Genealogy of the Royal Family of Hanover1

HRH Princess Alexandra and her descendants

HRH Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg and HRH Grand Duchess Alexandra née Princess of HanoverHRH Alexandra Luise Marie Olga Elisabeth Therese Vera Princess of Hanover, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
* Gmunden am Traunsee, September 29th, 1882
† Glücksburg, August 30th, 1963

HRH Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV of MecklenburgMarried:

Gmunden Castle, Gmunden am Traunsee, June 7th, 1904:
HRH Friedrich Franz IV Michael Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, Count of Schwerin, Lord of the lands Rostock and Stargard, etc., etc.
(Since February 23rd, 1918:) HRH Friedrich Franz IV Michael Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, Prince of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, Count of Schwerin, Lord of the lands Rostock and Stargard, etc., etc.
(Born as: HRH Friedrich Franz Michael Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, Count of Schwerin, Lord of the lands Rostock and Stargard, etc., etc.)
* Palermo, April 9th, 1882
† Flensburg, November 17th, 1945
Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, April 9th, 1882
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, April 10th, 1897; Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, February 23rd, 1918 (abdicated: November 14th, 1918)

HRH Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz of MecklenburgChildren from this marriage:

  1. HRH Friedrich Franz Michael Wilhelm Nikolaus Franz-Joseph Ernst August Hans Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, Count of Schwerin, Lord of the lands Rostock and Stargard, etc., etc. ("Fritz")
    (Since February 23rd, 1918:) HRH Friedrich Franz Michael Wilhelm Nikolaus Franz-Joseph Ernst August Hans Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, Prince of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, Count of Schwerin, Lord of the lands Rostock and Stargard, etc., etc.
    * Schwerin, April 22nd, 1910
    † Hamburg-Blankenese, July 31st, 2001
    Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, April 22nd, 1910; Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, February 23rd, 1918

    Married:

    (morganatic) (civil) Schwerin and (religious) Willigrad near Schwerin, June 11th, 1941:
    Karin-Elisabeth Henrietta von Schaper
    * Breslau, January 31st, 1920
    (Divorced: September 22nd, 1967; the couple remarried Glücksburg, April 22nd, 1977)

  2. HH Christian Ludwig Ernst August Maximilian Johann Albrecht Adolf Friedrich Duke of Mecklenburg, Prince of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, Count of Schwerin, Lord of the lands Rostock and Stargard, etc., etc. ("Kiki")
  3. HH Olga Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, Countess of Schwerin, Lady of the lands Rostock and Stargard, etc., etc.
    * Schwerin, December 27th, 1916
    † Schwerin, February 4th, 1917
  4. HH Thyra Anastasia Alexandrine Marie-Louise Olga Cecilie Charlotte Elisabeth Emma Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, Countess of Schwerin, Lady of the lands Rostock and Stargard, etc., etc.
    * Sorgenfri Castle, Lyngby near Copenhagen, June 18th, 1919
    † Flensburg, September 27th, 1981
  5. HH Anastasia Alexandrine Cecile Marie-Louise Wilhelmine Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, Countess of Schwerin, Lady of the lands Rostock and Stargard, etc., etc. ("Putti")

HH Christian Ludwig Ernst August Maximilian Johann Albrecht Adolf Friedrich Duke of Mecklenburg, Prince of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, Count of Schwerin, Lord of the lands Rostock and Stargard, etc., etc. ("Kiki")
(Since June 11th, 1941:) HRH Christian Ludwig Ernst August Maximilian Johann Albrecht Adolf Friedrich Duke of Mecklenburg, Prince of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, Count of Schwerin, Lord of the lands Rostock and Stargard, etc., etc.
* Ludwigslust, September 29th, 1912
† Herrenhaus Hemmelmark, Barkelsby near Eckernförde, July 18th, 1996
Head of the Grand-Ducal Family of Mecklenburg, November 17th, 1945

Married:

