Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

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Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (German: Herzogin Marie Luise Friederike Alexandrine Elisabeth Charlotte Catherine Mecklenburg-Schwerin; 31 March 1803 – 26 October 1862) was the Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg. She was the daughter of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia. In 1825, she married Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and became his consort.

Tenure30 November 1848 – 3 August 1853
Spouse
(m. 1825; died 1853)
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Princess Marie Louise
Marie Louise in 1862
Duchess consort of Saxe-Altenburg
Tenure30 November 1848 – 3 August 1853
Born(1803-03-31)31 March 1803
Ludwigslust Palace, Ludwigslust, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Holy Roman Empire
Died26 October 1862(1862-10-26) (aged 59)
Elisabethenburg Palace, Meiningen, Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, German Confederation
Spouse
(m. 1825; died 1853)
Issue
Names
German: Marie Luise Friederike Alexandrine Elisabeth Charlotte Catherine
HouseMecklenburg-Schwerin
FatherFrederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
MotherGrand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia
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Early life

Marie Louise was born on 31 March 1803 in the Ludwigslust Palace in Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She was the second child and first daughter of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778–1819), and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (1784–1803). Frederick Louis was the son of Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, while Elena Pavlovna was the daughter of Paul I of Russia and Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. Through her father's second marriage, she had a younger half-sister, Helene whom, through her marriage in 1837 to the eldest son of Louis Philippe I, became the Duchess of Orleans.

Marriage

Portrait of Marie Louise by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1851.

On 7 October 1825 in Ludwigslust, at the age of 22, Marie Louise married 29-year-old Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Georg was the son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The newly-wedded couple would live in Charlottenburg Palace in Hildburghausen until 1829.

The marriage was, reportedly, very happy. The local superintendent Klötzner said: "[...] in his love for his wife and sons, he was the model of a real family man."[1]

They had three sons:

  1. Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (b. Hildburghausen, 16 September 1826 – d. Altenburg, 7 February 1908); married Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau.
  2. Prince Albrecht Frederick August (b. Hildburghausen, 31 October 1827 – d. Ludwigslust, 28 May 1835).
  3. Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (b. Eisenberg, 24 October 1829 – d. Arco, Italy, 13 May 1907); married Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen.

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