| REFERENCE | TITLE | NAME | BORN | DIED | TITLE | NAME | BORN | DIED | COMMENTS | |
| 24 | Duke | Karl II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1741 | 1816 | Landgravine | Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt | 1752 | 1782 | Karl was given the title Grand Duke 28 June 1815 following the Conference of Vienna. Friederike
died three days after the birth of her daughter
Duchess Auguste Albertine, who herself only lived for one day. Karl in 1794 succeeded his older brother Adolphus Frederick IV as Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Karl's sister Duchess Charlotte was married to Elector (later King) of Hanover, King George III of the United Kingdom and from 1776 to 1785 Karl served as Governor (i.e. Regent) of Hanover on behalf of his brother-in-law. |
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| 24 | Duke | Karl II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1741 | 1816 | Landgravine | Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt | 1755 | 1785 | Karl was given the title Grand Duke 28 June 1815 following the Conference of Vienna. Charlotte died twelve days after the birth of her son Duke Karl Friedrich | |
| 24.1 | Duchess | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1769 | 1818 | Duke | Friedrich of Saxe-Altenburg | 1763 | 1834 | See 30 - Friedrich was formerly Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen but following the extinction of the Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg branch in 1825 with the death of Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1774-1825), a rearrangement of the Saxony Duchies resulted in Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Hildburghausen receiving Saxe-Altenburg and ceding Saxe-Hildburghausen to Saxe-Meiningen territories | |
| 24.2 | Duchess | Karoline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1771 | 1773 | ||||||
| 24.3 | Duke | Georg Karl of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1772 | 1773 | ||||||
| 24.4 | Duchess | Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1773 | 1839 | Prince | Karl Alexander of Thurn and Taxis (5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis) (1 st Line) | 1770 | 1827 | The Thurn and Taxis ancestry has an interesting story. Franz von Taxis (1459-1517) was the first to establish a well organized postal network in Italy. In 1615 the Emperor Mathias rewarded the family for its merits by making Lamoral von Taxis hereditary Postmaster General which was raised into the status of imperial office in 1744. In the 17th century the family was raised to the rank of Baron (1608) and count (1624) - and in 1695 under the Emperor Leopold I to the rank of Prince. The first Prince being Count Eugen Alexander Franz of Thurn and Taxis (1652-1714). | |
| 24.41 | Princess | Charlotte Luise of Thurn and Taxis | 1790 | 1790 | ||||||
| 24.42 | Prince | Georg Karl of Thurn and Taxis | 1792 | 1795 | ||||||
| 24.43 | Princess | Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis | 1794 | 1874 | Prince | Pál Antal (english: Paul Anton) Esterházy von Galántha (8th Fürst Esterházy von Galántha) | 1786 | 1866 | Pál Antal came from the House of Esterházy who were a Hungarian noble family in Hungary and from
the 17th century were among the great landowner magnates of the Kingdom of Hungary. Pál Antal and his father before him spent beyond their means
resulting in their estate getting into debt.Pál Antal's son Prince Miklós Pál (Nikolau Paul) (1817-1894) restored some of the wealth by selling the
family art collection to the Austro-Hungarian state in 1870. The fabulous Esterházy jewels were also put up for sale in 1867. A simplified but useful family tree of Esterházy von Galántha. |
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| 24.431 | Prince | Miklos Pal (english: Nicholas Paul) Esterházy von Galántha (9th Fürst Esterházy von Galántha) | 1817 | 1894 | Lady | Sarah Child-Villiers | 1822 | 1853 | A report on the death of MIKLÓS PÁL and his boast of 4,000 shepherds. Sarah Child-Villiers was a daughter of George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey. The New York Times obituary of Prince Miklós Pál who had committed suicide. Marriage registration of Miklós Pál and Sarah Child-Villiers. Death registration of Sarah Child-Villiers. |
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| 24.44 | Princess | Luise Friederike of Thurn and Taxis | 1798 | 1798 | ||||||
| 24.45 | Princess | Maria Sophie of Thurn Taxis | 1800 | 1870 | Duke | Paul of Württemberg | 1797 | 1860 | See 22.35 | |
| 24.46 | Prince | Maimilian Karl von Thurn und Taxis (6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis) | 1802 | 1871 | Baroness | Wilhelmine von Dörnberg | 1803 | 1835 | ||
| 24.46 | Prince | Maimilian Karl von Thurn und Taxis (6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis) | 1802 | 1871 | Princess | Mathilde Sophie zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen- Spielberg | 1816 | 1886 | ||
| 24.461 | Prince | Karl Wilhelm of Thurn and Taxis | 1829 | 1829 | ||||||
| 24.462 | Princess | Therese Mathilde of Thurn and Taxis | 1830 | 1883 | Duke | Alfred von Beaufort-Spontin | 1816 | 1888 | ||
| 24.462 | Princess | Therese Mathilde of Thurn and Taxis | 1830 | 1883 | Wilhelm von Pirch | 1824 | 1881 | |||
| 24.463 | Hereditary Prince | Maximilian of Thurn and Taxis | 1831 | 1867 | Duchess | Helene in Bavaria | 1834 | 1890 | See 18.K3 - An article from 1892 entitled "AN INTERESTING FAMILY HISTORY" which relates to primarily to Duches Helene and her marriage to Prince Maximilian. | |
| 24.4631 | Princess | Louise of Thurn and Taxis | 1859 | 1948 | Prince | Friedrich of Hohenzollern | 1843 | 1904 | See 6.5 | |
