Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel

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HRH The Dowager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Titles Dowager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Princess of Hesse-Kassel

Reign 12 August 1817 - 6 September 1860
Successor Princess Augusta of Cambridge
Biographical Information
Born 21 January 1796

Hanau, Hesse-Kassel, Holy Roman Empire

Died 30 December 1880 (aged 84)

Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany

Spouse Grand Duke George I of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

(m. 1817; w. 1860)

Issue Princess Louise

Frederick William

Princess Caroline Mariane

Prince Georg August

Name Marie Wilhelmine Friederike
House Hesse (by birth)

Mecklenburg (by marriage)

Father Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel
Mother Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen
Religion Evangelical Church of Germany

General

Life

TBA

Marriage and Issue

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Princess Louise 31 May 1818 1 February 1842 (aged 23) Died unmarried and without issue
Frederick William 17 October 1819 30 May 1904 (aged 84) Princess Augusta of Cambridge (m. 1843); had issue
Princess Caroline Mariane 10 January 1821 1 June 1876 (aged 55) King Frederik VII of Denmark (m. 1841); no issue
Prince Georg August 11 January 1824 20 June 1876 (aged 52) Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (m. 1851); had issue

Titles and Honours

  • 1796-1817 Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel
  • 1817-1860 Marie, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  • 1860-1880 Marie, Dowager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Ancestry

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Mary of Great Britain

Landgrave William VIII of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz

King George II of the United Kingdom

Princess Caroline of Ansbach

Landgrave Charles I of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Maria Amalia of Courland
Duke Moritz Wilhelm of Saxe-Zeitz
Princess Maria Amalia of Brandenburg-Schwedt
King George I of the United Kingdom
Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle
Margrave John Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Princess Eleanor Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach

Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen Charles William, Prince of Nassau-Usingen

Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg

Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen

Princess Christine Wilhelmine of Saxe-Eisenach

Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg

Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rodelheim

William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Usingen

Princess Charlotte Amalie of Nassau-Dillenburg
Duke John William III of Saxe-Eisenach
Princess Magdalene Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels
Johann, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Count George Ludwig of Solms-Rodelheim
Countess Charlotte Sibylle of Ahlefeld