Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz explained

Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Succession:Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Consort:yes
Reign:1728 – 13 April 1748
Issue:Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duchess Ulrike Sofie
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Duchess Amalie
Full Name:Gustave Caroline
House:Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Father:Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg
Mother:Maria of Mecklenburg
Birth Date:12 July 1694

Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (12 July 1694 – 13 April 1748) was a daughter of Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg and Princess Marie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow.[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-Schwerin in 1747, the year before Gustave Caroline's death.

They had five children:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lundy . Darryl . The Peerage: Gustave Caroline von Mecklenburg-Strelitz . 26 December 2009 .