Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Charlotte Friederike, Duchess of Mecklenburg [- Schwerin ], also: Charlotte, Duchess ... ( born December 4, 1784 in Ludwig pleasure; † July 13, 1840 in Rome, Campo Santo ± Teutonico ) was Duchess of Mecklenburg from the line of Mecklenburg- Schwerin and first wife of the future King Christian VIII of Denmark.

Life

Charlotte Friederike was the youngest daughter of Duke Friedrich Franz I of Mecklenburg and his wife Louise of Saxe-Gotha -Altenburg.

On June 21, 1806 she was married to Louis lust with her ​​cousin, Prince Christian of Denmark. He was the son of the Hereditary Prince Frederick of Denmark and her aunt, Duchess Sophie Friederike of Mecklenburg. The marriage was in 1808 a surviving child out, later King Frederik VII The following year, the couple separated after an affair of Charlotte Friedrike with the court musician Jean Baptiste Édouard Du Puy. ; They were divorced on 31 March 1810.

Charlotte were banished after Altona, later to Jutland before in Vicenza became a Catholic in 1830. You could be the beginning of 1833 in Rome down, led a salon that was well attended and cared mainly about Danes in Rome.

Charlotte Friederike died in Rome after a long illness and was buried in the Campo Santo Teutonico in a fourfold coffin. Her grave is adorned with a peace angel that has been created by Jens Adolf Jerichau.

Her brother, Prince Adolf of Mecklenburg was in 1818 became Catholic.