Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg (born 11 March 1956) is the senior remaining member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Since there are no males left in the family, the Schwerin branch itself is considered extinct due to the Salic law of succession, leaving Mecklenburg-Strelitz as the only remaining line of the House of Mecklenburg.
Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg | |
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Born | Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein West Germany (now Germany) | 11 March 1956
Spouse |
Alexander von Solodkoff
(m. 1987) |
Issue | 3 |
House | Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Father | Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg |
Mother | Princess Barbara of Prussia |
Duchess of Mecklenburg
editShe was born in Kiel in the state of Schleswig-Holstein the eldest daughter of Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his wife Princess Barbara of Prussia (1920-1994). Her father was the younger brother to the last surviving male of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Her Mother was the daughter of Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg, the eldest daughter of Ernst II, the last duke of Saxe-Altenburg.
Donata had only one sister Edwina (born 25 September 1960), and as her uncle had no children the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin became extinct in the male line in 2001 when her uncle died. As a result, the Mecklenburg-Strelitz line, headed by Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg, will become the only surviving line of the House of Mecklenburg when both Donata and Edwina are dead.
Her paternal grandfather was the last reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Frederick Francis IV. Her maternal grandfather was Prince Sigismund of Prussia, a grandson of German Emperor Frederick III and Victoria, Princess Royal, the eldest child of Queen Victoria.
Ancestry
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Marriage and children
editShe married Alexander von Solodkoff on 19 September 1987, and had three children.
Sources
edit- Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 161-162.
References
editExternal links
edit- Herzogin von Mecklenburg beansprucht weitere Kunstgüter. Welt, September 4, 2016.
- Herzogin Donata gibt es nicht mehr. Oz Ostsee Zeitung, March 23, 2018
- Donata will mehr Kunst zurück. Schweriner Volkszeitung, April 9, 2016