Editing Marie Mathilde, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg

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! colspan="2" |HRH The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Lerchenfeld_Marie_Mathilde.png|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|Grand Duchess of [[Mecklenburg]]
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|'''Reign'''
|18 July 2024 - present
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|'''Coronation'''
|29 March 2025
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|'''Predecessor'''
|[[Princess Helena of the United Kingdom]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
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|'''Born'''
|21 April 1990 (age 35)
Sunching, Bavaria, Germany
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|'''Spouse'''
|[[James, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg]]
(m. 2014)
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|'''Issue'''
|[[Princess Sophia of Mecklenburg|Princess Sophia]]

[[Princess Amelia of Mecklenburg|Princess Amelia]]

[[Edward, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|Edward, Hereditary Grand Duke]]

[[Princess Adelaide of Mecklenburg|Princess Adelaide]]

[[Prince Oscar of Mecklenburg|Prince Oscar]]

[[Prince August of Mecklenburg|Prince August]]
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|'''Name'''
|Marie Mathilde
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|'''House'''
|Lerchenfeld (by birth)
Mecklenburg (by marriage)
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|'''Father'''
|[[Carl, Baron Lerchenfeld]]
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|'''Mother'''
|[[Princess Walburga of Waldburg and Zeil-Trauchburg]]
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|'''Religion'''
|Roman Catholic
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'''Marie Mathilde, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg''' (born ''Marie Mathilde von Lerchenfeld'' on 21 April 1990) is a member of the Mecklenburg Grand Ducal Family as the wife of '''[[James, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg]],''' as well as the British Royal Family as the niece-in-law of '''[[James IV, King of the United Kingdom]].'''

==Life==
Marie Mathilde was born the second child and eldest daughter of '''Carl, Baron Lerchenfeld''' and '''Princess Walburga of Waldburg and Zeil-Trauchburg'''.

She became Grand Duchess consort of Mecklenburg upon her husband's ascension in 2024.

==Marriage and Issue==
Marie Mathilde married '''James, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg''' in Neustrelitz on 13 April 2014. The couple has six children, '''Sophia, Amelia, Edward, Adelaide, Oscar,''' and '''August'''.
{| class="wikitable"
!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
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|[[File:Mecklenburg Sophia.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Princess Sophia of Mecklenburg|Princess Sophia]]
|1 February 2015
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|[[File:Mecklenburg Amelia.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Princess Amelia of Mecklenburg|Princess Amelia]]
|1 February 2015
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|[[File:Mecklenburg_Oscar.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Edward, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|Edward, Hereditary Grand Duke]]
|30 December 2018
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|[[File:Mecklenburg Adelaide.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Princess Adelaide of Mecklenburg|Princess Adelaide]]
|23 June 2020
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|[[File:Mecklenburg Edward.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Prince Oscar of Mecklenburg|Prince Oscar]]
|25 September 2022
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|[[File:Mecklenburg August.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Prince August of Mecklenburg|Prince August]]
|21 January 2024
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==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Residences Mecklenburg Neustrelitz Palace.jpg|link=|Neustrelitz Palace; Main Residence (September-May)
File:Residences Mecklenburg Schwerin Castle.jpg|link=|Schwerin Castle; Summer Residence (June-August)
File:Residences Bavaria Nobility Lerchenfeld Sunching Palace.JPG|link=|Sunching Palace; Summer Residence (June-August)
</gallery>

==Sartorial Information==
===Tiara Collection===
As Grand Duchess, Marie Mathilde has access to the entirety of the [[Mecklenburg Tiara Collection]]. Below are the tiaras that she personally owns.<gallery>
File:Tiaras Nobility Bavaria Lerchenfeld Marie Mathilde Diamond Scroll Tiara.jpg|(2014) Diamond Scroll Tiara; Tiaras Nobility Bavaria Lerchenfeld Marie Mathilde 
File:Tiaras Nobility Bavaria Lerchenfeld Marie Mathilde Ruby Halo Tiara.jpg|(2014) Ruby Halo Tiara; Wedding gift from her parents
</gallery>

===Clothing Collection===
Clothing Collection

==Titles and Honours==

*'''1990-2014'''   Marie Mathilde von Lerchenfeld
*'''2014-2024'''   Marie Mathilde, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg
*'''2024-present'''   Marie Mathilde, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Mecklenburg_Order_of_the_Wendish_Crown.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Wendish Crown (2014)

[[File:Honours_Mecklenburg_Order_of_Griffon.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Griffon (2025)

===Foreign Honours===
[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Black_Eagle.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Black Eagle (2025) (Germany)

[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_Louise.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Louise (2017) (Germany)

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
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|[[Carl, Baron Lerchenfeld]]
|[[Maximilian, Baron Lerchenfeld]]
[[Countess Christiana of Castell-Castell]]
|[[Rudolf, Baron Lerchenfeld]]
[[Hertha Marie von Laubenberg]]<br>
[[Carl Friedrich, Prince of Castell-Castell]]<br>
[[Princess Anna Agnes of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich]]
|[[Ludwig, Baron Lerchenfeld]]
[[Klara von Poelnitz]]<br>
[[Baron Eckart Laubenberg]]<br>
[[Countess Gertrud of Reichenberg]]<br>
[[Friedrich Carl, Prince of Castell-Castell]]<br>
[[Countess Getrud of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]<br>
[[Carl, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich]]<br>
[[Princess Emma of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]
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|[[Princess Walburga of Waldburg and Zeil-Trauchburg]]
|[[King Albrecht of Bavaria]]
[[Countess Maria of Trakostjan]]
|[[King Rupprecht of Bavaria]]
[[Princess Marie Gabrielle of Bavaria]]

[[Dionys, Count of Trakostjan]]

[[Princess Juliana of Montenuovo]]
|[[King Ludwig III of Bavaria]]
[[Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este]]

[[Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria]]

[[Infanta Maria Jose of Portugal]]

[[Pal, Count of Trakostjan]]

[[Countess Maria Felicia of Tolna]]

[[Alfred, Prince of Montenuovo]]

[[Princess Francesca of Wchinitz-Tettau]]
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