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Name: Mecklenburg-Strelitz Duchy

Type: Polity

Start: 1702 AD

End: 1815 AD

Nation: mecklenburg-strelitz

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Was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire located in northern Germany. It separated from the Duchy of Mecklenburg. It was elevated to Grand Duchy in 1815 and remained independent until 1871, when it joined the German Empire.

Establishment


  • January 1702: Establishment of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz Duchy.
  • Chronology


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    1. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars


    Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

    1.1.Congress of Vienna

    Was a series of international diplomatic meetings after the end of the Napoleonic wars whose aim was a long-term peace plan for Europe. It redraw the borders of Europe and partially restored the Monarchies of the pre-revolutionary period.

  • June 1815: The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz is elevated to the rank of grand duchy.

  • Disestablishment


  • June 1815: The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz is elevated to the rank of grand duchy.
  • Selected Sources


  • Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), p. 26-49
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