Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Herzogtum Mecklenburg-Strelitz
	1701–1815
	Flag Coat of arms
	Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806); Independent duchy (1806–1808); Member of the Confederation of the Rhine (1808–1813); Independent duchy (1813–1815)
Capital	Strelitz then Neustrelitz
Government	Duchy
Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
• 1701–1708	Adolphus Frederick II
• 1708–1752	Adolphus Frederick III
• 1752–1794	Adolphus Frederick IV
• 1794–1815	Charles II
History
• Treaty of Hamburg	1701
• Raised to Grand Duchy	1815
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Duchy of Mecklenburg
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Today part of	Germany

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[change | change source]

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.

Mecklenburg-Strelitz (yellow), 1866–1934.

v t e States of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806–13)
Rank elevated by Napoleon	Kingdoms: Bavaria \| Saxony \| Württemberg Grand Duchies: Baden \| Hesse
States created	Kingdoms: Westphalia Grand Duchies: Berg \| Frankfurt‡ \| Würzburg Principalities: Aschaffenburg† \| Leyen \| Regensburg†
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
until 1809 ** from 1809 † until 1810 ‡ from 1810

v t e States of the German Confederation (1815–66)
Empires	Austria
Kingdoms	Prussia \| Bavaria \| Saxony \| Hanover \| Württemberg
Electorates	Hesse
Grand Duchies	Baden \| Hesse \| Luxembourg \| Mecklenburg-Schwerin \| Mecklenburg-Strelitz \| Oldenburg \| Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Duchies	Anhalt: Bernburg¹, Dessau¹, Köthen² \| Brunswick \| Holstein \| Limburg \| Nassau \| Saxony: Altenburg³, Coburg-Saalfeld⁴, Coburg-Gotha³, Gotha-Altenburg⁴, Hildburghausen⁴, Lauenburg, Meiningen
Principalities	Hesse-Homburg \| Hohenzollern: Hechingen⁵, Sigmaringen⁵ \| Liechtenstein \| Lippe \| Reuß: Elder, Junior \| Schaumburg-Lippe \| Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen \| Waldeck and Pyrmont
City-states	Bremen \| Frankfurt \| Hamburg \| Lübeck
1: Merged to Anhalt from 1863; 2: until 1847; 3: from 1826; 4: until 1826; 5: until 1850

v t e States of the North German Confederation (1866–71)
Kingdoms	Prussia \| Saxony
Grand Duchies	Hesse \| Mecklenburg: Schwerin, Strelitz \| Oldenburg \| Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Duchies	Anhalt \| Brunswick \| Saxony: Altenburg, Coburg and Gotha, Meiningen
Principalities	Schaumburg-Lippe \| Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen \| Lippe \| Reuss: Elder, Junior \| Waldeck-Pyrmont
City-states	Bremen \| Hamburg \| Lübeck

v t e States of the German Empire (1871–1918)
Kingdoms	Prussia \| Bavaria \| Saxony \| Württemberg
Grand Duchies	Baden \| Hesse \| Mecklenburg: Schwerin, Strelitz \| Oldenburg \| Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Duchies	Anhalt \| Brunswick \| Saxony: Altenburg, Coburg and Gotha, Meiningen
Principalities	Schaumburg-Lippe \| Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen \| Lippe \| Reuss: Elder, Junior \| Waldeck-Pyrmont
City-states	Bremen \| Hamburg \| Lübeck
Other	Alsace-Lorraine \| Colonial possessions