Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Duchess consort of Mecklenburg
Spouse	Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg
Issue
Friedrich II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duke Louis Duchess Ulrike Sofie Duchess Luise Duchess Amalie
Full name
Gustave Caroline
House	House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Father	Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg
Mother	Maria of Mecklenburg
Born	12 July 1694(1694-07-12)
Died	13 April 1748(1748-04-13) (aged 53)

Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (12 July 1694 – 13 April 1748) was a daughter of Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg and Princess Maria of Mecklenburg.^[1]

Family

Gustave Caroline was the fourth daughter and youngest child of Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg by his first wife Princess Maria of Mecklenburg. She was a younger sister of Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg. Through her father's third marriage, she was an aunt of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom.

Marriage

On 13 November 1714, Gustave Caroline married her cousin Christian Ludwig of Mecklenburg.^[1] He was the third eldest son of Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow and his wife Princess Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg. Christian Ludwig succeeded as Duke of Mecklenburg in 1747, the year before Gustave Caroline's death.

They had five children:

• Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717–1785); married Luise Friederike of Württemberg
• Louis (1725–78); married Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1731–1810). They were the parents of Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
• Ulrike Sofie (1723–1813)
• Luise (1730)
• Amalie (1732–1775)

Ancestry

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Gustave Caroline von Mecklenburg-Strelitz". http://thepeerage.com/p46.htm#i460. Retrieved 26 December 2009. 

Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz House of Mecklenburg Born: 12 July 1694 Died: 13 April 1748
German royalty
Preceded by Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia	Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1728 – 13 April 1748	Vacant Title next held by Duchess Louise Frederica of Württemberg

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Name	Gustave Caroline Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchess
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Date of birth	12 July 1694
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Date of death	13 April 1748
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