| 24.4632 | Princess | Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis | 1860 | 1881 | Infante | Miguel of Portugal (Duke of Bragança) | 1853 | 1927 | See 12.72 - Elisabeth died of puerperal fever 20 days after the birth of her daughter Infanta Maria Teresa. A brief report (included in amongst a larger article) on the death of Elisabeth. | |
| 24.4633 | Prince | Maximilian Maria of Thurn and Taxis (7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis) | 1862 | 1885 | ||||||
| 24.4634 | Prince | Albert of Thurn and Taxis (8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis) | 1867 | 1952 | Archduchess | Margarethe of Austria (Hungarian Line) | 1870 | 1955 | See 21.73 Prince Albert at one time was considered to be the fourth richest person in Germany |
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| 24.46341 | Prince | Franz Joseph von Thurn and Taxis (9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis) | 1893 | 1971 | Infanta | Isabel Maria of Portugal | 1894 | 1970 | See 12.724 | |
| 24.463411 | Hereditary Prince | Gabriel of Thurn and Taxis | 1922 | 1942 | Prince Gabriel was killed in action in Stalingrad. Prince Gabriel and Prince Michaele were twins | |||||
| 24.463412 | Prince | Michaele of Thurn and Taxis | 1922 | 1922 | Prince Gabriel and Prince Michaele were twins | |||||
| 24.463413 | Princess | Helene of Thurn and Taxis | 1924 | 1991 | Count | Rudolf of Schönborn-Wiesentheid | 1918 | 1998 | ||
| 24.4634131 | Count | Albert Ernst of Schönborn-Wiesentheid | 1948 | Ilona Dietrich | 1947 | |||||
| 24.4634132 | Count | Johannes Philipp of Schönborn-Wiesentheid | 1949 | Princess | Marie-Antoinette zu Fürstenberg | 1949 | See 32.8414 (link not fully completed at present) | |||
| 24.4634132 | Count | Johannes Philipp of Schönborn-Wiesentheid | 1949 | Anita Tewarson | 1961 | |||||
| 24.4634133 | Countess | Gabriela Helene of Schönborn-Wiesentheid | 1950 | Prince | Alexander zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (7th Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn) | 1943 | Prince Alexander is the present Head of the Princely House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. A history of the Princely House of Sayn can be found at
here An interesting article on the current Princely Sayn family |
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| 24.46341331 | Hereditary Prince | Heinrich Stanislaus zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 1971 | Donna | Priscilla Incisa della Rocchetta | 1975 | Priscilla Incisa della Rocchetta is a first cousin to
Stefano Hunyady von Kethély (the second husband of Hereditary Prince Heinrich Stanislaus's sister Princess Alexandra Marie's zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn), Priscilla Incisa's father Marchese Niccolo Incisa della Rocchetta is a brother of Stefano's mother. Prince Heinrich and his wife Priscilla are distantly related: Heinrich's great great grandfather Prince Alexander (Fürst) zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (1847-1940) and Priscilla's great great grandmother Princess Antoinette zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (1839-1918) (who married Prince Mario Chigi-Albani della Rovere ) were siblings. |
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| 24.463413311 | Prince | Ludovico zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 2006 | |||||||
| 24.463413312 | Princess | Eleonora zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 2008 | |||||||
| 24.46341332 | Princess | Alexandra Marie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 1973 | Hereditary Prince | Carl-Eugen zu Oettingen-Oettingen u.Oettingen-Wallerstein | 1970 | ||||
| 24.46341332 | Princess | Alexandra Marie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 1973 | Count | Stefano Hunyady von Kethély | 1968 | Stefano is a first cousin to Priscilla Incisa della Rocchetta (wife of Princess Alexandra Marie's brother Hereditary Prince Heinrich Stanislaus zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn), Stefano's mother is a sister of Priscilla Incisa's father. | |||
| 24.46341333 | Prince | Johann Casimir zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 1976 | Corinna Larsen | 1965 | |||||
| 24.46341333 | Prince | Johann Casimir zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 1976 | Alana Bunte | 1990 | |||||
| 24.463413331 | Prince | Alexander Kyril zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 2002 | |||||||
| 24.463413332 | Prince | Johann Friedrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 2020 | A Bunte article on the birth of Johann Friedrich | ||||||
| 24.46341334 | Princess | Maria Filippa zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 1980 | 2001 | Count | Vittorio Mazzetti d'Albertis | 1965 | Maria Filippa who was a professional photographer was killed in camper van accident near Clevedon, Somerset whilst returning from a "photo shoot". Maria Filippa unfortunately died just three months after her marriage. | ||
| 24.46341335 | Prince | Ludwig Franz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 1982 | Countess | Philippa Spannocchi | 1982 | ||||
| 24.46341336 | Princess | Maria Sofia zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 1986 | Archia Akhavan-Kharazian | 1990 | |||||
| 24.46341337 | Prince | Christian Peter zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | 1992 | |||||||
| 24.4634134 | Count | Peter Andreas of Schonborn-Wiesentheid | 1954 | Bénédicte Courtin | 1964 | |||||
| 24.463414 | Princess | Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis | 1925 | 1997 | Count | Franz Eduard von Oppersdorff | 1919 | 1985 | Franz Eduard was a brother of Friedrich Karl von Oppersdorff | |
