Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a Duchy (from 1815 a Grand Duchy) in northeastern Germany, formed by a partition of the Duchy of Mecklenburg. Ruled by the Nikloting dynasty, it was a relatively poor state along the Baltic littoral. After the fall of the monarchies in 1918, it remained a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. In 1933, after the onset of Nazi rule, it was united with the smaller neighboring state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz to form the united state of Mecklenburg.
Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1352-1815
- Albrecht I 1352-1379
- Albrecht II 1379-1412
- Magnus I 1379-1385
- Heinrich III 1379-1383
- Albrecht III 1383-1388
- Johann IV 1385-1390
- Johann II of Mecklenburg-Stargard 1390-1417
- Albert IV 1417-1423
- Johann V 1423-1442
- Heinrich IV 1423-1477
- Albrecht V 1464-1483
- Johann VI 1464-1474
- Magnus II 1477-1503
- Heinrich V 1503-1552
- Albrecht VI 1503-1547
- Johann Albrecht I 1547-1576
- John VII 1576-1592
- Sigismund Augustus 1576-1603
- Adolf Friedrich I 1592-1628
- Johann Albrecht II 1592-1610
- Albrecht von Wallenstein 1628-1631
- Johann Albrecht II (restored) 1631-1658
- Christian Ludwig 1658-1692
- Friedrich Wilhelm 1692-1713
- Karl Leopold 1713-1747
- Christian Ludwig 1747-1756
- Friedrich II 1756-1785
- Friedrich Franz I 1785-1815
Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1815-1918
Presidents of the State Ministry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1850-1919
- Hans Adolf Karl Graf von Bülow 1850-1858
- Jasper Joachin Bernhard Wilhelm von Oertzen 1858-1869
- Henning Carl Friedrich Graf von Bassewitz 1869-1885
- Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow 1886-1901
- Karl Heinrich Ludwig Graf von Bassewitz-Levetzow 1901-1914
- Adolf Ferdinand Helmut August Wilhelm Langfeld 1914-1918
- Hugo Wendorff (DDP) 1918-1919
Minister-Presidents of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1919-1933
- Hugo Wendorff (DDP) 1919-1920
- Hermann Reincke-Bloch (DVP) 1920-1921
- Johannes Stelling (SPD) 1921-1924
- Joachim Freiherr von Brandenstein (DNVP) 1924-1926
- Paul Schröder (SPD) 1926-1929
- Karl Eschenburg (Consortium of National Mecklenburgers) 1929-1932
- Walter Granzow (NSDAP) 1932-1933
- Hans Egon Engell (NSDAP) 1933
