Profiles: Grand Dukes and Consorts of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Carl II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Titles: Duke Carl of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow (1741-1794); The Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1794-1815); Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1815-1816)
Born: October 10, 1741 in Mirow
Parents: Duke Karl Ludwig of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow, and Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Married(1): September 18, 1768 to Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt
Children:
– Charlotte Georgine (1769)
– Caroline Auguste (1771)
– Georg Karl (1772)
– Therese (1773)
– Friedrich Georg (1774)
– Luise (1776)
– Friederike (1778)
– Georg, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779)
– Friedrich Karl (1781)
– Auguste Albertine (1782)
Married(2): September 28, 1784 to Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt
Children:
– Karl (1785)
REIGN: June 28, 1815 – November 6, 1816
Died: November 6, 1816 in Neustrelitz
Buried: New Crypt in the Johanniterkirche in Mirow

Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Born: August 20, 1752 in Darmstadt
Parents: Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt and Maria Luise of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg
Married: September 18, 1768 to Grand Duke Carl II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Children:
– Charlotte Georgine (1769)
– Caroline Auguste (1771)
– Georg Karl (1772)
– Therese (1773)
– Friedrich Georg (1774)
– Luise (1776)
– Friederike (1778)
– Georg, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779)
– Friedrich Karl (1781)
– Auguste Albertine (1782)
Died: May 22, 1782 in Hanover
Buried: New Crypt in the Johanniterkirche in Mirow

Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Born: November 5, 1755 in Darmstadt
Parents: Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt and Maria Luise of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg
Married: September 28, 1784 to Grand Duke Carl II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Children:
– Karl (1785)
Died: December 12, 1785 in Hanover
Buried: New Crypt in the Johanniterkirche in Mirow

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Georg, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Born: August 12, 1779 in Hanover
Parents: Grand Duke Carl II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt
Married: August 12, 1817 to Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel
Children:
– Luise (1818)
– Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819)
– Caroline (1821)
– Georg August (1824)
REIGN: November 6, 1816 – September 6, 1860
Died: September 6, 1860 in Neustrelitz
Buried: New Crypt in the Johanniterkirche in Mirow

Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Born: January 21, 1796 in Hanau, Hesse-Kassel
Parents: Landgrave Friedrich of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen
Married: August 12, 1817 to Grand Duke Georg of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Children:
– Luise (1818)
– Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819)
– Caroline (1821)
– Georg August (1824)
Died: December 30, 1880 in Neustrelitz
Buried: New Crypt in the Johanniterkirche in Mirow

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Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Born: October 17, 1819 in Neustrelitz
Parents: Grand Duke Georg of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel
Married: June 28, 1843 to Princess Augusta of Cambridge
Children:
– Friedrich Wilhelm (1845)
– Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1848)
REIGN: September 6, 1860 – May 30, 1904
Died: May 30, 1904 in Neustrelitz
Buried: New Crypt in the Johanniterkirche in Mirow

Augusta of Cambridge, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Born: June 19, 1822 in Hanover
Parents: Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel
Married: June 28, 1843 to Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Children:
– Friedrich Wilhelm (1845)
– Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1848)
Died: December 5, 1916 in Neustrelitz
Buried: New Crypt in the Johanniterkirche in Mirow

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Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Born: July 22, 1848 in Neustrelitz
Parents: Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Princess Augusta of Cambridge
Married: April 17, 1877 to Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt
Children:
– Marie (1878)
– Jutta (1880)
– Adolf Friedrich VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1882)
– Karl Borwin (1888)
REIGN: May 30, 1904 – June 11, 1914
Died: June 11, 1914 in Berlin
Buried: New Crypt in the Johanniterkirche in Mirow

Elisabeth of Anhalt, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Born: September 7, 1857 in Wörlitz, Anhalt
Parents: Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg
Married: April 17, 1877 to Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich V of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Children:
– Marie (1878)
– Jutta (1880)
– Adolf Friedrich VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1882)
– Karl Borwin (1888)
Died: July 20, 1933 in Neustrelitz
Buried: New Crypt in the Johanniterkirche in Mirow

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Adolf Friedrich VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Born: June 17, 1882 in Neustrelitz
Parents: Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich V of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt
REIGN: June 11, 1914 – February 23, 1918
Died: February 23, 1918 in Neustrelitz
Buried: Castle Island, Mirow

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