Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Duchess consort of Mecklenburg
Born	12 July 1694
Died	13 April 1748 (aged 53)
Spouse	Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg
Issue	Friedrich II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duke Louis Duchess Ulrike Sofie Duchess Luise Duchess Amalie
Full name Gustave Caroline
House	Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Father	Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg
Mother	Maria of Mecklenburg

Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (12 July 1694 – 13 April 1748) was a daughter of Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg and Princess Maria of Mecklenburg.^[1]

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.

Marriage

On 13 November 1714, Gustave Caroline married her cousin Christian Ludwig of Mecklenburg.^[1] 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 in 1747, the year before Gustave Caroline's death.

They had five children:

• Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717–1785); married Luise Friederike 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

Ancestors of Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

16. John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg               8. Johann VII, Duke of Mecklenburg                       17. Anna Sophia of Prussia               4. Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin                             18. Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp               9. Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp                       19. Christine of Hesse               2. Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg                                   20. Henry III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               10. Julius Ernst, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Dannenberg                       21. Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg               5. Maria Katharina of Brunswick-Dannenberg                             22. Edzard II of East Frisia               11. Maria of East Frisia                       23. Katarina Vasa               1. Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz                                         24. Johann VII, Duke of Mecklenburg               12. Johann Albrecht II, Duke of Mecklenburg                       25. Sophie of Holstein-Gottorp               6. Duke Gustav Adolf of Mecklenburg                             26. Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg               13. Eleonora Maria of Anhalt-Bernburg                       27. Anna of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg               3. Maria of Mecklenburg-Gustrow                                   28. John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp               14. Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp                       29. Augusta of Denmark               7. Magdalene Sibylle of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp                             30. John George I, Elector of Saxony               15. Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony                       31. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia

References

1. Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Gustave Caroline von Mecklenburg-Strelitz". Retrieved 26 December 2009.