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Mecklenburg">Pribislav</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current head</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Borwin,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg" title="Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg">Duke Borwin</a><sup id="cite_ref-letter_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-letter-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MV_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MV-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Final ruler</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gustav_Adolph,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg-G%C3%BCstrow" title="Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow">Gustav Adolph</a> <small>(Güstrow)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Francis_IV,_Grand_Duke_of_Mecklenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg">Frederick Francis IV</a> <small>(Schwerin)</small><br /> <a href="/wiki/Adolphus_Frederick_VI,_Grand_Duke_of_Mecklenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg">Adolphus Frederick VI</a> <small>(Strelitz)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Titles</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen of the Netherlands">Queen of the Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Swedish_monarchs#House_of_Mecklenburg" title="List of Swedish monarchs">King of Sweden</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duke_of_Mecklenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Duke of Mecklenburg">Grand Duke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Mecklenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke of Mecklenburg">Duke</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Mecklenburg" title="List of rulers of Mecklenburg">Lord of Mecklenburg</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Werle" class="mw-redirect" title="Lordship of Werle">Prince and Lord of Wenden</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_Ratzeburg" title="Prince-Bishopric of Ratzeburg">Prince of Ratzeburg</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Diocese_and_Prince-bishopric_of_Schwerin" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese and Prince-bishopric of Schwerin">Prince of Schwerin</a><br /><a href="/wiki/County_of_Schwerin" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Schwerin">Count of Schwerin</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Rostock" title="Lordship of Rostock">Lord of Rostock</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Stargard" title="Lordship of Stargard">Lord of Stargard</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Finland" title="Duke of Finland">Duke of Finland</a><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_regents#Russia" title="List of regents">Regent of Russia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Brunswick#Regency_(1884–1913)" title="Duchy of Brunswick">Regent of Brunswick</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Estate(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-Schwerin" class="mw-redirect" title="Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Mecklenburg-Schwerin</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-Strelitz" class="mw-redirect" title="Mecklenburg-Strelitz">Mecklenburg-Strelitz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deposition</th><td class="infobox-data">1918</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cadet branches</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-G%C3%BCstrow" title="Mecklenburg-Güstrow">Mecklenburg-Güstrow</a> (extinct)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-Schwerin" class="mw-redirect" title="Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Mecklenburg-Schwerin</a> (extinct in male line)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-Strelitz" class="mw-redirect" title="Mecklenburg-Strelitz">Mecklenburg-Strelitz</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>House of Mecklenburg</b>, also known as Nikloting, is a <a href="/wiki/North_German" class="mw-redirect" title="North German">North German</a> <a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">dynasty</a> of <a href="/wiki/Polabian_Slavs" title="Polabian Slavs">Polabian</a> origin that ruled <a href="/wiki/German_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="German revolution">until 1918</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg" title="Mecklenburg">Mecklenburg</a> region, being among the longest-ruling families of Europe. Queen <a href="/wiki/Juliana_of_the_Netherlands" title="Juliana of the Netherlands">Juliana of the Netherlands</a> (1909–2004), former <a href="/wiki/Queen_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen of the Netherlands">Queen of the Netherlands</a> (1948–1980), was an <a href="/wiki/Patrilineality" title="Patrilineality">agnatic</a> member of this house. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Mecklenburg&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The family was established by <a href="/wiki/Pribislav_of_Mecklenburg" title="Pribislav of Mecklenburg">Pribislav</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Obotrites" title="Obotrites">Obotrite</a> prince who converted to Christianity and accepted the suzerainty of Saxon Duke <a href="/wiki/Henry_the_Lion" title="Henry the Lion">Henry the Lion</a> (r. 1142–1180), his <a href="/wiki/Niklot" title="Niklot">fallen father's</a> enemy, and became the Lord of Mecklenburg (derived from <i>Mikla Burg</i>, "big fortress", their main fortress). The Obotrites were subsequently <a href="/wiki/Germanization" class="mw-redirect" title="Germanization">Germanized</a>. The main branch of the house was elevated in 1347 to <a href="/wiki/Duke" title="Duke">ducal rank</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coats_of_arms">Coats of arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Mecklenburg&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Coats of arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mecklescudo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Mecklescudo.jpg/300px-Mecklescudo.