Read Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy Online
Authors: Alison Weir
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Frederica Louisa Caroline Sophia Alexandrina
She was the daughter of Charles Louis Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, by Frederica Caroline Louise, daughter of George William, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and she was born on 2 March, 1778, at Hanover, Germany. She married firstly Prince Frederick Louis Charles of Prussia (1773–1796) on 26 December, 1793, at the Royal Palace, Berlin, Prussia, and had issue:
1 Frederick William Louis (1794–1863); he married Louise (1799–1882), daughter of Alexis, Duke of Anhalt-Bernbourg, and had issue.
2 Charles George (1795–1798).
3 Frederica Wilhelmina Louise (1796–1850); she married Leopold Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau (1794–1871).
Frederica was divorced from her first husband in 1796. She married secondly Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels (1770–1814) on 7 or 10 January, 1798/9, or 10 December, 1798, at Berlin, Prussia, and had issue:
4 Frederick William Henry Casimir George Charles Maximilian (1801– 1868); he married Mary Anne (1809–1892), daughter of Francis, Count of Kinsky, and had issue.
5 Son (name not known); (
b
.1801;
d.
young).
6 Augusta Louisa Theresa Matilda (1804–1865); she married Albert, Prince of Schwarzbourg-Roudolstadt (1798–1869).
7 Alexander Frederick Louis (1807–1867); he married Louise (
b
.1835), daughter of Engelbert, Baron Landsberg-Steinfürt, and had issue.
8 Frederick William Louis George Alfred Alexander (1812–1875); he married Marie Josephine Sophie, daughter of Prince Constantine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort, and had issue.
Frederica became Queen of Hanover upon the accession of her third husband, Prince Ernest, to the throne of Hanover, on 20 June, 1837. She died on 29 June, 1841, at Hanover, and was buried in the Chapel at Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover. Issue of marriage:
| (i) | Frederica |
| She was stillborn on 27 January, 1817, at St James’s Palace, London. She was buried in Westminster Abbey, but was later removed to St George’s Chapel, Windsor. | |
| (ii) | Stillborn Daughter |
| She was born in April, 1818. There is no record of her burial. | |
| (iii) | George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus |
| He was born on 27 May, 1819, in a house on the Unter-den-Linden Strasse, Berlin, Prussia. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 15 August, 1835. He succeeded his father as King of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, and Earl of Armagh on 18 November, 1851; he was styled George V of Hanover. He was deposed on 20 September, 1866, by the Prussians, and formally abdicated on the same day. He died on 12 June, 1878, at 7, Rue Presbourg, Paris, and was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor. | |
| (Note: King George went blind following an accident in 1834). | |
| George married, on 18 February, 1843, at Hanover, Germany: | |
| (Alexandrina) Mary Wilhelmina Katherine Charlotte Theresa Henrietta Louisa Pauline Elizabeth Frederica Georgina | |
| Known as Mary, she was the daughter of Joseph George Frederick Ernest Charles, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, by Amelia Theresa Louise Wilhelmina Philippina, daughter of Louis Alexander, Duke of Württemburg, and she was born on 14 April, 1818, at Hildburghausen, Germany. She died on 9 January, 1907, at Gmunden, Austria, where she was buried. | |
| Issue of marriage: |
| (a) | Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick |
| He was born on 21 September, 1845, at Hanover, and was Crown Prince of Hanover until his father’s abdication on 20 September, 1866. He succeeded his father as Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and Earl of Armagh on 12 June, 1878, and was made a Knight of the Garter on 23 June, 1878. He was created Duke of Brunswick-Lüneberg on 18 October, 1884. He died on 14 November, 1923, at Gmunden, Austria. | |
| Ernest married, on 21 December, 1878, at Copenhagen, Denmark: | |
| Thyra Amelia Caroline Charlotte Anne | |
| She was the daughter of Christian IX, King of Denmark, by Louise Wilhelmina Frederica Caroline Augusta Julie, daughter of William X, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, and she was also sister to Alexandra, Queen of Edward VII. She was born on 29 September, 1853, at Copenhagen, Denmark. She died on 26 February, 1933, at Gmunden, Austria, where she was buried. | |
| Issue of marriage: |
| (i) | Marie Louise Victoria Caroline Amelia Alexandra Augusta Frederica |
| She was born on 11 October, 1879, at Gmunden, Austria. She married Maximilian, Prince and Margrave of Baden (1867–1929), on 10 July, 1900, at Gmunden, Austria, and had issue: | |
| 1 Marie Alexandra Thyra Victoria Louisa Carola Hilda (1902–1944); she married Wolfgang Moritz, Prince of Hesse ( b .1896). | |
| 2 Berthold Friedrich William Carl, Margrave of Baden (1906–1963); he married Theodora ( b .1906), daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, and sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and had issue. | |
| Marie died on 31 January, 1948, at Salem Castle, Germany. | |
| (ii) | George William Christian Albert Edward Alexander Frederick Waldemar Ernest Adolphus |
| He was born on 28 October, 1880, at Gmunden, Austria, and was styled Duke of Armagh. He was killed on 20 May, 1912, in a motor accident at Nackel, Brandenburg, Germany. | |
| (iii) | Alexandra Louise Marie Olga Elizabeth Theresa Vera |
| She was born on 29 September, 1882, at Gmunden, Austria. She married Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1882–1945) on 7 June, 1904, at Gmunden, Austria, and had issue: | |
| 1 Frederick Francis V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ( b .1910); he married Karen Elizabeth ( b .1920), daughter of Walter von Schaper. | |
| 2 Christian Louis, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ( b .1912); he married Barbara ( b .1920), daughter of Prince Sigismund of Prussia, and had issue. | |
| 3 Thyra ( b .1919). | |
