Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in northern Germany,  it was about the same as the modern rural district of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.  The duchy also had three exclaves near the town of Fürstenberg and the area around Ratzeburg in modern Schleswig-Holstein.

History
The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was set up in 1701. The capital was Neustrelitz. In 1808, the duchy joined the Confederation of the Rhine.  The Congress of Vienna made it a grand duchy and member of the German Confederation.  Mecklenburg-Strelitz joined the North German Confederation in 1867, and became a part of the German Empire in 1871.  On January 1, 1934 it was joined with the neighbouring state of Mecklenburg-Schwerin to form the State of Mecklenburg (today part of the federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania).

The US county Mecklenburg (Charlotte, North Carolina) is named after Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Strelitz-born Princess Charlotte (queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom). The flower Strelitzia ("Bird of Paradise") also is in honor of her home country. Queen Luise of Prussia also was a born princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.


Dukes of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1701–1815
 Adolf Friedrich II 1701–1708
 Adolf Friedrich III 1708–1752
 Adolf Friedrich IV 1752–1794
 Karl II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1794–1815

Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1815–1918
 Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1815–1816
 Georg, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1816–1860
 Friedrich Wilhelm 1860–1904
 Adolf Friedrich V 1904–1914
 Adolf Friedrich VI 1914–1918
 Friedrich Franz IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1918 (Regent)

Other websites
 House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 Map of Mecklenburg in 1789

Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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