Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt

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Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt (7 September 1857 – 20 July 1933) was the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1904 to 1914 as the spouse of Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Elisabeth of Anhalt
The Hereditary Grand Duchess c. 1880
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Tenure30 May 1904 – 11 June 1914
Born(1857-09-07)7 September 1857
Wörlitz, Anhalt-Dessau
Died20 July 1933(1933-07-20) (aged 75)
Neustrelitz, Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Nazi Germany
Burial25 July 1933
Mirow, Mecklenburg
Spouse
(m. 1877; died 1914)
IssueMarie, Princess Julius Ernst of Lippe
Jutta, Crown Princess of Montenegro
Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Duke Karl Borwin
Names
Elisabeth Marie Friederike Amelie Agnes
HouseAscania
FatherFrederick I, Duke of Anhalt
MotherPrincess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg

Family and early life

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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. Her nickname in the family was "Elly".

Marriage

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Elisabeth's husband Adolphus Frederick

On 17 April 1877 Elisabeth became the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz when she married the then Hereditary Grand Duke, Adolf Friedrich, in Dessau.

Elisabeth and Adolf Friedrich had four children:

Later life

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Following the death of her father-in-law on the 30 May 1904, she became The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz following her husband's ascension to the throne. After her husband's death in 1914, she was titled Grand Duchess Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, since her mother-in-law was still alive. Only after her death in 1916 that Elisabeth officially became The Dowager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

After the death of her eldest son, Grand Duke Adolf Frederick, in 1918 she inherited the 'hunting castle' of Prilvitz. She died in Neustrelitz on 20 July 1933. After her death, the castle of Prilvitz was inherited by her surviving children, which were her two adult daughters. Only Marie, eldest of these, has descendants who are members of the House of Lippe.

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ The Peerage – Karl Borwin
  2. ^ Erstling, Frank; Frank Saß; Eberhard Schulze (April 2001). "Das Fürstenhaus von Mecklenburg-Strelitz". Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Beiträge zur Geschichte einer Region (in German). Friedland: Steffen. p. 184. ISBN 3-9807532-0-4.
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Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt
Born: 7 September 1857 Died: 20 July 1933
German royalty
Preceded by Grand Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1904–1914
Succeeded by
None
Monarchy abolished in 1918