| 24.463415 | Princess | Maria Fernanda of Thurn and Taxis | 1927 | 2018 | Prince | Franz Joseph of Hohenzollern | 1926 | 1996 | See 6.1125 | |
| 24.46342 | Prince | Joseph Albert of Thurn and Taxis | 1895 | 1895 | ||||||
| 24.46343 | Prince | Karl August of Thurn and Taxis (10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis) | 1898 | 1982 | Infanta | Marie Anna of Portugal | 1899 | 1971 | See 12.727 | |
| 24.463431 | Princess | Clotilde Alberta of Thurn and Taxis | 1922 | 2009 | Prince | Johann "Hans" Moritz Liechtenstein | 1914 | 2004 | See 41.62 | |
| 24.463432 | Princess | Mafalda Theresia of Thurn and Taxis | 1924 | 1989 | Prince | Franz of Thurn and Taxis (Line II) | 1915 | 1997 | ||
| 24.463433 | Prince | Johannes Baptista de Jesus of Thurn und Taxis (11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis) | 1926 | 1990 | Countess | Maria Gloria von Schönburg-Glauchau | 1960 | Maria Gloria is a sister of Count Alexander von Schönburg-Glauchau | ||
| 24.4634331 | Princess | Maria Theresia of Thurn und Taxis | 1980 | Hugo Wilson | 1982 | Birth registration of Hugo Wilson | ||||
| 24.4634332 | Princess | Elisabeth Margarete of Thurn und Taxis | 1982 | |||||||
| 24.4634333 | Prince | Albert Maria of Thurn und Taxis (12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis) | 1983 | Albert Maria is the present Head of the Princely House of Thurn und Taxis | ||||||
| 24.463434 | Prince | Albert of Thurn und Taxis | 1930 | 1935 | ||||||
| 24.46344 | Prince | Ludwig Philipp of Thurn and Taxis | 1901 | 1933 | Princess | Elisabeth of Luxemburg | 1901 | 1950 | See 34.25 | |
| 24.463441 | Prince | Anselm Albert of Thurn and Taxis | 1924 | 1944 | Prince Anselm was killed in action in Solotaia-Balka | |||||
| 24.463442 | Princess | Iniga of Thurn and Taxis | 1925 | 2008 | Prince | Rupprecht-Eberhard von Urach | 1907 | 1969 | See 22.5358 | |
| 24.46345 | Prince | Maximilian Emanual of Thurn and Taxis | 1902 | 1994 | ||||||
| 24.46346 | Princess | Elizabeth of Thurn and Taxis | 1903 | 1976 | Prince | Friedrich Christian of Saxony (Margrave of Meissen) | 1893 | 1968 | See 26.66542 - Prince Friedrich became the Saxony dynastic heir in 1924 and adopted the title of Margrave of Meissen | |
| 24.46347 | Prince | Raphael Rainer of Thurn and Taxis | 1906 | 1993 | Princess | Margaret of Thurn and Taxis | 1913 | 1997 | See 24.46511 | |
| 24.46348 | Prince | Philipp Ernst of Thurn and Taxis | 1908 | 1964 | Princess | Eulalia of Thurn and Taxis (Line II) | 1908 | 1993 | Princess Eulalia (but generally known as Illa) was due to marry Prince Raphael Rainer of Thurn and Taxis elder brother
of her subsequent husband Prince Philipp Ernst on 31 January 1929. All the guests were in the chapel of the castle at Regensburg waiting for Illa to
arrive for the wedding, as she walked down the aisle to the alter she told her father she could not marry Raphael Rainer. It turned out that she was
in love with Philipp Ernst who she married on 8 September 1929. An interesting article giving more details of the affair. |
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| 24.464 | Prince | Egon Maximilian of Thurn and Taxis | 1832 | 1892 | Viktoria Edelspacher de Gyoryok | 1841 | 1895 | |||
| 24.465 | Prince | Theodor Georg of Thurn and Taxis | 1834 | 1876 | Baroness | Melanie von Seckendorff | 1841 | 1919 | ||
| 24.4651 | Prince | Maximilian Theodor of Thurn and Taxis | 1876 | 1939 | Princess | Pauline von Metternich-Winneburg | 1880 | 1960 | ||
| 24.46511 | Princess | Margaret of Thurn and Taxis | 1913 | 1997 | Prince | Raphael Rainer of Thurn and Taxis | 1906 | 1993 | See 24.46347 | |
| 24.466 | Prince | Otto Johann of Thurn and Taxis | 1840 | 1876 | Maria de Fontelive-Vergne | 1842 | 1879 | Maria was created Freifrau von Pernstein by the King of Bavaria on 1 August 1867 | ||
| 24.467 | Prince | Georg Maximilian of Thurn and Taxis | 1841 | 1874 | Anna Frühwirth | 1841 | 1884 | |||
| 24.468 | Prince | Paul Maximilian of Thurn and Taxis | 1843 | 1879 | Elise Kreutzer | ? | ? | Paul Maximilian was created Herr von Fels by the King of Bavaria in 1868 | ||
| 24.469 | Princess | Amalie Sophie of Thurn and Taxis | 1844 | 1867 | Count | Otto von Rechberg u.Rothenlöwen zu Hohenrechberg | 1833 | 1918 | Otto was married secondly in 1870 to Princess Therese zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1851-1923) | |
| 24.46J | Prince | Hugo Joseph of Thurn and Taxis | 1845 | 1873 | ||||||
| 24.46K | Prince | Gustav Otto of Thurn and Taxis | 1848 | 1914 | Princess | Karoline of Thurn und Taxis | 1846 | 1931 | ||
| 24.46L | Prince | Wilhelm of Thurn and Taxis | 1849 | 1914 | ||||||
| 24.46M | Prince | Adolf Maximilian of Thurn and Taxis | 1850 | 1890 | Countess | Franziska Grimaud von Orsay | 1857 | 1919 | ||
| 24.46N | Prince | Franz Maximilian Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis | 1852 | 1897 | Countess | Theresia Grimaud von Orsay | 1861 | 1947 | ||
| 224.46O | Prince | Nikolaus Gustav of Thurn and Taxis | 1853 | 1874 | ||||||
| 24.46P | Prince | Alfred Adolf of Thurn and Taxis | 1856 | 1886 | ||||||
| 24.46Q | Princess | Marie Georgine of Thurn and Taxis | 1857 | 1909 | Prince | Wilhelm von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg | 1835 | 1906 | ||
| 24.47 | Prince | Friedrich Wilhelm of Thurn and Taxis | 1805 | 1825 | ||||||
| 24.5 | Duke | Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1774 | 1774 | ||||||
| 24.6 | Duchess | Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1776 | 1810 | King | Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia | 1770 | 1840 | See 11 | |
