Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Herzogtum Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |||||||||
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| 1379–1815 | |||||||||
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 Mecklenburg c. 1803 (brown) | |||||||||
| Status |
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| Capital | Schwerin | ||||||||
| Common languages | East Pomeranian German, Polabian | ||||||||
| Religion | Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |||||||||
• 1701–1713 | Frederick William | ||||||||
• 1713–1728 | Karl Leopold | ||||||||
• 1728–1756 | Christian Ludwig II | ||||||||
• 1756–1785 | Frederick II | ||||||||
• 1785–1815 | Frederick Francis I | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Treaty of Hamburg | 1379 | ||||||||
• Raised to Grand Duchy | 1815 | ||||||||
| Currency | Mecklenburg thaler | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a duchy in northern Germany created in 1701. It ended in 1815 during the Napoleonic Wars .
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| Rank elevated by Napoleon |  | |
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| States created | Kingdoms: Westphalia Grand Duchies: Berg | Frankfurt‡ | Würzburg | |
| Pre-existing states | Duchies: Anhalt: Bernburg, Dessau, Köthen | Arenberg | Mecklenburg: Schwerin, Strelitz | Nassau | Oldenburg | Saxony: Coburg-Saalfeld, Gotha-Altenburg, Hildburghausen, Meiningen, Weimar*, Eisenach*, Weimar-Eisenach** Principalities: Hohenzollern: Hechingen, Sigmaringen | Isenburg-Birstein | Liechtenstein | Lippe-Detmold | Reuß: Ebersdorf, Greiz, Lobenstein, Schleiz | Salm: Kyrburg, Salm | Schaumburg-Lippe | Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen | Waldeck | |
