Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Princess Caroline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Karoline Luise; 18 July 1786 – 20 January 1816) was a princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin by virtue of her marriage. She was the daughter of Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and his wife Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Infancy
Caroline was born at the Stadtschloss in Weimar. She was a princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach by birth. The youngest of three children, her older brother Charles Frederick succeeded their father as Grand Duke in 1828. One of Caroline's nieces was Empress Augusta of Germany, wife of William I, German Emperor.
Hereditary Grand Duchess
On 1 July 1810 she became the second wife of Frederick Ludwig, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The Hereditary Grand Duke had lost his first wife Elena Pavlovna of Russia in September 1804 having died of influenza. Caroline Louise gave her husband three children. Her only daughter married son of Louis Philippe I of the French. She had a loving relationship with her husband.
After the birth of her youngest child, Prince Magnus, her health never recovered and she died aged thirty at the Schloss Ludwigslust. Her husband married Augusta Frederica, daughter of Frederick V of Hesse-Homburg in April 1818.
Issue
- Albert of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1812–1834) died unmarried.
- Hélène of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814–1858) married Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans and had issue.
- Magnus of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1815–1816) died in infancy.
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
- 18 July 1786 - 1 July 1810 Her Serene Highness Princess Karoline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- 1 July 1810 - 20 January 1816 Her Highness The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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16. John Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar |
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8. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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17. Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst |
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4. Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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18. George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth |
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9. Margravine Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth |
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19. Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck |
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2. Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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20. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg |
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10. Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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21. Duchess Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Luneburg |
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5. Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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22. Frederick William I of Prussia |
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11. Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia |
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23. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover |
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1. Princess Caroline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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24. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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12. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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25. Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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6. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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26. Count Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
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13. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
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27. Margravine Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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3. Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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28. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld |
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14. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
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29. Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein |
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7. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken |
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30. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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15. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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31. Princess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
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Bibliography
- (French) Hélène de Mecklembourg-Schwerin; Madame la duchesse d'Orléans; Nouvelle édition. Paris: Michel Lévy, 1859. DC 269 .O7 M34 1859
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| 1st generation |
Princess Luise · Karoline Luise, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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| 2nd generation |
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| 3rd generation |
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| 4th generation |
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| 5th generation |
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| 6th generation |
Katharina, Princess Emanuel Joseph of Hohenzollern · Princess Elisabeth · Princess Beatrice-Maria, Mrs. Davidson
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| 7th generation |
Princess Leonie · Princess Désirée, Countess of and in Hoensbroech
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*''also a Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach by marriage
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Karoline Luise Of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Princess |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
18 July 1786 |
| Place of birth |
Weimar |
| Date of death |
20 January 1816 |
| Place of death |
Ludwigslust |