| 24.7 | Duchess | Friederike Karoline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1778 | 1841 | Prince | Ludwig of Prussia | 1773 | 1796 | Prince Ludwig was a brother of King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia | |
| 24.7 | Duchess | Friederike Karoline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1778 | 1841 | Prince | Friedrich of Solms-Braunfels | 1770 | 1814 | ||
| 24.7 | Duchess | Friederike Karoline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1778 | 1841 | King | Ernest August I of Hanover | 1771 | 1851 | See 25 - For over 100 years prior to 1837 Hanover was linked to Great Britain sharing the same Kings. This
link being broken when Queen Victoria ascended the throne of Great Britain in 1837 (succeeding her uncle King William IV )
but was prevented from succeeding to the Hanover throne due to the prevailing Salic laws of that country. Queen Victoria's uncle Prince Ernest (Duke of Cumberland) was next in line to the Hanover throne and
became King Ernest August I in 1837. This ended the 123 year personal union of Hanover and Great Britain under a common King, which commenced when George Louis (1660-1727) Elector of Hanover became King George I of
Great Britain in 1714. Ernest August and Friederike Karoline were first cousins. Ernest August's mother (Sophie-Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818)) was a sister to Friederike Karoline's father Grand Duke Karl II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1741-1816)). A short article from 1837 regarding the previous marriages of Friederike and her children from her first two marriages. The New York Times report of the death of King Ernest August. A somewhat uncomplimentary report on the death of Ernest August. Report on the death of Queen Friederike. The report mention the Duchess of Anhalt Dessau attended the Queen leading up to her death; the Duchess of Anhalt Dessau was the daughter of Queen Friederike by her first husband Prince Ludwig of Prussia (1773-1796) |
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| 24.71 | Prince | Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig of Prussia | 1794 | 1863 | Princess | Luise of Anhalt-Bernburg | 1799 | 1882 | See 45.212 | |
| 24.72 | Prince | Friedrich Wilhelm Karl of Prussia | 1795 | 1798 | ||||||
| 24.73 | Princess | Friederike Luise of Prussia | 1796 | 1850 | Duke | Leopold IV Anhalt-Dessau | 1794 | 1871 | Leopold succeeded to the Dukedom of Anhalt-Dessau in 1817 following the death of his grandfather Duke Leopold III Frederick Franz of Anhalt-Dessau (1740-1817). He also succeeded to the Dukedom
of Anhalt-Kothen in 1847 following the death of his distant cousin Duke Heinrich of Anhalt-Köthen (1778-1847) and finally succeeded to the Dukedom of Anhalt-Bernburg
following the death of another distant cousin Duke Alexander Karl of Anhalt-Bernburg (1805-1863). Thus uniting the House of Anhalt into one Duchy. A convenient family tree of the House of Anhalt. Friederike Luise's uncle King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia wrote a letter to Friederike Luise in 1826 deploring her and her husband's conversion to the Catholic faith |
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| 24.731 | Princess | Friederike Amalie "Auguste" of Anhalt-Dessau | 1819 | 1822 | ||||||
| 24.732 | Princess | Friederike Amalie "Agnes" of Anhalt-Dessau | 1824 | 1897 | Duke | Ernst I of Saxe-Altenburg | 1826 | 1908 | See 30.91 | |
| 24.733 | Duke | Friedrich I of Anhalt | 1831 | 1904 | Princess | Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg | 1838 | 1908 | See 30.L2 Death report on Duke Friedrich I |
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| 24.7331 | Hereditary Prince | Leopold Friedrich of Anhalt | 1855 | 1886 | Langravine | Elisabeth of Hesse-Cassel | 1861 | 1955 | See 45.4143 Brief report on the death of Leopold Friedrich |
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| 24.73311 | Princess | Antoinette of Anhalt | 1885 | 1963 | Prince | Friedrich of Schaumburg-Lippe | 1868 | 1945 | See 43.73 | |
| 24.7332 | Duke | Friedrich II of Anhalt | 1856 | 1918 | Princess | Sopie Marie of Baden | 1865 | 1939 | See 32.551 | |
| 24.7333 | Princess | Elisabeth "Elly" of Anhalt | 1857 | 1933 | Grand Duke | Adolf Friedrich V of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1848 | 1914 | See 24.821- NY Times article on the
death of Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich. On his death in 1914 Adolf Friedrich V had left a romantic lady acquaintance of his, Countess de Mazzenau a pension of Ł1,000 per year which had been paid until 1919. Ongoing payments had been contested by Adolf Friedrich V's wife and two daughters and the Lower Court of Berlin had reduced this to Ł300 per year. Since neither party were happy with this revised pension arrangement the case was taken to the Prussian High Court. |
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| 24.7334 | Duke | Eduard of Anhalt | 1861 | 1918 | Princess | Luise of Saxe-Altenburg | 1873 | 1953 | See 30.935 | |
| 24.73341 | Princess | Friederika of Anhalt | 1896 | 1896 | ||||||
| 24.73342 | Prince | Leopold Friedrich of Anhalt | 1897 | 1898 | ||||||
| 24.73343 | Princess | Marie Auguste of Anhalt | 1898 | 1983 | Prince | Joachim of Prussia | 1890 | 1920 | See 11.2116 - Prince Joachim shot himself, one of the reasons could have been his unhappy marriage to
