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Pomerania was a part of the Holy Roman Empire and it may have included parts of Prussia. In 1500, on returning from a campaign with 15,000 soldiers the owner of the largest farm in that area told the Duke to feed his men on whatever they could find for as long as they like. Recognition and nobility with the prefix Von followed. One distinguished member of this family lives in Brookfield,Connecticut. Other information is from the news paper of the 82nd Airborn that documents surrender of the German Army at Herzogovia (gift from G-d) at von Mecklenberg-Schwerin, adjoining towns. Jean-Laurent Le Geay (mentioned in Wikipedia) designed Herzog von Mecklenberg, the Winter garden Schwerin, but the work was begun and completed by Johan Joachim Busch in 1763. Christian Ludwig, Duke of Mecklenberg-Schwerin may not have been a direct ancestor of the von Mecklenberg who married Wilhelina in 1901.