He was born in Neustrelitz the only surviving child of the then Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Princess Augusta of Cambridge. Following the death of his grandfather Georg on 6 September 1860 he became the heir apparent to the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz with the title Hereditary Grand Duke. He succeeded his father as Grand Duke on the 30 May 1904. He was a first cousin of Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, later Queen Mary, consort of British King George V.
In 1907 Adolf Friedrich announced that he would grant Mecklenburg-Strelitz a constitution but this was met with opposition from nobles. In his attempt to create a constitution he offered to pay $2,500,000 to the national treasury if the nobles and land owning classes dropped there opposition.In 1912 he repeated attempts to create a constitution for Mecklenburg-Strelitz which along with Mecklenburg-Schwerin were the only European states without a constitution.
He died in Berlin, and was succeeded by his eldest son Adolf Friedrich VI.
He was born in Neustrelitz the only surviving child of the then Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Princess Augusta of Cambridge. Following the death of his grandfather Georg on 6 September 1860 he became the heir apparent to the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz with the title Hereditary Grand Duke. He succeeded his father as Grand Duke on the 30 May 1904. He was a first cousin of Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, later Queen Mary, consort of British King George V.
In 1907 Adolf Friedrich announced that he would grant Mecklenburg-Strelitz a constitution but this was met with opposition from nobles. In his attempt to create a constitution he offered to pay $2,500,000 to the national treasury if the nobles and land owning classes dropped there opposition.In 1912 he repeated attempts to create a constitution for Mecklenburg-Strelitz which along with Mecklenburg-Schwerin were the only European states without a constitution.
He died in Berlin, and was succeeded by his eldest son Adolf Friedrich VI.
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