This is a list of the Duchesses and Grand Duchesses; the consorts of the Duke Mecklenburg and later the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Strelitz
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Sophie Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel | Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (Hesse-Darmstadt) | 16 July 1678 | 2 January 1704 | 31 July 1713 husband's death | 30 May 1749 | Frederick William I | ||
Catherine Ivanovna of Russia | Ivan V of Russia (Romanov) | 20 October 1691 | 19 April 1716 | 1728 husband's abdication | 14 June 1733 | Karl Leopold | ||
Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Mecklenburg-Strelitz) | 12 July 1694 | 13 November 1714 | 1728 husband's ascension | 13 April 1748 | Christian Ludwig II | ||
Louise Frederica of Württemberg | Frederick Louis, Hereditary Prince of Württemberg (Württemberg) | 3 February 1722 | 2 March 1746 | 30 May 1756 husband's ascension | 24 April 1785 husband's death | 2 August 1791 | Frederick II | |
Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg) | 9 March 1756 | 1 June 1775 | 24 April 1785 husband's ascension | 1 January 1808 | Frederick Francis I |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Johanna of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg) | 1 October 1680 | 20 June 1702 | 9 July 1704 | Adolphus Frederick II | |||
Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Christian William I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (Schwarzburg-Sondershausen) | 30 Mar 1681 | 10 June 1705 | 12 May 1708 husband's death | 1 November 1751 | |||
Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön | John Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (Oldenburg) | 4 December 1692 | 16 April 1709 | 11 December 1752 husband's death | 29 Apr 1765 | Adolphus Frederick III |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Grand Duchess | Ceased to be Grand Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Marie of Hesse-Kassel | Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel) | 21 January 1796 | 12 August 1817 | 6 September 1860 husband's death | 30 December 1880 | George | ||
Augusta of Cambridge | Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (Hanover) | 19 July 1822 | 28 June 1843 | 6 September 1860 husband's ascension | 30 May 1904 husband's death | 5 December 1916 | Frederick William | |
Elisabeth of Anhalt | Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt (Ascania) | 7 September 1857 | 17 April 1877 | 30 May 1904 husband's ascension | 11 June 1914 husband's death | 20 July 1933 | Adolphus Frederick V |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Titular Grand Duchess | Ceased to be Titular Grand Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Alexandra of Hanover | Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (Hanover) | 29 September 1882 | 7 June 1904 | 14 November 1918 husband's abdication | 17 November 1945 husband's death | 30 August 1963 | Frederick Francis IV | |
Karin Elisabeth von Schaper | Walter von Schaper (Schaper) | 31 January 1920 | 11 June 1941 | 17 November 1945 husband's ascension | 22 September 1967 divorced | 26 January 2012 | Friedrich Franz | |
27 April 1977 remarried | 31 July 2001 husband's death Mecklenburg-Schwerin male line extinct |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Titular Grand Duchess | Ceased to be Titular Grand Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Irina Mikhailovna Raievskya | Michael Nikolajewitch Rajewsky | 18 August 1892 | 7 October 1920 | 6 December 1934 husband's ascension | 22 January 1955 | George | ||
Charlotte of Austria | Charles I of Austria (Habsburg-Lorraine) | 1 March 1921 | 21 July 1956 | 6 July 1963 husband's death | 23 July 1989 | |||
Ilona of Austria | Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria (Habsburg-Lorraine) | 20 April 1927 | 20 February 1946 | 6 July 1963 husband's ascension | 12 December 1974 divorced | 12 January 2011 | Georg Alexander | |
Alice Wagner | Jurgen Detlev Wagner | 2 August 1959 | 24 December 1985 | 26 January 1996 husband's ascension | Incumbent | - | Borwin |
Mecklenburg is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Wismar and Güstrow.
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ranked below princes of nobility and grand dukes. The title comes from French duc, itself from the Latin dux, 'leader', a term used in republican Rome to refer to a military commander without an official rank, and later coming to mean the leading military commander of a province. In most countries, the word duchess is the female equivalent.
Grand Duke is a European hereditary title, used either by certain monarchs or by members of certain monarchs' families. In status, a Grand Duke traditionally ranks in order of precedence below an emperor, king or archduke and above a sovereign prince or sovereign duke. The title is used in some current and former independent monarchies in Europe, particularly:
Schwerin is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as of the region of Mecklenburg, after Rostock. It has around 96,000 inhabitants, and is thus the least populous of all German state capitals.
Ludwigslust is a central castle town of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, 40 km south of Schwerin. Since 2011 it has been part of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district.
Princess Augusta of Cambridge was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of George III. She married into the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and became the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
His or Her Grand Ducal Highness is a style of address used by the non-reigning members of some German ruling families headed by a Grand Duke. No currently reigning family employs the style, although it was used most recently by the younger sisters of the late Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg. Since Grand Duchess Charlotte's marriage to Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, all of their male-line descendants have used the style Royal Highness, which he bore.
The House of Mecklenburg, also known as Nikloting, is a North German dynasty of Slavic origin that ruled until 1918 in the Mecklenburg region, being among the longest-ruling families of Europe. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1909–2004), former Queen of the Netherlands (1948–1980), was an agnatic member of this house.
Charles II was ruler of the state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1794 until his death. Originally ruling as duke, he was raised to the rank of grand duke in 1815. Prior to succeeding to the throne he served as Governor of Hanover from 1776 to 1786.
Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, Hereditary Princess of Mecklenburg was a daughter of Grand Duke, later Tsar Paul I of Russia and his second wife Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. After marrying the son and heir of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin she ceased to use her Russian title.
The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a territory in Northern Germany, held by the younger line of the House of Mecklenburg residing in Neustrelitz. Like the neighbouring Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, it was a sovereign member state of the German Confederation and became a federated state of the North German Confederation and finally of the German Empire upon the unification of 1871. After World War I and the German Revolution of 1918–19 it was succeeded by the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia (Russian: Андрей Владимирович; was a son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, a grandson of Emperor Alexander II and a first cousin of Nicholas II, Russia’s last Tsar.
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia was the only daughter and second child of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and a granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia.
Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia was a Russian prince, the tenth child and fourth son of Paul I of Russia and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. He was born in St. Petersburg.
Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland was the wife of Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the last ruling Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
The House Order of the Wendish Crown was an Order of the House of Mecklenburg, jointly instituted on 12 May 1864 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
The style of the Dutch sovereign has changed many times since the establishment of the Kingdom of the Netherlands due to formations and dissolutions of personal unions, as well as due to marriages of female sovereigns and cognatic successions.
The wedding of Nicholas II of Russia to Alexandra Feodorovna occurred on 26 November [O.S. 14 November] 1894 at the Grand Church of the Winter Palace.