frederick renounced his and his sons rights of succession to Mecklenburg-Schwerin in favour of his younger brothers and their sons, so they would take precedence over him and his. In 1887, Duke Paul Fredrick raised a Lutheran decided to convert to Roman Catholicism the religion of his wife and children.
In 1906 after upsetting his nephew Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, over the amount of money that he was spending Duke Paul Frederick and his wife were ordered to submit to the controller of the royal household.
Duke Paul Frederick died in Ludwigslust, where he and his wife are both buried in the Louisenkapelle.