Marie Auguste. She had left their home about a year before the shooting due to the Prince's cruelty. However The New York Times reported Joachim was in financial straits and suffering from a nervous collapse due to protracted negotiations in arriving at a financial settlement with the Prussian State. It was also reported Joachim and his wife were divorced but I've been unable to find any supporting sources relating to any divorce. However another article regarding Joachim's suicide mentions divorce proceedings had been instituted by his wife. And yet another article in which Princess Marie Auguste was suing her brother-in-law Prince Eitel-Friedrich of Prussia for the return of her son Karl mentions Marie and Joachim were divorced by the decree absolute was granted after Joachim's death. |
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| 24.73343 | Princess | Marie Auguste of Anhalt | 1898 | 1983 | Baron | Johannes-Michael von Loen | 1902 | |||
| 24.73344 | Duke | Joachim Ernst of Anhalt | 1901 | 1947 | Elisabeth Strickrodt | 1903 | 1971 | Prince (Regent) Aribert of Anhalt abdicated the throne on 12 November 1918 in the name of his nephew Duke Joachim Ernst. Joachim Ernst died as a Russian prisoner in Buchenwald on 18 February 1947. Elisabeth was created Countess von Askanien. As an aside Graf (or Count) of Askanien is also a subsidiary title for the Prince and Princesses of Anhalt and Askanien is also an analogous name for the House of Anhalt. | ||
| 24.73344 | Duke | Joachim Ernst of Anhalt | 1901 | 1947 | Edda-Charlotte Stephani-Marwitz | 1905 | 1986 | Prince (Regent) Aribert of Anhalt abdicated the throne on 12 November 1918 in the name of his nephew Duke Joachim Ernst. Joachim Ernst died as a Russian prisoner in Buchenwald on 18 February 1947 | ||
| 24.733441 | Princess | Marie Antoinette of Anhalt | 1930 | 1993 | Karl-Heinz Guttmann | 1911 | ||||
| 24.733441 | Princess | Marie Antoinette of Anhalt | 1930 | 1993 | Max Riederer | 1917 | ||||
| 24.733442 | Princess | Anna Luise of Anhalt | 1933 | 2003 | Thomas Birch | 1927 | ||||
| 24.733443 | Duke | Friedrich of Anhalt | 1938 | 1963 | Friedrich was killed in a car accident in Munich | |||||
| 24.733444 | Princess | Edda of Anhalt | 1940 | Albert Darboven | 1936 | |||||
| 24.733445 | Duke | Eduard of Anhalt | 1941 | Corinna Krönlein | 1961 | Eduard is the present Head of the Ducal House of Anhalt | ||||
| 24.7334451 | Hereditary Princess | Julia Katharina "Juschka" Elisabeth von Anhalt | 1980 | Marc Bernath | 1979 | A german article on Juschka and Marc | ||||
| 24.7334452 | Princess | Julia Eilika of Anhalt | 1985 | A Bunte article on Julia Eilika and her two children and the divorce of her parents. | ||||||
| 24.7334453 | Princess | Julia Felicitas of Anhalt | 1993 | |||||||
| 24.73345 | Prince | Eugen of Anhalt | 1903 | 1980 | Anastasia Jungmeir | 1901 | 1970 | |||
| 24.733451 | Princess | Anastasia Luise of Anhalt | 1940 | Prince | Maria Emanual of Saxony (Margrave of Meissen) | 1926 | 2012 | See 26.665421 - Maria Emanual was the Head of the Royal House of Saxony. He was arrested by the Gestapo and jailed in Dresden and only narrowly escaped a death sentence. | ||
| 24.73346 | Prince | Wolfgang of Anhalt | 1912 | 1936 | ||||||
| 24.7335 | Prince | Aribert of Anhalt | 1864 | 1933 | Princess | Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg | 1872 | 1956 | See
36.264 - Prince (as Regent) Aribert of Anhalt abdicated the throne on 12 November 1918
in the name of his nephew Duke Joachim Ernst. Report on the marriage of Princess Marie to Prince Aribert. Princess Marie relinquished her German title in 1917 and was granted a British title of Princess Marie Louise. The marriage of Princess Marie to Prince Aribert was declared "null and void" by his father on the pretext that Princess Marie had deserted her husband, however in reality it was because Prince Aribert had been caught with another man. The New York Time reported at the time the couple had agreed a Judicial separation rather than a divorce. Princess Marie lived in a Mayfair fortress according to one newspaper report. Birth registration of Princess Marie Louise. Death registration of Princess Marie Louise |
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| 24.7336 | Princess | Alexandra of Anhalt | 1868 | 1958 | Prince | Sizzo of Schwarzburg | 1860 | 1926 |
It was reported in 1887 (apparently based on "excellent authority") that Princess
Alexandra was secretly engaged to Prince Albert Victor "Eddy" of Great Britain (Duke of Clarence and
Avondale). Sizzo was a son of Prince Friedrich Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1793-1867) by his second, morganatic marriage on 7 Aug 1855 to Gräfin Helene von Raina (1835-1860) (herself the daughter of a morganatic marriage, between Prince Georg of Anhalt-Dessau and Therese Emma von Erdmannsdorf). Helene was adopted by her uncle Prince Wilhelm of Anhalt on 1 Aug 1855, and given the title of Princess of Anhalt by another uncle Duke Leopold IV Anhalt-Dessau. Helene gave birth to Sizzo and his twin sister Helene on June 2, 1860 and died 4 days later.Sizzo and his sister Helene were created prince/ss of Leutenberg in Rudolstadt on 21 June 1860. By a law, promulgated in 1896, Sizzo was recognized as the heir-presumptive to the principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and, by treaty with Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, to that principality also. In 1925 he succeeded his cousin Gunther Victor (1852-1925) as Prince of Schwarzburg. Günther Victor had succeeded his cousin George Albert (1838-1890) as Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt in 1890 and another distant cousin Prince Karl Günther of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1830-1909) (son of Prince Günther II Friedrich of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1801-1889) and his first wife Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt) (1809-1833), thus uniting the two lines and assuming the title Prince of Schwarzburg. Sizzo when he was just six years of age took centre stage in 1886 at an extraordinary trial at Weimar. It was alleged that a physician and a master weaver were accomplices in the proposed kidnap of Sizzo I trust anyone reading this information has kept up with the story? |
