Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Herzogtum Mecklenburg-Strelitz (German)
1701–1815
Coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Coat of arms
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806)
Independent duchy (1806–1808)
Member of the Confederation of the Rhine (1808–1813)
Independent duchy (1813–1815)
CapitalStrelitz then Neustrelitz
Religion
Lutheran
Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 
• 1701–1708
Adolphus Frederick II
• 1708–1752
Adolphus Frederick III
• 1752–1794
Adolphus Frederick IV
• 1794–1815
Charles II
History 
• Treaty of Hamburg
1701
• Raised to Grand Duchy
1815
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Mecklenburg
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Today part ofGermany

The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in Northern Germany consisting of the eastern fifth of the historic Mecklenburg region, roughly corresponding with the present-day Mecklenburg-Strelitz district (the former Lordship of Stargard), and the western Principality of Ratzeburg exclave (the former Prince-Bishopric of Ratzeburg), which lay mostly in the west of the modern Nordwestmecklenburg district. At the time of its establishment, the main part of the duchy bordered on the territory of Swedish Pomerania in the north and of Brandenburg in the south; Ratzeburg bordered Saxe-Lauenburg and the Free City of Lübeck.