Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

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Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Herzogtum Mecklenburg-Schwerin (German)
1701–1815
Flag Coat of arms
Mecklenburg c. 1803 (brown), with Mecklenburg-Schwerin being the larger central territory[clarification needed]
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire State of the Confederation of the Rhine
Capital	Schwerin
Common languages	Low 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	1701
• Raised to Grand Duchy	1815
Currency	Mecklenburg thaler
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Mecklenburg Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Today part of	Germany

The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (German: Herzogtum Mecklenburg-Schwerin) was a duchy in northern Germany created in 1701, when Frederick William and Adolphus Frederick II divided the Duchy of Mecklenburg between Schwerin and Strelitz. Ruled by the successors of the Nikloting House of Mecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin remained a state of the Holy Roman Empire along the Baltic Sea littoral between Holstein-Glückstadt and the Duchy of Pomerania.