Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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| Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | |
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| Queen of Hanover; Duchess of Cumberland | |
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| Famous Schadow statue of Frederica (right), with her sister, Louise | |
| Consort | 20 June 1837 – 29 June 1841 |
| Consort to | Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (1815 – ) Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels (1798 – 1814) |
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| Prince Frederick of Prussia Princess Frederica of Prussia Prince William of Solms-Braunfels Princess Augusta of Solms-Braunfels Prince Alexander of Solms-Braunfels Prince Charles of Solms-Braunfels George V of Hanover |
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| Full name | |
| Frederica Louise Caroline Sophie Alexandrina German: Friederike Luise Caroline Sophie Alexandrine |
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| Titles and styles | |
| HM Queen Frederica of Hanover HRH The Duchess of Cumberland HH The Princess of Solms-Braunfels HH Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz HRH Princess Frederick Louis of Prussia |
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| Royal house | House of Hanover House of Nikloting |
| Father | Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
| Mother | Frederica of Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Born | 3 March 1778 Hanover |
| Died | 29 June 1841 (aged 63) Hanover |
| Burial | Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover |
Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (3 March 1778 – 29 June 1841), Duchess of Cumberland and later Queen of Hanover, was the consort of Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, the fifth son and eighth child of George III and Queen Charlotte.
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[edit] Early life
Her Highness Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was born in Hanover, the fifth daughter of Charles II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and his first wife, Frederica (1752-1782), the daughter of George William, Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt. Her father assumed the title of Grand Duke of Mecklenburg on 18 June 1815. Duchess Frederica was the niece of her future mother-in-law, Queen Charlotte (formerly Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz).
[edit] First marriage
Duchess Frederica married firstly His Royal Highness Prince Louis Charles of Prussia (called Prince Ludwig, 5 November 1773-23 December 1796), the younger son of Frederick William II of Prussia, on 26 December 1793, at the Royal Palace, Berlin. This marriage was dissolved in 1796
[edit] Second marriage
She then married His Serene Highness Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels (22 October 1770-13 April 1814) on 10 December 1798 at Berlin.
[edit] Third marriage
Fourteen months after her second husband's death, she was married for a third time on 29 May 1815 at the parish church of Neustrelitz, Germany, and again on 29 August 1815 at Carlton House, London to His Royal Highness The Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland.
[edit] Queen of Hanover
The Duchess of Cumberland became Queen of Hanover upon the ascension of her third husband to the Hanoverian throne on 20 June 1837. Queen Frederica of Hanover died in 1841 at Hanover and was buried in the Chapel at Schloss Herrenhausen.
[edit] Titles, styles, honours and arms
[edit] Titles and styles
- 3 March 1778 – 26 December 1793: Her Highness Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- 26 December 1793 – 1796: Her Royal Highness Princess Frederick Louis of Prussia
- 1796 – 10 December 1798: Her Highness Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- 10 December 1798 – 29 August 1815: Her Highness The Princess of Solms-Braunfels
- 29 August 1815 – 29 June 1841: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale
- 20 June 1837 – 29 June 1841: Her Majesty Queen Frederica of Hanover
[edit] Issue
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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| By HRH Prince Frederick Louis of Prussia (married 29 December 1793; dissolved 1796) | |||
| Prince Frederick Wilhelm Ludwig of Prussia | 30 October 1794 | 27 July 1863 | married, 1817, Princess Louise of Anhalt-Bernburg |
| Prince Frederick Wilhelm Charles George of Prussia | 26 September 1795 | 6 April 1798 | |
| Princess Frederica Wilhelmina Luise Amalieof Prussia | 30 September 1796 | 1 January 1850 | married, 1818, Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt |
| By HSH Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels (married 10 December 1798; he died 13 April 1814) | |||
| Princess Sophia of Solms-Braunfels | 27 February 1799 | 20 October 1799 | |
| Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels | 11 September 1800 | 14 September 1800 | |
| Prince Frederick Wilhelm Heinrich Casimir Georg Karl Maximilian of Solms-Braunfels | 13 December 1801 | 12 September 1868 | married, 1831, Countess Maria Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau |
| Princess Augusta Luise Therese Matilda of Solms-Braunfels | 25 July 1804 | 8 October 1865 | married, 1827, Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
| Unnamed Stillborn Daughter | 1805 | 1805 | |
| Prince Alexander Frederick of Solms-Braunfels | 12 March 1807 | 20 February 1867 | married, 1863, Princess Louise of Landsberg-Velen |
| Prince Frederick Wilhelm Ludwig Georg Karl Alfred Alexander of Solms-Braunfels | 27 July 1812 | 13 November 1875 | married, 1845, Princess Sophie of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg |
| By HRH Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (later HM King Ernest Augustus I of Hanover) (married 29 May 1815) | |||
| Princess Frederica of Cumberland | 27 January 1817 | January 27, 1817 | stillborn |
| Unnamed stillborn daughter | April 1818 | April 1818 | |
| George V of Hanover | 27 May 1819 | 12 June 1878 | married, 1843, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg; had issue |
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| Preceded by Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen |
Queen Consort of Hanover 1837-1841 |
Succeeded by Marie of Saxe-Altenburg |
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