Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (3 March 1778-29 June 1841), Duchess of Cumberland and later Queen of Hanover, was the consort of Prince Ernest Augustus, 1st Duke of Cumberland (later King Ernst August I of Hanover), the fifth son and eighth child of King George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte.
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Early life
Her Highness Duchess Frederica Louisa Carolina Sophia Alexandra was born at Hanover, the fifth daughter of Duke Karl II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1741-1816) and his first wife, Frederica (1752-1782), the daughter of Georg Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Her father assumed the title of Grand Duke of Mecklenburg on 18 June 1815. Duchess Frederica was the niece of her future mother-in-law, Queen Charlotte (formerly Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz).First marriage
Duchess Frederica married firstly His Royal Highness Prince (Friedrich) Ludwig of Prussia (5 November 1773-23 December 1796), the younger son of King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia, on 26 December 1793 at the Royal Palace, Berlin.Second marriage
This marriage was dissolved in 1796. She then married His Serene Highness Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels (22 October 1770-13 April 1814) on 10 December 1798 at Berlin.Third marriage
Fourteen months after her second husband's death, she was married for a third time on 29 May 1815 at the parish church of Neustrelitz, Germany, and again on 29 August 1815 at Carlton House, London to His Royal Highness Field Marshal Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland.Queen of Hanover
The Duchess of Cumberland became Queen of Hanover upon the ascension of her third husband to the Hanoverian throne on 20 June 1837. Queen Frederica of Hanover died in 1841 at Hanover and was buried in the Chapel at Schloss Herrenhausen.Titles, Style, Honours & Arms
Titles
- 1778-1793: Her Highness Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- 1793-1796?8?: Her Royal Highness Princess Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia
- 1798-1815: Her Highness Princess Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels
- 1815-1837: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale
- 1837-1841: Her Majesty Queen Frederica of Hanover, Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale
Issue
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| By HRH Prince Ludwig of Prussia (married December 29 1793; dissolved 1796) | |||
| Prince Friedrich of Prussia | 1794 | 1863 | married Princess Louise of Anhalt-Bernburg |
| Prince Karl of Prussia | 1795 | 1798 | |
| Princess Frederike of Prussia | 1796 | 1850 | married Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau (1794-1871) |
| By HSH Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels (married December 10 1798; he died April 13 1814) | |||
| Princess Sophia of Solms-Braunfels | 1799 | 1799 | |
| Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels | 1800 | 1800 | |
| Prince Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels | 1801 | 1868 | married Maria, Countess Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau |
| Princess Augusta of Solms-Braunfels | 1804 | 1865 | married Albert, Prince of Schhartzburg-Roudolstadt |
| Prince Alexander of Solms-Braunfels | 1807 | 1867 | married Louise, Princess of Landsberg-Velen |
| Prince Karl of Solms-Braunfels | 1812 | 1875 | married Sophie, Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg |
| By HRH Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (later HM King Ernest Augustus I of Hanover) (married May 29 1815) | |||
| Princess Frederica of Cumberland | 27 January 1817 | ||
| stillborn | |||
| Unnamed stillborn daughter | April 1818 | ||
| George V of Hanover | 27 May 1819 | 12 June 1878 | married 1843, HH Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg; had issue |
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