Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Princess Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Spouse Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Issue Princess Elisabeth
Princess Irene
Princess Margaretha
Princess Sibylla
Full name
Anastasia Alexandrina Cecilia Marie Louise Wilhelmina
German: Anastasia Alexandrine Cecile Marie Luise Wilhelmine
House House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Father Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mother Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland
Born 11 November 1923
Gelbensande, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Died 25 January 1979 (aged 55)
Hamburg, West Germany

Duchess Anastasia Alexandrine Cecile Marie Luise Wilhelmine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin[1] (Full German name: Anastasia Alexandrine Cecile Marie Luise Wilhelmine Herzogin zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin[1]), (11 November 1923, Gelbensande, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Weimar Republic[1] 25 January 1979, Hamburg, West Germany[1]). Anastasia was the youngest child and youngest daughter of Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his wife Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland.

Marriage and issue

Anastasia married Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, youngest son of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and his wife Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg and Büdingen, on 1 September 1943 at Willigrad bei Schwerin.[1] Friedrich Ferdinand and Anastasia had four daughters:[1]

HSH Prince Ferdinand Heinrich of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach on 2 January 1975
HSH Prince Johann Georg of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach (born 8 July 1976). Married on 4 June 2010 to Stefanie Bittner. One daughter, Princess Anna Carolina of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach (born 8 January 2010) born prior to their marriage.
HSH Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach (born 6 February 1979)
∞ Dieter Franz on 25 October 1980
Frithjof Franz (born 22 April 1981)
Johanna Franz (born 10 March 1983)
Philipp Franz (born 1 April 1986)

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Ancestry

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Darryl Lundy (30 November 2007). "Anastasia Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Schwerin". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2008-09-21.