Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg

Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Full name
Marie Antoinette Margarethe Mathilde
House	House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Father	Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg
Mother	Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz
Born	28 May 1884(1884-05-28) Venice
Died	26 October 1944(1944-10-26) (aged 60) Bled

Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, also Manette (Marie Antoinette Margarethe Mathilde; 28 May 1884 - 26 October 1944) was the second daughter of Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg and the Austrian born Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz.

Life

Her brothers and sisters were the Duke Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1882–1904), Duchess Maria Luise of Mecklenburg (1883-1883), Duke Henry Borwin of Mecklenburg (1885–1942), Duke Joseph of Mecklenburg (1889-1889). Marie Antoinette almost had a difficult relationship to his cousin Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg who regularly had to amortize her debts. So Marie Antoinette regularly had to sell archaeological findings of her mother. Marie née Windisch-Graetz surveyed several archaeological excavation in Austria and Krain. Some of these objects are still today in Harvard, Oxford and Berlin. Marie Antoinette regularly remained with her court lady Antonia Pilars de Pilar in Bled. During World War I from 1914 to 1918 they both served in several military hospitals as red cross ladies.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 28 May 1884 - 26 October 1944 Her Highness Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Ancestry

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Name	Marie Antoinette Of Mecklenburg, Duchess
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	28 May 1884
Place of birth	Venice
Date of death	26 October 1944
Place of death	Bled