Frederick Francis IV | |
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Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |
Reign | 10 April 1897 – 14 November 1918 |
Predecessor | Frederick Francis III |
Successor | Monarchy abolished |
Born | Palermo, Kingdom of Italy | 9 April 1882
Died | 17 November 1945 Flensburg, Germany | (aged 63)
Spouse | |
Issue | Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Francis Duke Christian Ludwig Duchess Olga Duchess Thyra Anastasia, Princess Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg |
House | Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Father | Frederick Francis III |
Mother | Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia |
Frederick Francis IV (Friedrich Franz Michael; 9 April 1882 – 17 November 1945) was the last Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and regent of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He inherited the throne when he was fifteen years old in 1897 and was forced to renounce it in 1918.