Issue Duchess Anna Name Princess of | Children Duchess Anna | |
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Tenure 4 July 1864 – 16 April 1865 Born 25 May 1843
Bessungen, Grand Duchy of Hesse ( 1843-05-25 ) House House of Hesse-Darmstadt (by birth)
House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(by marriage) Father Prince Karl of Hesse and by Rhine Mother Princess Elizabeth of Prussia Died April 16, 1865, Schwerin, Germany Spouse Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (m. 1864) Parents Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, Princess Elisabeth of Prussia Grandparents Princess Wilhelmine of Baden Similar People Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse, Louis IV - Grand Duke of H, Frederick Francis III - Grand Du, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia | ||
Princess Anna of Hesse and by the Rhine, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine (German: Prinzessin Anna von Hessen und bei Rhein; 25 May 1843 – 16 April 1865) was the consort and second wife of Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
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- Princess Anna of Hesse and by the Rhine Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Schwerin
- Early life
- Marriage
- Death
- Titles and styles
- References
Early life
Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, third child and only daughter of Prince Karl of Hesse and by Rhine, and his wife, Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, was born at Bessungen, Grand Duchy of Hesse. Her paternal grandfather was Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Her mother was a granddaughter of King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia.
Her eldest brother, Ludwig, married in 1862 to Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria.
Marriage
As a young girl, Anna was considered as a possible bride for the future Edward VII (known as 'Bertie' to his family). While his mother, Victoria, was in favor of Anna, Bertie's elder sister was opposed to the match, as she believed Anna had a "disturbing twitch". As time went by however, Victoria grew increasingly impatient, and tried to ignore her daughter's hints that Anna was not suitable, declaring, "I am much pleased with the account of Princess Anna, (minus the twitching)". In the end, Alexandra of Denmark was chosen instead.
On 4 July 1864 in Darmstadt, Anna married Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin son of Paul Friedrich, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. (Friedrich Franz's first wife, Princess Augusta of Reuss-Köstritz, had died in 1862.) Together they had one daughter:
Death
Anna died of puerperal fever a week later after giving birth to her only daughter. She was buried at the Schwerin Cathedral. Her husband remarried to Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, and fathered by her Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, consort of Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.