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| 24.73361 | Princess | Marie-Antoinette of Schwarzburg | 1898 | 1984 | Count | Friedrich Magnus zu Solms-Wildenfels | 1886 | 1945 | ||
| 24.733611 | Countess | Anne Alexandra zu Solms-Wildenfels | 1926 | |||||||
| 24.733612 | Count | Friedrich Magnus (VI) zu Solms-Wildenfels | 1927 | Katharina Duerst | 1923 | 1970 | ||||
| 24.733612 | Count | Friedrich Magnus (VI) zu Solms-Wildenfels | 1927 | Gisela Frania | 1930 | |||||
| 24.733612 | Count | Friedrich Magnus (VI) zu Solms-Wildenfels | 1927 | Gisella Marie Parol | 1957 | |||||
| 24.733613 | Countess | Jutta Maria zu Solms-Wildenfels | 1928 | Salim Farid Saad | 1922 | 2000 | ||||
| 24.733614 | Count | Albrecht Sizzo zu Solms-Wildenfels | 1929 | Ingrid Gross | 1933 | |||||
| 24.733615 | Countess | Kristin zu Solms-Wildenfels | 1938 | Dietrich Gros | 1923 | |||||
| 24.73362 | Princess | Irene of Schwarzburg | 1899 | 1939 | ||||||
| 24.73363 | Prince | Friedrich Gunther of Schwarzburg | 1901 | 1971 | Princess | Sophie -Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | 1911 | 1988 | See 27.24111 - The death of Prince Friedrich brought an end to the Princely House of Schwarzburg | |
| 24.734 | Princess | Marie-Anne "Maianne" of Anhalt-Dessau | 1837 | 1906 | Prince | Friedrich Karl of Prussia | 1828 | 1885 | See
11.51 Brief report on the death of Marie-Anne. Friedrich Karl was of a brutal disposition who on finding his wife had given birth to a daughter hit her on the ear causing her a hearing impairment for the rest of her life. However a report on the death of Friedrich Karl painted a somewhat different picture. It was reported in 1884 that Marie-Anne had found conclusive evidence of the Prince's unfaithfulness with a woman in the court of the Empress Augusta of Germany. It was stated that Friedrich Karl's daughter Princess Luise Margarete, Duchess of Connaught was incensed about the obituary notices of her father's death which were published in some London papers. The obituary notices led credence to the fact Friedrich Karl was of a brutal disposition. |
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| 24.8 | Grand Duke | Georg Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1779 | 1860 | Princess | Marie of Hesse-Cassel | 1796 | 1880 | See 45.47 | |
| 24.81 | Duchess | Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1818 | 1842 | ||||||
| 24.82 | Grand Duke | Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1819 | 1904 | Princess | Augusta of Great Britain | 1822 | 1916 | See
45.482 - NY Times article on the
death of Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm In 1851 Friedrich Wilhelm was accidently shot and blinded in one of his eyes by his son Adolf Friedrich who was playing with a toy gun, the damage to the eye eventually caused blindness in the other eye. If the accident occurred in 1851 Adolf Friedrich would have been about three rather than the eight years mentioned in the article. Obituary on "Dowager" Grand Duchess Augusta, granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain. A nice article which was published shortly before the diamond wedding anniversary of the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess. The "Dowager" Grand Duchess Augusta was considered as an "Alien Enemy" by the British Government in 1914 and deprived of an annuity of Ł3,000 per annum which had been paid to her since he marriage in 1843. A short but kindly article on "A REMARKABLE OLD LADY - THŁ DUCHESS DOWAGER OF MECKLENBURG-STRELITZ." |
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| 24.821 | Grand Duke | Adolf Friedrich V of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1848 | 1914 | Princess | Elisabeth "Elly" of Anhalt | 1857 | 1933 | See
24.7333 - NY Times article on the
death of Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich. On his death in 1914 Adolf Friedrich V had left a romantic lady acquaintance of his, Countess de Mazzenau a pension of Ł1,000 per year which had been paid until 1919. Ongoing payments had been contested by Adolf Friedrich V's wife and two daughters and the Lower Court of Berlin had reduced this to Ł300 per year. Since neither party were happy with this revised pension arrangement the case was taken to the Prussian High Court. |
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| 24.8211 | Duchess | Victoria Marie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1878 | 1948 | Count | Georg Jametel | 1859 | 1944 | Victoria Marie had a baby out of wedlock in about 1897, the father being a footman in the employ of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz ducal family. Victoria Marie's baby was
immediately adopted and she herself became estranged from her parents on account of the circumstances surrounding the baby. Victoria Marie married Count Jametel in 1899 who was apparently an unsavory character. They
divorced in 1908 not long after the death of her brother Karl Borwin who had suffered fatal injuries sustained in a duel with Count Jametel. There was quite ado about the actual wedding arrangements of Victoria Marie and Count Jametel regarding their Roman Catholic and Church of England ceremonies. Another report on the odd wedding arrangements. The New York Times short report on the possible divorce of Victoria Marie and Count Jametel Marriage Registration of Princess Victoria Marie and Count Georg Jametel |
