Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (12 July 1694 – 13 April 1748) was the daughter of Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg, and Princess Marie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow.

Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Portrait attributed to Ádám Mányoki, c. 1720
Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Tenure1728 – 13 April 1748
Born(1694-07-12)12 July 1694
Died13 April 1748(1748-04-13) (aged 53)
Spouse
Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg
(m. 1714)
IssueFrederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duchess Ulrike Sofie
Duke Louis
Duchess Luise
Duchess Amalie
Names
Gustave Caroline
HouseMecklenburg-Strelitz
FatherAdolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg
MotherMaria of Mecklenburg

Family

Gustave Caroline was the fourth daughter and youngest child of Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg by his first wife Princess Maria of Mecklenburg. She was a younger sister of Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg. Through her father's third marriage, she was an aunt of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom.[citation needed]

Marriage

On 13 November 1714, Gustave Caroline married her cousin Christian Ludwig of Mecklenburg. He was the third eldest son of Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow and his wife Princess Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg. Christian Ludwig succeeded as Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1747, the year before Gustave Caroline's death.

They had five children:

  • Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717–1785); married Duchess Louise Frederica of Württemberg
  • Louis (1725–78); married Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1731–1810). They were the parents of Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
  • Ulrike Sofie (1723–1813)
  • Luise (1730)
  • Amalie (1732–1775)

Ancestry

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