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Mecklescudo.jpg/450px-Mecklescudo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Mecklescudo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="464" data-file-height="303" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms of Mecklenburg split into six quarters and one inescutcheon shield in the middle.</figcaption></figure> <p>Each field in the coat of arm symbolizes one of the seven high lordly dominions of the state of Mecklenburg: upper-left quarter: <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Mecklenburg" title="Duchy of Mecklenburg">Duchy of Mecklenburg</a>, upper-right quarter: <a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Rostock" title="Lordship of Rostock">Lordship of Rostock</a>, middle-left quarter divided in two: <a href="/wiki/Diocese_and_Prince-bishopric_of_Schwerin" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese and Prince-bishopric of Schwerin">Principality of Schwerin</a>, middle inescutcheon: <a href="/wiki/County_of_Schwerin" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Schwerin">County of Schwerin</a>, middle-right quarter: <a href="/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_Ratzeburg" title="Prince-Bishopric of Ratzeburg">Principality of Ratzeburg</a>, lower-left quarter: <a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Stargard" title="Lordship of Stargard">Lordship of Stargard</a>, and lower-right quarter: <a href="/wiki/Werle" title="Werle">Principality of Wenden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wappen_Mecklenburg_2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mecklenburg"><img alt="Mecklenburg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Wappen_Mecklenburg_2.svg/100px-Wappen_Mecklenburg_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Wappen_Mecklenburg_2.svg/150px-Wappen_Mecklenburg_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Wappen_Mecklenburg_2.svg/200px-Wappen_Mecklenburg_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="606" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mecklenburg</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wappen_Mecklenburg-G%C3%BCstrow_normal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mecklenburg-Güstrow"><img alt="Mecklenburg-Güstrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Wappen_Mecklenburg-G%C3%BCstrow_normal.svg/100px-Wappen_Mecklenburg-G%C3%BCstrow_normal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Wappen_Mecklenburg-G%C3%BCstrow_normal.svg/150px-Wappen_Mecklenburg-G%C3%BCstrow_normal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Wappen_Mecklenburg-G%C3%BCstrow_normal.svg/200px-Wappen_Mecklenburg-G%C3%BCstrow_normal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="606" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mecklenburg-Güstrow</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wappen_Mecklenburg-Schwerin_2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mecklenburg-Schwerin"><img alt="Mecklenburg-Schwerin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Wappen_Mecklenburg-Schwerin_2.svg/100px-Wappen_Mecklenburg-Schwerin_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Wappen_Mecklenburg-Schwerin_2.svg/150px-Wappen_Mecklenburg-Schwerin_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Wappen_Mecklenburg-Schwerin_2.svg/200px-Wappen_Mecklenburg-Schwerin_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="606" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mecklenburg-Schwerin</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wappen_Mecklenburg-Strelitz_2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mecklenburg-Strelitz"><img alt="Mecklenburg-Strelitz" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Wappen_Mecklenburg-Strelitz_2.svg/100px-Wappen_Mecklenburg-Strelitz_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Wappen_Mecklenburg-Strelitz_2.svg/150px-Wappen_Mecklenburg-Strelitz_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Wappen_Mecklenburg-Strelitz_2.svg/200px-Wappen_Mecklenburg-Strelitz_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="606" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mecklenburg-Strelitz</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Claims_to_Swedish_throne">Claims to Swedish throne</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Mecklenburg&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Claims to Swedish throne"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Dukes of Mecklenburg pursued from the 14th century a claim to inheritance in Sweden. The Duke of Mecklenburg was a descendant and the heir of two women whom legends tied to Scandinavian royal houses: </p> <ul><li>Lord <a href="/wiki/Henry_II,_Lord_of_Mecklenburg" title="Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg">Henry II of Mecklenburg</a>'s paternal great-grandmother, a Scandinavian noblewoman named Christina, the wife of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Borwin_II,_Lord_of_Mecklenburg" title="Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg">Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg</a> (d. 1226), was a daughter of King <a href="/wiki/Sverker_II_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Sverker II of Sweden">Sverker II of Sweden</a> by his first wife. Christina was the mother of <a href="/wiki/John_I,_Lord_of_Mecklenburg" title="John I, Lord of Mecklenburg">John I of Mecklenburg</a>, whose son was <a href="/wiki/Henry_I,_Lord_of_Mecklenburg" title="Henry I, Lord of Mecklenburg">Henry I, Lord of Mecklenburg</a>.