Duke Ernest Gottlob of Mecklenburg

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Duke Ernest Gottlob
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Born (1742-08-27)27 August 1742
Mirow, Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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House House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Father Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow
Mother Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Duke Ernest Gottlob Albert of Mecklenburg (27 August 1742 – 27 January 1814) was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. As a younger son of Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Ernest was an elder brother of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom, who married King George III in 1761. Ernest followed his sister to England, where he unsuccessfully pursued marriage with the country's largest heiress, Mary Eleanor Bowes.

Enormous debt would later lead Ernest to attempt another marriage with a princess from the House of Holstein-Gottorp, but Charlotte managed to dissuade him. Ernest eventually became the military governor of Celle in the Electorate of Hanover, of which his brother-in-law George III was the head. Ernest died in 1814 at the age of 71 during the reign of George III but under the regency of his nephew George IV.

Life

Ernest (left) with his brother Charles, sister Charlotte, and her three eldest children; painted by Johann Zoffany, c. 1771–72.[1]

Ernest Gottlob Albert was the seventh child and third son of Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg and his wife Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Ernest's younger sister Charlotte married George III of the United Kingdom in 1761, and Ernest followed her to London.[2]

Ernest was described by novelist Sarah Scott as a "very pretty sort of man, with an agreeable person."[2] In March 1762 Ernest was said, according to Scott, to have "fallen desperately in love with" Mary Eleanor Bowes,[2] the richest heiress in Britain and possibly the richest in Europe.[3] Scott speculated that were the marriage to take place, Ernest would become even richer than his elder brother Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg. However, King George III disallowed the marriage, as he disapproved of his brother-in-law marrying someone not of royal blood.[2] Charlotte Papendiek, Queen Charlotte's wardrobe keeper, wrote many years later that the match would "have made him a Prince indeed; but as he was a younger brother, it might have disturbed the harmony of the house of Mecklenburg-Strelitz."[4][5] Ernest does not appear in Mary's letters, and it does not seem likely that his affection was reciprocated.[6]

In late 1768 at Queen's House (now Buckingham Palace), Ernest was inoculated alongside his nephew Prince William (the future King William IV) against smallpox.[7] Ernest served as a sponsor and namesake for another nephew, Prince Ernest Augustus.[8] Charlotte remained close to all of her German relatives while married.[9] Like his brother Charles, Ernest benefited from Charlotte's marriage and gained promotion within the Hanoverian army, of which George III was the head.[10] Ernest eventually became the military governor of Celle, in Hanover, where he welcomed George III's exiled sister Queen Caroline Matilda upon the end of her marriage to Christian VII of Denmark.[9][11][12]

In 1782 Ernest attempted to enter into a marriage with a princess from the House of Holstein-Gottorp in an effort to pay his numerous debts. However, both the fact that he was a third son and the uncle of a male heir limited his appeal to potential dynastic alliances. Charlotte advised her brother to drop the match, as the dowry of the princess in question would not be enough to settle his debts; furthermore, neither she nor her husband would be able to help with his finances. She hoped that Christian VII of Denmark would provide a large dowry, as the princess was a member of his house, but concluded that no one would blame Ernest if he stopped pursuing the marriage. This frank advice was later praised by their brother Charles,[13] and Ernest never married.[10] He died on 27 January 1814 at the age of 71.

Titles, styles, honours, and arms

Titles and styles

  • 27 August 1742 – 27 January 1814: His Serene Highness Duke Ernest of Mecklenburg

Honours

Ancestry

Family of Duke Ernest Gottlob of Mecklenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Princess Sophie of Holstein-Gottorp
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Julius Ernst, Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Duchess Marie Katharina of Brunswick-Dannenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Countess Maria of East Frisia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Anton Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Christian William I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Countess Palatine Marie Magdalene of Birkenfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Princess Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Albert Frederick, Count of Barby-Mühlingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Countess Antonie Sibylle of Barby-Mühlingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Countess Sophie Ursula of Oldenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Duke Ernest of Mecklenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Countess Sophie of Waldeck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Countess Elisabeth Charlotte of Nassau-Siegen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. George Albert, Count of Erbach-Erbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Countess Elisabeth Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Philip Dietrich, Count of Waldeck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Countess Amalia Catherine of Waldeck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Countess Maria Magdalena of Nassau-Siegen
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sources

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References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Moore, p. 38.
  3. ↑ Moore, p. 30.
  4. ↑ Papendick, p. 75.
  5. ↑ Moore, pp. 38–39.
  6. ↑ Moore, p. 39.
  7. ↑ Papendick, p. 41.
  8. ↑ Urban, p. 85.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Black, p. 312.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Campbell Orr, p. 369.
  11. ↑ Campbell Orr, p. 381.
  12. ↑ Wilkins, pp. 229, 242-243, 245.
  13. ↑ Campbell Orr, p. 376.
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Bibliography

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