Mother Maria of Mecklenburg Died April 13, 1748 | Name Duchess Caroline | |
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Born 12 July 1694 ( 1694-07-12 ) Issue Friedrich II, Duke of Mecklenburg-SchwerinDuke LouisDuchess Ulrike SofieDuchess LuiseDuchess Amalie Father Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg Spouse Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (m. 1714–1748) Parents Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Children Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Grandchildren Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Grandparents Adolf Frederick I, Duke 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.
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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. 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: