Name Princess of | House House of Ascania | |
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Tenure 30 May 1904 - 11 June 1914 Born 7 September 1857
Worlitz, Anhalt ( 1857-09-07 ) Issue Marie, Princess Julius Ernst of Lippe
Jutta, Crown Princess of Montenegro
Adolf Friedrich VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Duke Karl Borwin Father Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt Mother Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg Died July 20, 1933, Neustrelitz, Germany Spouse Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (m. 1877) Children Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg Parents Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg Grandchildren Prince Ernst August of Lippe | ||
Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt (7 September 1857 – 20 July 1933) was the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1904 to 1914 as the spouse of Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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Family
She was born Princess Elisabeth Marie Frederica Amelia Agnes in Wörlitz, the third child of Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg. Her nickname in the family was "Elly".
Marriage
On April 17, 1877 Elisabeth became the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz when she married the then Hereditary Grand Duke, Adolf Friedrich in Dessau.
Elisabeth and Adolf Friedrich had four children:
Later life
Following the death of her father-in-law on the 30 May 1904, she became the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz following her husband's ascension to the throne.
Adolf Friederich died in 1914, making Elisabeth the Dowager Duchess.
After the death of her eldest son, Grand Duke Adolf Frederick, in 1918 she inherited the 'hunting castle' of Prilvitz.
She died in Neustrelitz on 20 July 1933.
When she died, her castle of Prilvitz was inherited by her surviving children, which were her two adult daughters. Only Marie, elder of these, has progeny to the present day (such as, a sideline of princes zur Lippe)