(civil) Glücksburg, July 5th and (religious) Glücksburg Castle, Glücksburg, July 11th, 1954:
HRH Barbara Irene Adelheid Viktoria Elisabeth Bathildis Princess of Prussia
* Herrenhaus Hemmelmark, Barkelsby near Eckernförde, August 2nd, 1920
† Herrenhaus Hemmelmark, Barkelsby near Eckernförde, May 31st, 1994

Children from this marriage:

  1. HH Donata Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, Countess of Schwerin, Lady of the lands Rostock and Stargard, etc., etc.
    * Kiel, March 11th, 1956

    Married:

    (civil) Kensington and Chelsea Register Office, London, August 14th and (religious) Borbyer Church, Hemmelmark, Eckernförde-Borby, September 19th, 1987:
    Alexander von Solodkoff
    * Cologne, January 20th, 1951

    Children from this marriage:

    1. Thyra von Solodkoff
      * St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, October 12th, 1989
    2. Alix von Solodkoff
      * St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, March 17th, 1992
    3. Niklot Alexis von Solodkoff
      * St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, December 8th, 1994
  2. HH Edwina Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, Countess of Schwerin, Lady of the lands Rostock and Stargard, etc., etc.
    * Kiel, September 25th, 1960

    Married:

    (civil) Eckernförde, September 20th and (religious) Borbyer Church, Hemmelmark, Eckernförde-Borby, October 14th, 1995:
    Konrad Egon Franz Maria von Posern
    * Innsbruck, July 24th, 1964

    Children from this marriage:

    1. Ludwig Leopold Bernhard Georg Maria von Posern
      * Eckernförde, February 27th, 1996
    2. Paul Friedrich Christian Fabian Maria von Posern
      * Eckernförde, June 14th, 1997

HH Anastasia Alexandrine Cecile Marie-Louise Wilhelmine Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, Countess of Schwerin, Lady of the lands Rostock and Stargard, etc., etc. ("Putti")
* Hunting-Lodge Gelbansande near Ribnitz, November 11th, 1922
† Hamburg, January 25th, 1979

Married:

Willigrad near Schwerin, September 1st, 1943:
HH Friedrich Ferdinand Karl Ernst August Wilhelm Harald Kasimir Nicola Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg ("Casimir")
(Since April 27th, 1931:) HH Friedrich Ferdinand Karl Ernst August Wilhelm Harald Kasimir Nicola Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
* Gotha, May 14th, 1913
† Glücksburg, May 31st, 1989

Children from this marriage:

  1. HH Elisabeth Marie Alexandra Princess of Schleswig-Holstein
    * Schleswig, September 10th, 1945

    Married:

    (civil) Glücksburg, January 2nd and (religious) Glücksburg, January 5th, 1975:
    HSH     Ferdinand-Heinrich Karl August Hermann Gotthard Prince zu Ysenburg und Büdingen in Wächtersbach
    * Frankfurt am Main, October 19th, 1940
    † Büdingen, March 8th, 1989

  2. HH Irene Olga Adelheid Princess of Schleswig-Holstein
    * Flensburg, October 11th, 1946
  3. HH Margaretha Friederike Luise Princess of Schleswig-Holstein
    * Flensburg, February 10th, 1948
  4. HH Sibylla Ursula Ortrud Princess of Schleswig-Holstein
    * Flensburg, September 11th, 1955

    Married:

    Glücksburg, October 25th, 1980:
    Dieter Franz
    * Kirchberg an der Jagst, March 26th, 1950

    Children from this marriage:

    1. Frithjof Franz
      * Tübingen, April 22nd, 1981
    2. Johanna Franz
      * Tübingen, March 10th, 1983
    3. Philipp Franz
      * Eckernförde, April 1st, 1986

Footnotes:

  1. Sources: Britain's Royal Families by Alison Weir and Queen Victoria's Descendants by Marlene A. Eilers. With special thanks to Hein Bruins, Brigitte Gastel Lloyd, Netty Leistra and Paul Theroff.

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Last updated: October 22nd, 2001.