Friedrich Franz I von Mecklenburg-Schwerin

[Mikael XII]

Friedrich Franz I, Grand duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

I am a little confused here, of what i have read about this character, Friedrich Franz I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He is the most important "Grand Duke" of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and has a big symbolic role in the Napoleonic war (he was the first to betray the Confederation of the Rhine and join up against Napoleon). But i can not find any image of him whatsoever on the entire bloody internet.. Why is that ?
Sincerily
Mikael

[Der Zarewitsch]

Grrr..that reminds me of something.

I promised you to contact the Schwerin castle.

Let me do that when I am back home,Mickael.

Forgive me.

[Mikael XII]

That is very much ok, take your time :)

[Mikael XII]

You see, the only Queens/Kings i still need biographies of concerning the Kingdoms is:
Elizabeth of Bavaria (Queen of Prussia, wife of Frederick Wilhelm IV)
Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen of Hannover, wife of Ernst August).

Marie of Altenburg (Queen of hannover, wife of George V)

Marie Therese Caroline of Austria (Queen of Saxony, wife of Anton I)

Amalia of Bavaria (Queen of Saxony, wife of Johann)

Carolina of Baden (Queen of bayern, wife of maximilian I)
that is the only ones i lack info on, so as you can see i am very far and soon they will be done, after all i have all Kings done, and more then 80% of the Queens.
But the search goes on.

[Der Zarewitsch]

Mikael,

I forwarded your request on Schwerin to both,the museum and the schwerin castle itself.
If there is no reply until next week I will put more pressure on them! ;)

[Mikael XII]

Very good, very good indeed.

[Der Zarewitsch]

Sir,be greatful to a Mrs. Klett!! :)

She is willing to put up your requested biographies!!
However,she cannot copy the portraits you wanted, for she does not have a scanner to do so. :(

In the final consequence 10 Euros should be invested in the book

Jürgen Borchert, Mecklenburgs Großherzöge,
erschienen 1992 im Demmler-Verlag Schwerin, ISBN 3-910150-14-4

[Mikael XII]

Ok, where can i buy that book ? (FROM a reliable source) ?
And i am so happy to hear your great news, truly happy.
I shall try to see if i can borrow that book from the library but i have done one search and failed.
But we shall see :)

[Der Zarewitsch]

http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3910150144/302-4459834-0639206

I cannot imagine that any library has such a book in stock.

[Mikael XII]

I do not trust Amazon at all. But i think i have managed to find that book in an libary here in sweden, so it looks good.
PS: Do germany have any Library search site ?
We in sweden has Bibliotek.se where we search every library in sweden.

[Der Zarewitsch]

Sounds great!! :)

Would be very helpful if we had such a searchengine in Germany...

So,are you finished with your research now?

[Mikael XII]

So,are you finished with your research now?

What do you think i am ? A Fast Food Chain ? :)

Theese things takes time mi amigo. When those biographies arrives, i will have Mecklenburg more or less done.

But i still have a lot to do on the Kingdoms, all the translations and such takes time .. (for my staff to do). And there are plenty of texts that are to be translated.
But well, Prussia, Hannover, Bavaria, is almost done even on the phase of Translations.
Württemberg is completed.
Saxony is a lot of things to do with before done.
There you have the kingdoms.

[Der Zarewitsch]

I understand.

But do you still have biographies,portraits and so on to look for?
I am asking in case you need help,mi amigo! :D

[Mikael XII]

You want work? IL GIVE YOU WORK:)
Well you have the post above


You see, the only Queens/Kings i still need biographies of concerning the Kingdoms is:
Elizabeth of Bavaria (Queen of Prussia, wife of Frederick Wilhelm IV)
Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen of Hannover, wife of Ernst August).

Marie of Altenburg (Queen of hannover, wife of George V)

Marie Therese Caroline of Austria (Queen of Saxony, wife of Anton I)

Amalia of Bavaria (Queen of Saxony, wife of Johann)

Carolina of Baden (Queen of bayern, wife of maximilian I)
that is the only ones i lack info on, so as you can see i am very far and soon they will be done, after all i have all Kings done, and more then 80% of the Queens.
But the search goes on.


And next to that , strangely so, there is no Biogs of the last rulers of many states.. wich i find rather odd.

But lets prioritze the regents.
Adolf Friedrich VI of mecklenburg-Strelitz the last regent of that line, and he committed suicide, thats all i know about him.

Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimer-Eisenach, last regent of that line.

Friedrich II of Baden, guess what last regent there to :)

Now you have plenty of search to do when you find time and such things :)

[Mikael XII]

Remove:
Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen of Hannover, wife of Ernst August).

I have atleast found something about her, not much but something, so you can remove her from the search list.

[Der Zarewitsch]

Mike, I got your stuff from the Schwerin castle!

The lady told me she is trying to find a way to get copies of the portraits - but don`t count on it.
Anyways,it`s very kind of her. :)

(see you on icq).

[Mikael XII]

I realy like germans :) After doing sites about Napoleonic war (and then having contact with French and English museeums and such) and russian, polish, italian museums. I can say Germany RULEZ.

Btw, what is her full name along with title, i want to give her full credit on the page.

See you on ICQ today at 20.00.
aprox.

[Mikael XII]

Only wanted to tell you Zarewicht of my great happiness :)

I found, when searching for Winterhalter, Regensburger porträttgallerie.
And there i found images i have been looking for so long.
So now Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Saxe Altenburg have all images they need, i think :)
GLORY GLORY

[Der Zarewitsch]

Sire,

the castle lady did not really understand what exactly you wanted to know.

Could you put up your request more precisely?

Here is what you sent to me:

On my list it says he was married to theese three:
Elena-Pavlovna of Russia
Caroline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Auguste of Hesse-Homburg

And then my guess is that when he was Grand Duke it was Auguste of Hesse-Homburg who was his grand duchess.. Am i right or am i wrong

She asks: Who is he ? Friedrich Franz I. ?

[Mikael XII]

Friedrich Franz I
ruled 1815-1837

The very first Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Scwerin, and what i need to know who was his wife during his time as Grand Duke.
Also, the image, was that her that i mentioned ?

[Der Zarewitsch]

Ok,I will send it to her.


The portrait you sent is Alexandrine.

The lady is still looking for a pic of friedrich franz I. - she asked me to be patient.

[Der Zarewitsch]

Sir,

this is what the lady sent me the other day:


Friedrich Franz I. regierte von 1785 bis 1837, ihm wurde 1815 auf dem Wiener Kongress die großherzogliche Würde verliehen. Er hat nach dem Tod seiner Gemahlin Luise 1808 kein zweites Mal geheiratet.

Friedrich Franz I. ruled 1785 - 1837.
He was given the title Granduke at the Vienna congress in 1815.
He was married to Luise who died in 1808
He never married again.

[Mikael XII]

Very good, then only image of Friedrich Franz is required, i have a Coin image of him, so i am not in such desperate need anymore. But if she is close to get a image im happy.
Sincerily
Mikael

[Der Zarewitsch]

She didn`t mention it in her last mail and I didn`t want to be inpolite by pushing her.

I still can ask her in a while.

How about that book she recommended? You said you could get it from a library...

[Mikael XII]

I tried, but the book could not be taken to here, sadly, but i have a classmate whom is german and has loads of german historical books, i will ask him if he has some to give me.

So do not bother her with this, i have coin image that is good enough.

Youst give her our kind regards and thanx for her great contribution for our cause and wish her a happy continuence (damn i sound like a politican).

And, continue with more work :) LOL SCHNELL.
:)
Sincerily
Mikael