Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

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Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duchess consort of Saxe-Altenburg
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Born (1803-03-31)31 March 1803
Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen
Spouse Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Issue Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Prince Albrecht Frederick
Prince Moritz
Full name
German: Marie Luise Friederike Alexandrine Elisabeth Charlotte Catherine
House House of Mecklenburg
House of Saxe-Altenburg
Father Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mother Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia

Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (German: Herzogin Marie Luise Friederike Alexandrine Elisabeth Charlotte Catherine Mecklenburg-Schwerin; 31 March 1803 – 26 October 1862) was daughter of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and consort of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

Early life

Marie Louise was born at Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, second child and first daughter of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778–1819), (son of Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg) and his wife, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (1784–1803), (daughter of Paul I of Russia and Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg).

Marriage

Marie Louise married 7 October 1825 at Ludwigslust to Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1796–1853), son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and his wife, Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

They had three children:

  1. Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (b. Hildburghausen, 16 September 1826 – d. Altenburg, 7 February 1908); married Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau.
  2. Prince Albrecht Frederick August (b. Hildburghausen, 31 October 1827 – d. Ludwigslust, 28 May 1835).
  3. Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (b. Eisenberg, 24 October 1829 – d. Arco, Italy, 13 May 1907); married Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen.

Titles and Styles

  • 31 March 1803 – 7 October 1825: Her Highness Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  • 7 October 1825 – 30 November 1848: Her Highness Duchess George of Saxe-Altenburg
  • 30 November 1848 – 3 August 1853: Her Highness The Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg
  • 3 August 1853 – 26 October 1862: Her Highness The Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg

Ancestry

Family of Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Heinrich I, Count of Reuss of Schleiz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Princess Louise Reuss of Schleiz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Countess Juliane of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Peter III of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Paul I of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst
Catherine II of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Princess Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 

Notes and sources

Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born: 31 March 1803 Died: 26 October 1862
German royalty
Preceded by Duchess consort of Saxe-Altenburg
30 November 1848 – 3 August 1853
Succeeded by
Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau