Name Princess Louise | ||
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Issue Duke AlbertHelene, Duchess of OrleansDuke Magnus Father Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Mother Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt Died January 20, 1816, Ludwigslust, Germany Children Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Parents Landgravine Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Grandchildren Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris Similar People Karl August - Grand Du, Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg‑Schwerin, Ferdinand Philippe - Duke of O, Prince Philippe - Count of, Grand Duchess Elena Pa | ||
Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Karoline Luise; 18 July 1786 – 20 January 1816) was a princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin by virtue of her marriage. She was the daughter of Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and his wife Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt.
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Infancy
Caroline was born at the Stadtschloss in Weimar. She was a princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach by birth. The youngest of three children, her older brother Charles Frederick succeeded their father as Grand Duke in 1828. One of Caroline's nieces was Empress Augusta of Germany, wife of William I, German Emperor.
Hereditary Grand Duchess
On 1 July 1810 she became the second wife of Frederick Ludwig, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The Hereditary Grand Duke had lost his first wife Elena Pavlovna of Russia in September 1804 having died of influenza. Caroline Louise gave her husband three children. Her only daughter married son of Louis Philippe I of the French. She had a loving relationship with her husband.
After the birth of her youngest child, Prince Magnus, her health never recovered and she died aged thirty at the Schloss Ludwigslust. In her deathbed, she suggested her husband to remarry with her cousin Auguste Fredericka, daughter of Frederick V of Hesse-Homburg; they married in April 1818.
Issue
- Albert of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1812–1834) died unmarried.
- Hélène of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814–1858) married Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans and had issue.
- Magnus of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1815–1816) died in infancy.