Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

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 Sibylla
Full name
Anastasia Alexandrina Cecilia Marie Louise Wilhelmina German: Anastasia Alexandrine Cecile Marie Luise Wilhelmine
House	House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Father	Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mother	Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland
Born	11 November 1923(1923-11-11) Gelbensande, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Died	25 January 1979(1979-01-25) (aged 55) Hamburg, West Germany

Duchess 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.

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

1. ^ ^{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. 

Persondata
Name	Anastasia Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duke
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	11 November 1923
Place of birth	Gelbensande, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Date of death	25 January 1979
Place of death	Hamburg, West Germany