Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia

Princess Elisabeth Anna
Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
Spouse Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Issue Sophia Charlotte, Princess Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
Duchess Margaret
Full name
German: Elisabeth Anne
House House of Hohenzollern (by birth)
House of Holstein-Gottorp (by marriage)
Father Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia
Mother Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau
Born 8 February 1857
Potsdam, Brandenburg
Died 28 August 1895 (aged 38)
Fulda
Burial Ducal (Herzogliches) Mausoleum, Gertrudenfriedhof, Oldenburg
Prussian Royalty
House of Hohenzollern
Descendants of Frederick William III
Great Grandchildren
   Princess Marie
   Elisabeth Anna, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
   Princess Anna Victoria
   Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn
   Prince Friedrich Leopold
   Prince Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht
   Prince Joachim Albert
   Prince Friedrich Wilhelm

Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia (8 February 1857 – 28 August 1895) was a German princess. She was the second child of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau.[1] The Elisabeth-Anna-Palais was named in her honor after her early death in 1895.

Family

Elisabeth's father Prince Frederick was the eldest son of Prince Charles of Prussia, who in turn was a younger son of Frederick William III of Prussia. Elisabeth's mother Maria Anna was a daughter of Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia.

Her siblings included Marie, Princess of Saxe-Altenburg, Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn, and Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia. Through her sister Louise Margaret, Elisabeth Anna was an aunt of Margaret, Crown Princess of Sweden, and consequently was related to both the British and Swedish royal families.

Elisabeth Anna was a godmother to Princess Patricia of Connaught, who was another one of her nieces.

Marriage

On 18 February 1878, Elisabeth Anna married Frederick Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg.[1] It was a double wedding, in which Princess Charlotte of Prussia (daughter of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia) married Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen on the same day as Elisabeth Anna in Berlin.[2] The marriages were the first such occasions performed since Prussia had become the German Empire in 1870. Due to this increased status, the weddings were attended by many important personages, including King Leopold II of Belgium and his wife Queen Marie Henriette.[3] The Prince of Wales also attended, as one of the brides (Charlotte) was his niece.[4]

Elisabeth Anna and her husband had two children:

NameBirthDeathNotes
Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg 2 February 1879 29 March 1964 married Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, a younger son of Wilhelm II of Germany.[5]
Duchess Margaret of Oldenburg 13 October 1881 20 February 1882 died young.

Elisabeth died on 28 August 1895, before he succeeded as Grand Duke.[6] Before her death, her husband had been building a new residential palace; once she died, Frederick named the new building the Elisabeth-Anna-Palais in her honor. Her husband later married Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, daughter of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg.[5]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Ancestry

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Elisabeth Anne Prinzessin von Preußen". Retrieved 26 December 2009.
  2. Radziwill, pp. 116-17.
  3. Radziwill, pp. 117-18.
  4. Radziwill, p. 118.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Former Grand Duke of Oldenburg Dies", The New York Times (Oldenburg), 25 February 1931
  6. "Princess Elizabeth of Prussia Dead", The New York Times (Berlin), 29 August 1895

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