Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | |||||
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Grand Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |||||
Tenure | 4 July 1868 – 15 April 1883 | ||||
Born |
Raben Steinfeld, Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
29 January 1850||||
Died | 22 April 1922 The Hague, Netherlands |
(aged 72)||||
Spouse | Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||||
Issue |
Elisabeth Alexandrine, Grand Duchess of Oldenburg Duke Friedrich William Duke Adolf Friedrich Hendrik, Prince consort of the Netherlands |
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House | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | ||||
Father | Adolph of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | ||||
Mother | Mathilde of Schonburg-Waldenburg |
Full name | |
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Marie Caroline Augusta |
Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (German: Prinzessin Marie von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt; 29 January 1850 – 22 April 1922) was the consort and third wife of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She was mother of Prince Hendrik, consort of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and father of Queen Juliana.
Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt the first child of Prince Adolph of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, and his wife, Princess Mathilde of Schönburg-Waldenburg, was born at Raben Steinfeld, Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Her paternal great-grandfathers were Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.
Her family belonged to the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
On 4 July 1868 in Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Marie married Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, son of Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Previously, Frederick Francis had been married twice: In 1849, he married Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz but she died in 1862. Two years later, Frederick Francis married secondly to Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine but less than a year after their marriage, Anna also died. At the time of the marriage, Frederick Francis was 45 and Marie 18. Together they had four children: