Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Duchess consort of Mecklenburg
Born (1694-07-12)12 July 1694
Died 13 April 1748(1748-04-13) (aged 53)
Spouse Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg
Issue Friedrich II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duke Louis
Duchess Ulrike Sofie
Duchess Luise
Duchess Amalie
Full name
Gustave Caroline
House House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Father Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg
Mother Maria of Mecklenburg

Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (12 July 1694 – 13 April 1748) was a daughter of Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg and Princess Maria of Mecklenburg.[1]

Family

Gustave Caroline was the fourth daughter and youngest child of Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg by his first wife Princess Maria of Mecklenburg. She was a younger sister of Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg. Through her father's third marriage, she was an aunt of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom.

Marriage

On 13 November 1714, Gustave Caroline married her cousin Christian Ludwig of Mecklenburg.[1] He was the third eldest son of Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow and his wife Princess Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg. Christian Ludwig succeeded as Duke of Mecklenburg in 1747, the year before Gustave Caroline's death.

They had five children:

Ancestry

References

  1. 1 2 Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Gustave Caroline von Mecklenburg-Strelitz". Retrieved 26 December 2009.
Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Born: 12 July 1694 Died: 13 April 1748
German royalty
Preceded by
Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia		 Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1728 – 13 April 1748 		Vacant
Title next held by
Duchess Louise Frederica of Württemberg


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