Name Duchess Louise | ||
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Issue Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-AltenburgPrince Albrecht FrederickPrince Moritz House House of MecklenburgHouse of Saxe-Altenburg Children Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg Parents Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Grandchildren Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Similar People Grand Duchess Elena Pa, Ernst I - Duke of Saxe‑Altenburg, Augusta of Saxe‑Weimar‑Eisenach, Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg‑Schwerin | ||
Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (German: Herzogin Marie Luise Friederike Alexandrine Elisabeth Charlotte Catherine Mecklenburg-Schwerin; 31 March 1803 – 26 October 1862) was daughter of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and consort of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.
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Early life
Marie Louise was born at Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, second child and first daughter of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778–1819), (son of Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg) and his wife, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (1784–1803), (daughter of Paul I of Russia and Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg).
Marriage
Marie Louise married 7 October 1825 at Ludwigslust to Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1796–1853), son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and his wife, Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
They had three children:
- Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (b. Hildburghausen, 16 September 1826 – d. Altenburg, 7 February 1908); married Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau.
- Prince Albrecht Frederick August (b. Hildburghausen, 31 October 1827 – d. Ludwigslust, 28 May 1835).
- Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (b. Eisenberg, 24 October 1829 – d. Arco, Italy, 13 May 1907); married Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen.