Grand Duke Adolph-Friedrich VI

Chief of II Bn. IR89

Cousin of Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Friedrich-Franz. This 35-year-old bachelor mysteriously killed himself several months before the end of the war (Feb. 1918) when his affair was discovered. He had had a long-term affair with Mafalda Salvatini, an Italian opera singer that he had two illegitimate sons with.  The next in line Duke Karl-Michael, hated Germany, lived in Russia and served in the Army of the Tsar. So when the war ended, no "Grand Duke" so the cousin (Fredrick Franz IV of Mecklenburg Schwerin, the regent.) abdicated for them. Karl-Michael renounced his claim in a letter in 1914 but it didn't get delivered until 1919 due to the revolution. Eventually, Karl-Michael was allowed to adopt an heir and the line lives on. 

The picture on the right is owned by Mike Dwyer.

ADOLF FRIEDRICH VI Georg Ernst Albert Eduard, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Neustrelitz 17 Jun 1882-committed suicide at Neustrelitz 23 Feb 1918)