Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Duchess Anastasia
Princess Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Born (1923-11-11)11 November 1923
Gelbensande, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Died 25 January 1979(1979-01-25) (aged 55)
Hamburg, West Germany
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

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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Darryl Lundy (30 November 2007). "Anastasia Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Schwerin". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2008-09-21. External link in |publisher= (help)
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