On the weekend of 20-21 December the Duke Alexander, Duke Michael and Duchess Olga paid a short visit to Mecklenburg. Duke Alexander and Duke Michael have returned to Germany for the holiday period from the Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands respectively where they are currently studying. On Saturday 20 December their Highnesses spent the…
On 26 October the Duke Borwin and Duchess Alice of Mecklenburg and their younger son Duke Michael were special guests and sponsors for the ‘Peace for Iraq’ event in the Netherlands. The event which included a concert, poetry readings and speeches was held at the Dakota Theatre in The Hague. The fundraiser which was supported…
The 19th annual memorial service for deceased members of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was held on the Mirow Palace Island at 2pm on Saturday 23 August in the Church of St John which houses the family crypt. The special focus of this year’s service was on the 100th anniversaries this year of the death of…
His Highness Duke Michael today represented the grand ducal house at a memorial service in Mirow to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich V who died in Berlin on 11 June 1914. The burial in Mirow on 18 June marked the last gathering of representatives of the European aristocracy…
On Saturday 7 June their Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg and their younger son Duke Michael attended the official reopening of the restored Schloss Mirow. They were joined by Her Highness Duchess Donata from the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, her husband Alexander von Solodkoff and their Serene Highnesses Prince Heinrich XI Licco Reuss, grandson…
The seasonal opening of the Queen Luise of Prussia memorial at Schloss Hohenzieritz, former summer residence of the grand ducal family, took place at 10am today. The memorial which was created in 1813 is dedicated to Duchess Luise, daughter of Grand Duke Carl and wife of King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, who died at…
Their Highnesses Duke Borwin and his younger son Duke Michael have recently completed a visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan having been invited to attend the dedication of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land’s (ELCJHL) baptismal site at Bethany Beyond the Jordan. In 2008 the ELCJHL was granted 5 dunums (about…
Her Highness Duchess Marie Katharina and her husband Mr Wolfgang Thaddäus von Wasielewski have announced the birth today of their grandson Baron Ferdinand von Reitzenstein. He is the second child for their daughter Maria Natalia and her husband Baron Constantin von Reitzenstein. The couple’s eldest child Baroness Helena von Reitzenstein was born on 7 July…
The first of the two annual memorial services for deceased members of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz took place at 2pm today in the Church of St John on the Castle Island in Mirow. The memorial service is held annually on the penultimate Saturday of August and has taken place every year since 1996. The service…
The 13th seasonal opening of the Queen Luise of Prussia memorial took place at a snow covered Schloss Hohenziertz this morning with speeches and a concert for those in attendance. This year marks the 200th anniversary of the creation of the memorial. The speakers at the event were Mr Engel the head of the memorial…