</li> <li>Lord <a href="/wiki/Henry_II,_Lord_of_Mecklenburg" title="Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg">Henry II of Mecklenburg</a>'s maternal grandmother, a lady named Marianna, was the first wife of Duke <a href="/wiki/Barnim_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Barnim I">Barnim I</a> of Pomerania (d. 1278), Lord of <a href="/wiki/Wolgast" title="Wolgast">Wolgast</a>, as well as sister of King <a href="/wiki/Eric_XI_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Eric XI of Sweden">Eric XI of Sweden</a>. Marianna had given birth to an only surviving child, a daughter named Anastasia of Pomerania, who then became the wife of <a href="/wiki/Henry_I,_Lord_of_Mecklenburg" title="Henry I, Lord of Mecklenburg">Henry I of Mecklenburg</a> (d. 1302) and mother of Henry II.</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Sverker_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Sverker dynasty">Sverker dynasty</a> had long been extinct, having lost the throne ultimately to Eric XI. The male <a href="/wiki/Dynasty_of_Eric" class="mw-redirect" title="Dynasty of Eric">dynasty of Eric</a> X was already extinct, and issue of his other daughters had been sidestepped by <a href="/wiki/Birger_Jarl" title="Birger Jarl">Birger Jarl</a>, the husband of his daughter (the only one still alive in 1250), <a href="/wiki/Ingeborg_Eriksdotter_of_Sweden" title="Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden">Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden</a>. Birger took great care to secure the kingship for his own sons. </p><p>The Dukes of Mecklenburg's claim to the Swedish throne became reality during a brief reign: Henry II's son <a href="/wiki/Albert_II,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg" title="Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg">Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg</a> (1318–79), married a kinswoman, a Scandinavian heiress named <a href="/wiki/Euphemia_of_Sweden" title="Euphemia of Sweden">Euphemia of Sweden</a> and Norway (born 1317 and died 1370). The couple's second son duke <a href="/wiki/Albert_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert of Sweden">Albert III</a> deposed his uncle from the Swedish throne, and ascended as king. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Margaret_I_of_Denmark" title="Margaret I of Denmark">Margaret I of Denmark</a> chose <a href="/wiki/Eric_of_Pomerania" title="Eric of Pomerania">Eric of Pomerania</a> as her heir. Eric descended from the elder brother of Albert III. Monarchs of the Kalmar union were all <a href="/wiki/Cognatic" class="mw-redirect" title="Cognatic">cognatic</a> descendants of the House of Mecklenburg. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Agnatic" class="mw-redirect" title="Agnatic">agnatic</a> House of Mecklenburg, descended from Euphemia's youngest son <a href="/wiki/Magnus_I,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg" title="Magnus I, Duke of Mecklenburg">Magnus I, Duke of Mecklenburg</a>, continued to keep their claim to the throne, and occasionally stirred the situation in Scandinavia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Claims_to_Norway">Claims to Norway</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Mecklenburg&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Claims to Norway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Norway_(872%E2%80%931397)" title="Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)">Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)</a> was the only medieval Scandinavian realm whose kingship was hereditary, not elective. Already when <a href="/wiki/Olav_IV_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Olav IV of Norway">Olav IV of Norway</a> was young and his mother Margaret was regent, the Dukes of Mecklenburg advanced their claims. </p><p>The Dukes of Mecklenburg's claim to the Norwegian throne was based on their descent from <a href="/wiki/Euphemia_of_Sweden" title="Euphemia of Sweden">Euphemia of Sweden</a>, granddaughter of <a href="/wiki/Haakon_V_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Haakon V of Norway">Haakon V of Norway</a>. </p><p>When Olav IV died in 1387, Norway was without a monarch but under the regency of Margaret. She soon chose an heir, <a href="/wiki/Eric_of_Pomerania" title="Eric of Pomerania">Eric of Pomerania</a>, whose mother Maria of Mecklenburg had been Euphemia's eldest granddaughter. </p><p>When Eric's nephew king Christopher died (before the death of the deposed <a href="/wiki/Eric_III_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Eric III of Norway">Eric III of Norway</a>), after some hiatus another magnate, Christian VIII of Oldenburg, descended in the female line from Euphemia and the Mecklenburg family (Euphemia's daughter's great-grandson), was chosen as king of Norway in 1450, this time passing over his cousin and male-line rival, Duke Henry the Fat of Mecklenburg. </p><p>The Dukes of Mecklenburg continued to regard themselves as the rightful heirs to the throne of Norway but they were unable to gain the kingdom from the Oldenburgs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_states_in_Mecklenburg">Modern states in Mecklenburg</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Mecklenburg&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Modern states in Mecklenburg"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Around 1711, a treaty was signed between the Dukes of Mecklenburg and the Elector of Brandenburg through which the elector was recognized as the next heir of Mecklenburg after the male lines of the genealogical house of Mecklenburg. Thereby the electors, later kings of Prussia, regarded themselves as having become members of the House of Mecklenburg and started to use its titles, e.g. Duke of Mecklenburg, among their own titulary. </p><p>The legality of that treaty concession has been, and still is under discussion, because not all of the then agnates of the House participated in the deed, and at least one of them was then underage. </p><p>In the 17th and 18th centuries, the duchy was divided several times between agnates of the ducal house. Mecklenburg-Schwerin, <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-G%C3%BCstrow" title="Mecklenburg-Güstrow">Mecklenburg-Güstrow</a> and