Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg
| Duchess Woizlawa Feodora | |
|---|---|
| Princess Heinrich I Reuss of Köstritz | |
| Born |
17 December 1918 , Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
| Spouse | Prince Heinrich I Reuss of Köstritz (m. 1939) |
| Issue | Princess Feodora Prince Heinrich VIII Prince Heinrich IX Prince Heinrich X Prince Heinrich XIII Prince Heinrich XV |
| House |
House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin House of Reuss |
| Father | Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
| Mother | Princess Viktoria Feodora Reuss of Schleiz |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
Princess Woizlawa Feodora Reuss of Köstritz (née Duchess of Mecklenburg, born 17 December 1918) is a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Since there are no males left in the family, the house is considered extinct due to the Salic law of succession.
Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg was born at , Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 17 December 1918, just after the abdication of her first cousin Frederick Francis IV of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and the establishment of the Weimar Republic. Her parents were Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg and Princess Victoria Feodora Reuss zu Schleiz. Her father was the seventh son of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823–1883) by his third wife Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1850–1922). Her mother Princess Victoria Feodora died a day after her birth.
She is first cousin of:
Preparations for the wedding of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands's only child Crown Princess Juliana to the German Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld were underway in the 1937 when a small diplomatic scandal occurred.
The affair was the result of Wilhelmina's opinion that the wedding be a family affair; consequently, she did not invite foreign royalty unless she was personally familiar with them. As a result, Juliana’s chosen bridesmaids were either her relatives or family friends. These included Woizlawa herself (being first cousins), Duchess Thyra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (her second cousin), Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia (her first cousin once removed), Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (her second cousin), and two of Bernhard’s sisters, among others.
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