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Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Georg Ernst Adolf Gustav (17 October 1819 - 30 May 1904) was a Grand Duke of Mecklenburg [-Strelitz].
[edit] BiographyHe was born in Neustrelitz the son of Grand Duke Georg of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (1796-1880). He spent his youth in Neustrelitz and later went to study history in Bonn. After finishing his studies he went travelling visiting Italy and Switzerland. Friedrich Wilhelm succeeded as Grand Duke on the death of his father on the 6 September 1860. During his reign Mecklenburg-Strelitz became members of firstly the North German Confederation and then the German Empire. Friedrich Wilhelm was a large land owner with more than half of the whole Grand Duchy his personal property.[1] On August 12, 1862 Friedrich Wilhelm was made a knight of the Order of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.[2] He died at Neustrelitz on the 30 May 1904 and was succeeded by his only son who became Adolf Friedrich V. [edit] Marriage and childrenFriedrich Wilhelm was married on the 28 June 1843 at Buckingham Palace to Princess Augusta of Cambridge, a member of the British Royal Family, and a granddaughter of King George III. They had three sons.[3]
Friedrich Wilhelm and his wife Augusta celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary by distributing 25 Pfennig to every citizen of the Grand Duchy from the public treasury.[4] [edit] Ancestry
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