Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt

Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt

Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt (7 September 1857-20 July 1933) was the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

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.

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.

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

Died died in Neustrelitz.

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 [cite book | last = Erstling | first = Frank | coauthors = Frank Saß, Eberhard Schulze | title = Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Beiträge zur Geschichte einer Region | year = 2001 | month = April | publisher = Steffen | location = Friedland | language = German | isbn = 3980753204 | chapter = Das Fürstenhaus von Mecklenburg-Strelitz |pages=184]


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