Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt

She was born Princess Elisabeth Marie Frederica Amelia Agnes in Wörlitz, the third child of Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg. Her nickname in the family was "Elly".

Marriage

Elisabeth's husband Adolphus Frederick

On April 17, 1877 Elisabeth became the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz when she married the then Hereditary Grand Duke, Adolf Friedrich in Dessau.

Elisabeth and Adolf Friedrich had four children:

Duchess Marie (1878–1948) married (1) Count George Jametel (2) Prince Julius Ernst of Lippe
Duchess Jutta (1880–1946) married Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro
Duke Adolf Friedrich VI (1882–1918)
Duke Karl Borwin (1888–1908); killed in a duel ^[1]

Later life

Following the death of her father-in-law on the 30 May 1904, she became the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz following her husband's ascension to the throne.

Adolf Friederich died in 1914, making Elisabeth the Dowager Duchess.

After the death of her eldest son, Grand Duke Adolf Frederick, in 1918 she inherited the 'hunting castle' of Prilvitz.

She died in Neustrelitz on 20 July 1933.

When she died, her castle of Prilvitz was inherited by her surviving children, which were her two adult daughters. Only Marie, elder of these, has progeny to the present day (such as, a sideline of princes zur Lippe)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt

16. Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau

8. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

17. Louise Henriette of Brandenburg-Schwedt

4. Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt

18. Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

9. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg

19. Landgravine Karoline of Hesse-Darmstadt

2. Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt

20. Frederick William II of Prussia

10. Prince Louis Charles of Prussia

21. Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt

5. Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia

22. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg

11. Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

23. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

1. Elisabeth of Anhalt

24. Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

12. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

25. Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar

6. Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg

26. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg

13. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

27. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

3. Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg

28. Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

14. Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

29. Princess Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg

7. Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

30. Pierre Murat

15. Marie Antoinette Murat

31. Louise d'Astorg

References

↑ Erstling, Frank; Frank Saß; Eberhard Schulze (April 2001). "Das Fürstenhaus von Mecklenburg-Strelitz". Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Beiträge zur Geschichte einer Region (in German). Friedland: Steffen. p. 184. ISBN 3-9807532-0-4.

External links

Elisabeth, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

German royalty
Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt House of Ascania Born: 7 September 1857 Died: 20 July 1933
Preceded by Princess Augusta of Cambridge	Grand Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1904–1914	Succeeded by None Monarchy abolished in 1918

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