- Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Princess Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Spouse Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Issue Princess Elisabeth
Princess Irene
Princess Margaretha
Princess SibyllaFull name Anastasia Alexandrina Cecilia Marie Louise Wilhelmina
German: Anastasia Alexandrine Cecile Marie Luise WilhelmineHouse House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgFather Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Mother Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland Born 11 November 1923
Gelbensande, Free State of Mecklenburg-SchwerinDied 25 January 1979 (aged 55)
Hamburg, West GermanyDuchess Anastasia Alexandrine Cecile Marie Luise Wilhelmine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin[1] (Full German name: Anastasia Alexandrine Cecile Marie Luise Wilhelmine Herzogin zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin[1]), (11 November 1923, Gelbensande, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Weimar Republic[1] – 25 January 1979, Hamburg, West Germany[1]). Anastasia was the youngest child and youngest daughter of Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his wife Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland.
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Marriage and issue
Anastasia married Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, youngest son of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and his wife Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg and Büdingen, on 1 September 1943 at Willigrad bei Schwerin.[1] Friedrich Ferdinand and Anastasia had four daughters[1]:
- HH Princess Elisabeth Marie Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 10 September 1945)[1]
- ∞ HSH Prince Ferdinand Heinrich of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach on 2 January 1975
- HSH Prince Johann Georg of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach (born 8 July 1976)
- HSH Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wachtersbach (born 6 February 1979)
- HH Princess Irene Olga Adelheid of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 11 October 1946)[1]
- HH Princess Margaretha Friederike Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 10 February 1948)[1]
- HH Princess Sibylla Ursula Ortrude of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (11 September 1955)[1]
- ∞ Dieter Franz on 25 October 1980
- Frithjof Franz (born 22 April 1981)
- Johanna Franz (born 10 March 1983)
- Philipp Franz (born 1 April 1986)
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
- 11 November 1923 – 1 September 1943: Her Highness Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- 1 September 1943 – 25 January 1979: Her Highness Princess Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Ancestry
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Darryl Lundy (30 November 2007). "Anastasia Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Schwerin". thePeerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p10851.htm#i108509. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
The generations indicate descent from Duke Philipp of the Elder Glücksburg Line; generations beyond 6 starts anew with Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of the Junior Glücksburg Line, a 6th generation descendant of Princess Auguste 1st Generation Duchess Sibylle Ursula of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel2nd Generation none3rd Generation Countess Anne Charlotte of Lippe-Detmold4th Generation none5th Generation none6th Generation 7th Generation Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein • Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg und Büdingen • Princess Hertha of Ysenburg und Büdingen8th Generation Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg* • Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin9th Generation Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe*10th Generation Princess Elisabeth of Lippe-Weissenfeld* • Barbara Beata Fertsch*11th Generation none* also a princess of Schleswig-Holstein by marriage Categories:- 1923 births
- 1979 deaths
- People from the District of Bad Doberan
- House of Glücksburg
- Princesses of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
- House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Duchesses of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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