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Name
  
Duchess of


Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Born
  
11 November 1923 Gelbensande, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (
1923-11-11
)

Died
  
25 January 1979(1979-01-25) (aged 55) Hamburg, West Germany

Spouse
  
Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Issue
  
Princess Elisabeth Princess Irene Princess Margaretha Princess Sibylla

House
  
House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Father
  
Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Mother
  
Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland

Duchess Anastasia Alexandrine Cecile Marie Luise Wilhelmine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Full German name: Anastasia Alexandrine Cecile Marie Luise Wilhelmine Herzogin zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin), (11 November 1923, Gelbensande, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Weimar Republic – 25 January 1979, Hamburg, West Germany). Anastasia was the youngest child and youngest daughter of Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his wife Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland.

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Marriage and issue

Anastasia married Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, youngest son of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and his wife Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg and Büdingen, on 1 September 1943 at Willigrad bei Schwerin. Friedrich Ferdinand and Anastasia had four daughters:

  • Princess Elisabeth Marie Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (10 September 1945) she married Prince Ferdinand Heinrich of Isenburg-Budingen-Wachtersbach on 2 January 1975. They have two sons:
  • Prince Johann Georg of Isenburg-Budingen-Wachtersbach (8 July 1976) he married Stefanie Bittner on 4 June 2010. They have one daughter:
  • Princess Anna Carolina of Isenburg-Budingen-Wachtersbach (8 January 2010)
  • Prince Ludwig Ferdinand Wittekind Heinrich Friedrich-August Joachim of Isenburg-Budingen-Wachtersbach (6 February 1979) he married Chantal Toelle on 2 October 2010
  • Princess Irene Olga Adelheid of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 11 October 1946)
  • Princess Margaretha Friederike Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 10 February 1948)
  • Princess Sibylla Ursula Ortrude of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (11 September 1955) she married Dieter Franz on 25 October 1980. They have three children:
  • Frithjof Franz (born 22 April 1981)
  • Johanna Franz (born 10 March 1983)
  • Philipp Franz (born 1 April 1986)

    • Titles and styles

  • 11 November 1923 – 1 September 1943: Her Highness Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  • 1 September 1943 – 25 January 1979: Her Highness Princess Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

    • References

    Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Wikipedia
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