Princess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

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HRH The Dowager Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
Titles Dowager Grand Duchess of Oldenburg

Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Reign 13 June 1900 - 24 February 1931
Coronation 24 March 1901
Predecessor Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg
Successor Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Biographical Information
Born 10 August 1869

Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Died 3 September 1955 (aged 86)

Rastede, Oldenburg, Germany

Spouse Grand Duke Frederick Augustus II of Oldenburg

(m. 1896; w. 1931)

Issue Nikolaus

Prince Frederick Augustus

Princess Alexandrine

Princess Ingeborg Alix

Princess Altburg

Name Elisabeth Alexandrine Mathilde Augusta
House Mecklenburg (by birth)

Oldenburg (by marriage)

Father Grand Duke Frederick Francis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mother Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Religion Lutheran

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Nikolaus 10 August 1897 3 April 1970 (aged 72) (1) Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (m. 1921); had issue

(2) Anne Marie von Schutzbar (m. 1950); no issue

Prince Frederick Augustus 25 March 1900 26 March 1900 (aged 1 day) Died in infancy
Princess Alexandrine 25 March 1900 26 March 1900 (aged 1 day) Died in infancy
Princess Ingeborg Alix 20 July 1901 10 January 1996 (aged 94) Prince Stephan Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe (m. 1921); had issue
Princess Altburg 19 May 1903 16 June 2001 (aged 98) Josias, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (m. 1922); had issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1869-1896 Princess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  • 1896-1900 Elisabeth Alexandrine, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
  • 1900-1931 Elisabeth Alexandrine, Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
  • 1931-1955 Elisabeth Alexandrine, Dowager Grand Duchess of Oldenburg

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Grand Duke Frederick Francis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Grand Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Princess Alexandrine of Prussia

Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia

King Frederick William III of Prussia

Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Grand Duke Frederick Francis I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Emperor Paul of Russia

Princess Sophie Dorothea of Wurttemberg

King Frederick William II of Prussia

Princess Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt

Grand Duke Charles II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Prince Adolph of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Princess Mathilde of Schonburg-Waldenburg

Prince Charles Gunther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt


Princess Louise Ulrike of Hesse-Homburg

Otto Victor, Prince of Schonburg-Waldenburg

Princess Thekla of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Landgrave Frederick V of Hesse-Homburg

Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt

Otto, Prince of Schonburg-Waldenburg

Countess Henriette of Reuss-Kostritz

Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Princess Ulrike Louise Caroline of Hesse-Homburg