(Abolished 14 November 1918)
Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Following the 1918 suicide of Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick VI of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duke Frederick Francis took up the regency of Strelitz, after the heir presumptive Duke Charles Michael, who was serving in the Russian Army at the time and had indicated that he wished to renounce his succession rights.
Friedrich Franz abdicated the grand ducal throne on 14 November 1918 following the German Empire's defeat in World War I; the regency ended at the same time.
His son Friedrich Franz joined the Schutzstaffel or SS, and by 1936 held rank of Hauptsturmführer (Captain).
He was posted to Denmark during WWII where he worked at the German embassy as a personal aide to Werner Best.
He spent 1944 serving with the Waffen-SS tank corps.
In May 1943, Friedrich Franz was passed over as heir in favour of his younger brother Duke Christian Louis.
(Abolished 14 November 1918)
Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Following the 1918 suicide of Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick VI of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duke Frederick Francis took up the regency of Strelitz, after the heir presumptive Duke Charles Michael, who was serving in the Russian Army at the time and had indicated that he wished to renounce his succession rights. Friedrich Franz abdicated the grand ducal throne on 14 November 1918 following the German Empire's defeat in World War I; the regency ended at the same time. His son Friedrich Franz joined the Schutzstaffel or SS, and by 1936 held rank of Hauptsturmführer (Captain). He was posted to Denmark during WWII where he worked at the German embassy as a personal aide to Werner Best. He spent 1944 serving with the Waffen-SS tank corps. In May 1943, Friedrich Franz was passed over as heir in favour of his younger brother Duke Christian Louis.
Former German nobility in the Nazi Party