| 4 Anastasia ( b .1922); she married Frederick Ferdinand, Prince of Schleswin-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg ( b .1913), and had issue. | |
| Alexandra died on 30 August, 1963, at Glucksburg Castle, Germany. | |
| (iv) | Olga Adelaide Louise Marie Alexandrina Agnes |
| She was born on 11 July, 1884, at Gmunden, Austria, and died on 21 September, 1958, either at Linz, or at Hubertibus, Gmunden, Austria. | |
| (v) | Christian Frederick William George Peter Waldemar |
| He was born on 4 July, 1885, at Gmunden, Austria, and died there on 3 September, 1901. | |
| (vi) | Ernest Augustus Christian George |
| He was born on 17 November, 1887, at Penzing Hall, near Vienna, Austria. He succeeded his father as Duke of Brunswick-Lüneberg on 14 November, 1923. He died on 30 January, 1953, at Marienburg Castle, Hanover, Germany. | |
| Ernest married, on 24 May, 1913, at Berlin, Germany: | |
| Victoria Louise | |
| She was the daughter of William II, Emperor of Germany, by Augusta Victoria, daughter of Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and she was born on 13 September, 1892, at the Marble Palace, Potsdam, Germany. She died in 1980. | |
| Issue of marriage: | |
| 1 Ernest Augustus George William Christian Louis Francis Joseph Nicholas ( b .1914); he married firstly Ortrud (1925–1980), daughter of Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and had issue. He married secondly Monica ( b . 1929), daughter of George Frederick, Duke of Solms-Laubach. | |
| 2 George William Ernest Augustus Frederick Axel ( b .1915); he married Sophia ( b .1914), daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, and sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and had issue. | |
| 3 Frederica Louise Thyra Victoria Margaret Sophia Olga Cecilia Isabella Christa (1917–1981); she married Paul I, King of Greece (1901–1964), and had issue. | |
| 4 Christian Oscar Ernest Augustus William Victor George Henry (1919–1981); he married Mireille ( b .1946), daughter of Armand Dutry, and had issue, although they were divorced in 1976. | |
| 5 Welf Henry Ernest Augustus George Christian Berthold Frederick William Louis Ferdinand ( b .1923); he married Alexandra ( b .1938), daughter of Otto Frederick, Fürst of Ysenburg and Büdingen. |
| (b) | Frederica Sophia Marie Henrietta Amelia Theresa |
| She was born on 9 January, 1848, at Hanover, Germany. She married Liutbert Alexander George Lionel Alphonse, Baron von Pawel-Rammingen (1843–1932), on 24 April, 1880, at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, and had issue: | |
| 1 Victoria Georgina Beatrice Maud Anne, Baroness von Pawel-Rammingen ( b .& d .1881). | |
| Frederica died on 16 October, 1926, at Biarritz, France. | |
| (c) | Mary Ernestine Josephine Adolphine Henrietta Theresa Elizabeth Alexandra |
| She was born on 3 December, 1849, at Hanover, Germany, and died on 4 June, 1904, at Gmunden, Austria, where she was buried. |
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Augustus Frederick
He was born on 27 January, 1773, at Buckingham Palace. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 2 June, 1786, and was created Duke of Sussex, Earl of Inverness and Baron Arklow on 27 November, 1801. He died on 22 April, 1843, at Kensington Palace, London, and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London.
Augustus had the following illegitimate issue:
By Miss Tranter of Windsor:
1 Lucy Beaufoy Tranter; she married Charles George Tranter, and had issue, from whom was descended the actress Dame Anna Neagle.
Augustus married firstly, privately, and in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772, on 4 April, 1793, at the Hotel Sarmiento, Rome, and again on 5 December, 1793, at St George’s Church, Hanover Square, London:
Augusta
She was the daughter of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, by Charlotte, daughter of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway, and she was born on 27 January (?), 1763 (or, less probably, 1768), in London. Her marriage to Augustus was declared null and void by the Arches Court of Canterbury on 14 July, 1794, and again by the Prerogative Court on 3 August, 1794, although she did not separate from Augustus until 1801. She assumed the style ‘Duchess of Sussex’ in 1801. On 13 October, 1806, she assumed instead, by Royal Licence, the surname and title Lady de Ameland. She died on 5 March, 1830, at her house on the East Cliff, Ramsgate, Kent, and was buried in St Lawrence’s Church, Isle of Thanet, Kent.
Issue of marriage:
| (i) | Augustus Frederick |
| He was born on 13 January, 1794, at 16, Lower Berkeley Street, London. He adopted the surname ‘d’Este’, and was knighted. He died on 28 December, 1848, at Ramsgate, Kent, of disseminated sclerosis, and was buried in St Lawrence’s Church, Isle of Thanet, Kent. | |
| (ii) | Augusta Emma |
| She was born on 9 August, 1801, in Grosvenor Street, London, and was styled ‘Mademoiselle d’Este’. She married Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro of Bowes (1782–1855) on 13 August, 1845, in London. She died on 21 May, 1866, at 83, Eaton Square, London, and was buried in St Lawrence’s Church, Isle of Thanet, Kent. |
Augustus married secondly, also privately and in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772, on
c
.2 May, 1831, at Great Cumberland Place, London:
Cecilia Laetitia
She was the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran, by Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Underwood of Dublin, and she was born in 1778, or 1785, or 1788, or 1789. She married firstly Sir George Buggin of Thetford, Norfolk (1760–1825), on 14 May, 1815, at her father’s house in Dover Street, London. She assumed her mother’s maiden surname of Underwood by Royal Licence on 2 May, 1831, the day her second marriage is thought to have taken place. She was created Duchess of Inverness in her own right on 5 April, 1840. She died on 1 August, 1873, at Kensington Palace, London, and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London. There was no issue of the marriage.
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Adolphus Frederick