In a message dated 2/19/02 10:43:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, donner@gdnae.de
writes:
There never was an Emperor of M. but
there was a Duke (at the time you mention a Grandduke) of M. It also could
not be a misspelling, meaning the Emperor of Germany, as this position
became obsolete earlier in the Napoleonic wars. The former Emperor was a
member of the Hapsburg family (Austria), not of the (Grand)Duke´s of
Mecklenburg family.
Does anyone know the name of the Duke of Mecklenburg after the
French Revolution? I have been told that my great, great, great grandfather
was a tutor for the children of the Duke. His name was Latour, and he and
his father fled to Schwerin from France during the Reign of Terror. Would
this tutor be listed on census reports along with the Duke's family? I
cannot get a lead on the Latour family.
Barbara