Mecklenburg-Strelitz were typical partition principalities. Until the late 18th century, most parts had returned to the senior branch (Schwerin), after which the patrimony was divided in two states until the very end of monarchy in Germany: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" title="Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Mecklenburg-Schwerin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz" title="Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz">Mecklenburg-Strelitz</a></li></ul> <p>These were elevated to grand duchies by recognition of the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Vienna" title="Congress of Vienna">Congress of Vienna</a>. In 1918, less than a year before the elimination of the monarchy, the main line of Strelitz became extinct and the then Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin stepped in as regent, but succession questions (there was a junior Strelitz branch living in Russia) were not solved until the small monarchies both were dissolved to republics. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="House_of_Mecklenburg_today">House of Mecklenburg today</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Mecklenburg&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: House of Mecklenburg today"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="House_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin">House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Mecklenburg&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin became extinct in the male line on 31 July 2001 with the death of <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Francis,_Hereditary_Grand_Duke_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Francis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Francis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin</a>, the eldest son and heir of the last grand duke, <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Francis_IV,_Grand_Duke_of_Mecklenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg">Frederick Francis IV</a>. </p><p>The remaining members of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin are the daughters of <a href="/wiki/Duke_Christian_Louis_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Duke Christian Ludwig</a>, the second son of Frederick Francis IV, the Duchesses <a href="/wiki/Duchess_Donata_of_Mecklenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg">Donata</a> (born 1956) and Edwina (born 1960). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="House_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz">House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Mecklenburg&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the extinction of Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz is now the only surviving branch of the Grand Ducal house in the male line. The current head of this house is <a href="/wiki/Borwin,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg" title="Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg">Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-letter_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-letter-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MV_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MV-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His grandfather was <a href="/wiki/Duke_Georg_of_Mecklenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke Georg of Mecklenburg">Count Georg of Carlow</a>, the morganatic son of <a href="/wiki/Duke_Georg_Alexander_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz" title="Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz">Duke George Alexander of Mecklenburg</a> (1859–1909). Georg was adopted in 1928 by his uncle <a href="/wiki/Duke_Charles_Michael_of_Mecklenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg">Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg</a>, the head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He then assumed the title and style of "<i><a href="/wiki/His_Serene_Highness" class="mw-redirect" title="His Serene Highness">His Serene Highness</a></i> The Duke of Mecklenburg", which was confirmed by the head of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Romanov" title="House of Romanov">Imperial House of Russia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duke_Cyril_Vladimirovich" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich">Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich</a> on 18 July 1929 and recognised on 23 December by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.<sup id="cite_ref-Huberty_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huberty-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He succeeded his uncle as head of the house on 6 December 1934<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was granted the style of <i>Highness</i> on 18 December 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-Huberty_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huberty-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to Duke Borwin, the current members of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are his wife Duchess Alice (née Wagner; born 1959); their children Duchess Olga (born 1988), the Dukes Alexander (born 1991) and Michael (born 1994); Duke Alexander's son, Duke Leopold (born 2023); and Duke Borwin's sisters, the Duchesses Elisabeth Christine (born 1947), Marie Catherine (born 1949) and Irene (born 1952). