Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Friederike Karoline Sophie Alexandrine, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Daughter of Karl II., Duke (later Grand Duke) of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1741-1816) and his first wife Friederike, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt (1752-1782)

Born: Altes Palais, Hanover 2. Mar 1778

Married:

1. Berlin 26. Dec 1793 Ludwig, Prince of Prussia (1773-1796)
2. Berlin 10. Dec 1798 Friedrich, Prince zu Solms-Braunfels (1770-1814)
3. Neustrelitz 29. May 1815 Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, who became King of Hanover in 1837 (1771-1851)

Issue by first husband:

• Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (1794-1863) m. 1817 Luise, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg (1799-1841)
• Karl, Prince of Prussia (1795-1798)
• Friederike, Princess of Prussia (1796-1850) m. 1818 Leopold IV. Duke of Anhalt-Dessau (1794-1881)

Issue by second husband:

• Sophie, Princess zu Solms-Braunfels (1799-1799)
• Friedrich, Prince zu Solms-Braunfels (1800-1800)
• Wilhelm, Prince zu Solms-Braunfels (1801-1868) m.1831 Maria Gräfin Kinsky (1809-1892)
• Auguste, Princess zu Solms-Braunfels (1804-1865) m.1827 Albert, Fürst von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1789-1869)
• Alexander, Prince zu Solms-Braunfels (1807-1867) m.1863 Luise Freiin von Landsberg-Velen (1835-1894)
• Karl, Prince zu Solms-Braunfels (1812-1875) m.1845 Sophie, Princess zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1814-1876)

Issue by third husband:

• Princess Frederica of the United Kingdom (stillborn 27. Jan 1817)
• Georg V. King of Hanover (1819-1878) m.1843 Marie, Princess of Saxe-Altenburg (1818-1907)

Died: Hanover 21. Jun 1841

Buried: Mausoleum, Berggarten, Hanover

  

  

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1 and I/3, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann