Christian Louis I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a reigning Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Background
Christian Louis I was born as Christian I, the son of the Duke Adolf Frederick I and his wife, Anna Maria (1601–1634), the daughter of Count Enno III of East Frisia. On 26 August 1625, when he was only one year old, his father proposed that he be the next administrator of the Bishopric of Schwerin. He inherited Mecklenburg-Schwerin when his father died on 27 February 1658.
Education
However, he was never appointed, because when Administrator Ulrik III died on 12 August 1633, the Bishopric fell to Wallenstein as a completed fief.
Career
In 1660, he built a Lustschloss near the Ratzeburg Minster. He travelled to Paris in 1662, to the court of Louis XIV. On 29 September 1663, he converted to the Catholic faith. The next day, his godfather Louis XIV gave him the second name Louis.
Later, however, he often signed only with Christian.
He died on 21 June 1692 in The Hague. His body was transported by ship to Dömitz.
lieutenant was then transported to Schwerin and finally arrived on 24 August 1692 in Doberan, where he was buried in the Doberan Minster.