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| 24.8211 | Duchess | Victoria Marie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1878 | 1948 | Prince | Julius Ernest of Lippe | 1873 | 1952 | Julius Ernest's brother Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld was the father of Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, husband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands | |
| 24.82111 | Princess | Elisabeth Caroline of Lippe | 1916 | 2013 | Prince | Ernst August zu Solms-Braunfels | 1892 | 1968 | See 22.31723 | |
| 24.82112 | Prince | Ernst August of Lippe | 1917 | 1990 | Christa von Arnim | 1923 | ||||
| 24.821121 | Prince | Friedrich Wilhelm of Lippe | 1947 | Andrea Messner | 1966 | |||||
| 24.821122 | Princess | Marie Stephanie of Lippe | 1949 | Nikolaus von Itzenplitz | 1943 | |||||
| 24.821122 | Princess | Marie Stephanie of Lippe | 1949 | Baron | Wulf von Schimmelmann | 1947 | ||||
| 24.821123 | Prince | Ernst August of Lippe | 1952 | Countess | Marie Benedicta von Magnis | 1959 | ||||
| 24.821123 | Prince | Ernst August of Lippe | 1952 | Gerlinde Inge Möltner | 1955 | |||||
| 24.8211231 | Princess | Maria Donata of Lippe | 1982 | Josef Matuschka-Gablenz, Edler von Wendenkron | 1980 | |||||
| 24.821124 | Princess | Regina Marie of Lippe | 1959 | Peter Jacubowsky | 1953 | |||||
| 24.8212 | Duchess | Auguste Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1880 | 1946 | King | Danilo of Montenegro | 1871 | 1939 | See 40.5 - Danilo abdicated on 7 March 1921 in favour of his nephew Michael only one week after succeeding his father as King of Montenegro | |
| 24.8213 | Grand Duke | Adolf Friedrich VI of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1882 | 1918 | Adolf Friedrich was the last Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz having committed suicide. Adolf
Friedrich had a mistress, Italian opera singer
Mafalda Salvatini (1888-1971) by whom he had two sons
Rolf and Horst . For political reasons, the Grand Duke was to become betrothed to a princess
(Princess Benigna Reuss of Köstritz (1892-1982). daughter of Prince Heinrich XXVIII). Before he could do so, he felt compelled to write a letter to his mistress asking her to release him from his vow to marry her. By the time
her permission arrived, he had gone off
on a solitary walk with his dog and shot himself. (Please note there is an error in the article relating to the shooting of Adolf Friedrich VI of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, it mentions he was married to Princess Feodora of Reuss, this is erroneous and perhaps the article has confused Adolf Friedrich VI with Duke Adolph Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin?). The couple's sons ended up in the United States under the surname Gerad. Rolf Gerard (born 9 August 1909 - died 19 November 2011 at the age of 102) studied medicine during the earlier part of his adulthood and he put this into practice during the second World War due a shortage of doctors. His main vocation however was as a well known set designer, costume designer and painter. Wikipedia in its article on Rolf Gerard mentions his parents were Walter Gerard and Mafalda Salvatini and although he was a cosmopolitan he took British nationality. An article in the NY Times of 1912 mentions a rumour that Adolf Friedrich was to marry Princess Viktoria-Luise of Prussia. Another article mentions that Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany had ordered Adolf Friedrich to commit suicide due a scandal of Adolf Friedrich's reported intimacy with the wife of a German Prince. Another NY Times article mentions Adolf Friedrich had married morganatically and he was under pressure to divorce his wife in favour of a Royal Princess which led to his suicide. In 1926 a case was to come before the Dresden court (i.e judiciary rather than royal court) in which a Countess Bubna-Litic was claiming Ł162,000 the unpaid balance of Ł200,000 which Adolf Friedrich was alleged he was to pay her for obtaining certain compromising documents. It would seem that Countess Bubna-Litic was born as Margrit Höllrigl who lived in lavish style up to the Great War on the proceeds of blackmail. |
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| 24.8214 | Duke | Karl Borwin of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1888 | 1908 | One source mentions Karl Borwin died from injuries sustained in a duel with his brother-in-law Count Jametel. Whilst James Pope-Hennessy's Queen Mary biography mentions Karl Borwin died from heart disease which is similar to a NY Times article which mentions he died from rheumatic affection of the heart. Count Jametel was apparently an unsavoury character who married Karl Borwin's sister Victoria Marie in 1899, they divorced in 1908 not long after the death of her brother Karl Borwin. |
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| 24.83 | Duchess | Karoline Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1821 | 1876 | King | Frederik VII of Denmark | 1808 | 1863 | See 23.52 - Frederik died childless and a second cousin by birth
Duke Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg succeeded as King on 15 November 1863. An interesting article on the various marriages of Frederik VII |
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| 24.84 | Duke | George of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1824 | 1876 | Grand Duchess | Catherine of Russia | 1827 | 1894 | See 4.J3 | |
| 24.841 | Duke | Nikolas George of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1854 | 1854 | ||||||