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="States_ruled_by_the_House_of_Mecklenburg">States ruled by the House of Mecklenburg</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Mecklenburg&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: States ruled by the House of Mecklenburg"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg" title="Mecklenburg">Mecklenburg</a> (1167–1918), with: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-Stargard" title="Mecklenburg-Stargard">Mecklenburg-Stargard</a> (1348–1471)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" title="Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Mecklenburg-Schwerin</a> (1352–1918, with interruptions)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-G%C3%BCstrow" title="Mecklenburg-Güstrow">Mecklenburg-Güstrow</a> (1621–1701)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz" title="Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz">Mecklenburg-Strelitz</a> (1701–1918)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werle" title="Werle">Werle</a> (1235–1436)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> (1364–1389)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Baltic_Duchy" title="United Baltic Duchy">United Baltic Duchy</a> (November 1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> (1948–1980) – via <a href="/wiki/Juliana_of_the_Netherlands" title="Juliana of the Netherlands">Queen Juliana of the Netherlands</a> (agnatic)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Mecklenburg&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dukes_and_grand_dukes_of_Mecklenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="List of dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg">List of dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Mecklenburg&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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text-align:center;"><div style="font-size:90%"><b>— <a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">Royal house</a> —</b></div><div></div><div><b>House of Mecklenburg</b></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New title</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">Ruling House</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg" title="Mecklenburg">Mecklenburg</a> </b><br />1167–1918 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Declared a<br /><a href="/wiki/Free_State_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" title="Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Republic</a> </b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Bj%C3%A4lbo" title="House of Bjälbo">House of Bjälbo</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">Ruling House</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> </b><br />1364–1389 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Kalmar_Union" title="Kalmar Union">Kalmar Union</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New title</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">Ruling House</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-G%C3%BCstrow" title="Mecklenburg-Güstrow">Mecklenburg-Güstrow</a> </b><br />1621–1701 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Partitioned into<br /><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" title="Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Mecklenburg-Schwerin</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz" title="Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz">Mecklenburg-Strelitz</a> </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New title</b><br /><div style="font-size:90%">Created from <br />Mecklenburg-Güstrow</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">Ruling House</a> of <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz" title="Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz">Mecklenburg-Strelitz</a> </b><br />1701–1918 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Declared a<br /><a href="/wiki/Free_State_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" title="Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Republic</a> </b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Orange-Nassau" title="House of Orange-Nassau">House of Orange-Nassau</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">Ruling House</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> </b><br />1948–1980 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" 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<li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Hohenzollern" title="House of Hohenzollern">Hohenzollern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg" title="House of Württemberg">Württemberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Oldenburg" title="House of Oldenburg">Oldenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Gl%C3%BCcksburg" title="House of Glücksburg">Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Orange-Nassau" title="House of Orange-Nassau">Orange-Nassau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Nassau-Weilburg" title="House of Nassau-Weilburg">Nassau-Weilburg</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mecklenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Vasa" title="House of Vasa">Vasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Palatinate-Zweibr%C3%BCcken" title="House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken">Palatine Zweibrücken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Hesse" title="House of Hesse">Hesse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Holstein-Gottorp_(Swedish_line)" title="House 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colspan="3"><div>Founded by <a href="/wiki/Adolphus_Frederick_II,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz" class="mw-redirect" title="Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz">Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Adolphus_Frederick_III" title="Adolphus Frederick III">Adolphus Frederick III</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchess_Gustave_Caroline_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz" title="Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz">Gustave Caroline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_Charles_Louis_Frederick_of_Mecklenburg" title="Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg">Charles Louis Frederick</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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