Karl Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Karl Leopold Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Son of Friedrich Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow (1639-1688) and Christine Wilhelmine Landgräfin of Hesse-Homburg (1653-1722)

Born: Grabow, Mecklenburg 26. Nov 1678

Married:

1. Leeuwarden, Friesland 27. May 1708 (div. 1710) Sophie Hedwig Princess of Nassau-Dietz (1690-1734), daughter of Heinrich Casimir II. Reichsfürst von Nassau-Dietz (1657-1696) and Henriette Amalia Princess of Anhalt-Dessau (1666-1726), his first cousin
2. (morg.) Doberan, Mecklenburg 7. Jun 1710 (div. 1711) Christine Dorothea von Lepel (1692-1728), daughter of Friedrich von Lepel (d. 1706) by his second wife Leveke von Plessen (d. 1732)
3. Danzig (Gdańsk) 19. Apr 1716 Yekaterina Ivanovna Tsarevna of Russia (1691-1733), daughter of Ivan V Alekseyevich, Tsar of All Russia (1666-1696) and Praskovya Fyodorovna Saltykova (1664-1724)

Issue of third marriage:

• Elisabeth (Anna Leopoldovna) Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Russian Regent 1740-1741 (1718-1746) m. 1739 Anton Ulrich Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1714-1774)

No issue of first or second marriage.

Died: Dömitz, Mecklenburg 28. Nov 1747

Detlev Schwennicke “Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folge” Vol II; Vittorio Klostermann, 2005