| 24.842 | Duchess | Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1857 | 1936 | Prince | Albert of Saxe-Altenburg | 1843 | 1902 | See 30.L5 - An interesting article from the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (NSW : 1851 - 1904) regarding Prince Albert unable to make up his mind whether to be in the Russian or Prussian Army and encounter with his future wife Princess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. | |
| 24.843 | Duke | George Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1859 | 1909 | Natalia Vanljarskaya | 1858 | 1921 | Natalia was created Countess von Carlow by Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Strelitzn 18 March 1890 | ||
| 24.8431 | Countess | Catherine von Carlow | 1891 | 1940 | Prince | Vladimir Galitzine | 1884 | 1954 | Catherine was killed in an air raid in London. Vladimir was secondly married to Mabel Iris FitzGeorge. Death Registration of Princess Catherine |
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| 24.84311 | Prince | Nicholas Vladimirovich Galitzine | 1913 | 1999 | Elizabeth Branch | 1924 | Marriage registration of Nicholas and Elizabeth. | |||
| 24.84311 | Prince | Nicholas Vladimirovich Galitzine | 1913 | 1999 | Anita Frisch | 1933 | ||||
| 24.84312 | Prince | George Galitzine | 1916 | 1992 | Baroness | Anne Marie von Slatin | 1916 | 2007 | Marriage registration of George and Anne Marie. | |
| 24.84312 | Prince | George Galitzine | 1916 | 1992 | Jean Dawnay | 1925 | ||||
| 24.84313 | Prince | Emmanuel Galitzine | 1918 | 2002 | Gwendoline Rhodes | 1920 | 2011 | Marriage registration of
Emmanuel and
Gwendoline Obituary on Prince Emmanuel Galitzine |
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| 24.8432 | Countess | Marie von Carlow | 1893 | 1979 | Prince | Boris Galitzine | 1891 | 1919 | ||
| 24.8432 | Countess | Marie von Carlow | 1893 | 1979 | Count | Wladmir Kleinmichel | 1901 | 1982 | In 1948 Count Wladmir Kleinmichel was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order. In 1960 Count Wladmir Kleinmichel was promoted to a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. According to a thread on the "The Alexander Palace Time Machine Discussion Forum" Count Wladmir Kleinmichel was entrusted with the sale of the Dowager Empress Maria of Russia's jewellery, a large part of which were purchased by King George V. Marriage Registration of Princess Marie Galitzine (nee von Carlow) and Count Wladmir Kleinmichel Death Registration of Countess Marie Kleinmichel Death Registration of Count Wladmir Kleinmichel | |
| 24.84321 | Countess | Sophie Kleinmichel | 1930 | Philip Henry Russell Goodman | 1931 | |||||
| 24.8433 | Countess | Natalia von Carlow | 1894 | 1913 | ||||||
| 24.8434 | Count | Georg von Carlow | 1899 | 1963 | Irina Raievskya | 1892 | 1955 | Georg was adopted by his uncle Duke Karl Michael of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1928. Count Georg assumed the title Duke of Mecklenburg which was recognised by the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 29 December 1929. | ||
| 24.8434 | Count | Georg von Carlow | 1899 | 1963 | Archduchess | Charlotte of Austria | 1921 | 1989 | See 19.J3217 - Georg was adopted by his uncle Duke Karl Michael of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1928. Count Georg assumed the title Duke of Mecklenburg which was recognised by the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 29 December 1929. | |
| 24.84341 | Duke | George Alexander of Mecklenburg (Strelitz) | 1921 | 1996 | Archduchess | Helene "Ilona" of Austria (Hungarian Line) | 1927 | 2011 | See 21.7412 | |
| 24.843411 | Duchess | Elisabeth Christine of Mecklenburg (Strelitz) | 1947 | Baron | Alhard von dem Bussche-Ippenburg | 1947 | ||||
| 24.843412 | Duchess | Marie Catherine of Mecklenburg (Strelitz) | 1949 | Wolfgang von Wasielewski | 1951 | |||||
| 24.843413 | Duchess | Irene of Mecklenburg Strelitz) | 1952 | Constantin Harold Harmsen | 1954 | |||||
| 24.843414 | Duke | Georg Borwin of Mecklenburg (Strelitz) | 1956 | Alice Wagner | 1959 | Georg is the present Head of the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg (Strelitz) | ||||
| 24.8434141 | Duchess | Helene Olga of Mecklenburg (Strelitz) | 1988 | |||||||
| 24.8434142 | Duke | Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg (Strelitz) | 1991 | |||||||
| 24.8434143 | Duke | Carl Michael of Mecklenburg (Strelitz) | 1994 | |||||||
| 24.84342 | Duchess | Helene of Mecklenburg (Strelitz) | 1924 | 1962 | Hassan Sayed Kamil | 1918 | Birth Registration of Duchess Helene | |||
| 24.84343 | Duke | Carl Gregor of Mecklenburg (Strelitz) | 1933 | 2018 | Princess | Maria Margarete of Hohenzollern | 1928 | 2006 | See 6.1133 | |
| 24.844 | Duke | Karl Michael of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1863 | 1934 | Karl Michael who became a naturalised Russian subject renounced his rights to Mecklenburg-Strelitz on 7 August 1914 (privately by letter, which was received in 1919 after the revolution). Karl Michael adopted his nephew
Count Georg von Carlow in 1928. Even though Karl Michael renounced his German Nationality in 1914 he still apparently received five million gold marks in 1921 from the Mecklenburg Government for renouncing his claims to the Grand Ducal throne. |
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| 24.9 | Duke | Friedrich Karl of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1781 | 1783 | ||||||
| 24.J | Duchess | Auguste Albertine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1782 | 1782 | ||||||
| 24.K | Duke | Karl Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1785 | 1837 |
