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Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1756–1808)

Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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Born (1756-03-09)9 March 1756
Roda, Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Died 1 January 1808(1808-01-01) (aged 51)
Schloss Ludwigslust, Ludwigslust, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Spouse Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
Issue Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Louise Charlotte, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Duke Gustav Wilhelm
Duke Karl
Charlotte Frederica, Hereditary Princess of Denmark
Duke Adolf
Full name
German: Luise
House House of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Father Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Mother Countess Louise Reuss of Schleiz
Full name
German: Luise

Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg,German: Luise, Prinzessin von Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (born 9 March 1756 in Roda, Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg; died 1 January 1808 at Schloss Ludwigslust in Ludwigslust, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin) was Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin through her marriage to Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, Louise was also a member of the House of Mecklenburg.

Louise was the fourth and youngest child of Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Countess Louise Reuss of Schleiz. After the death of her mother in 1773, both she and her older sister Augusta inherited the title of co-Countess of Limpurg-Gaildorf as one of the several heirs of William Henry, Schenk of Limpurg zu Gaildorf (d. 1690 without surviving male issue). Both sisters retained their portions of the Limpurg-Gaildorf inheritance (1/4 of Amt Gaildorf and 1/16 of the town of Gaildorf) until 1780, when they sold their share to Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg.

In Gotha on 1 June 1775, Louise married Frederick Francis, Hereditary Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, eldest child and only son of Duke Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his wife Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. They had six children:


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