Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Marie Luise Friederike Alexandrine Elisabeth Catharina Duchess of Mecklenburg [- Schwerin ] ( born March 31, 1803 in Ludwig pleasure; † October 26, 1862 in Meiningen, Germany ) was a Duchess of Mecklenburg [- Schwerin ] and by marriage since 1848 Duchess of Saxe- Altenburg.
Life
Marie was a daughter of the Hereditary Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Mecklenburg [- Schwerin ] and his wife, the Grand Duchess Helena Pavlovna, a subsidiary of the Russian Tsar Paul I
Marie married on October 7, 1825 Ludwigslust the then Prince George of Saxony -Hildburghausen. On October 22, the couple moved solemnly in Hildburghausen; which it specially created road is still called by the Princess Marie Street. A year later, George's father, Friedrich Duke of Saxe- Altenburg and the court moved to the new residence. Marie and George were still alive until 1829 at Charlottenburg Palace in Hildburghausen.
After that, the couple lived on Christiansborg castle in Eisenberg. Your apparently happy marriage, described the local Superintendent Klötzner ( about Prince George): [ ... ] in his love for his wife and sons, the pattern of a right family man ".
After moving to Altenburg Marie took over 1848 man the affairs of his brother Joseph, who abdicated as a result of the bourgeois revolution. Marie is the founder of Mary Foundation Women's Association and school work as well as the George -Marie House and the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Society in Altenburg. As a widow, she lived on in Altenburg. To her son Ernst and her granddaughter Marie Friederike the Duchess had a very close relationship.
Progeny
From their marriage, three sons were born, two of whom survived to adulthood:
- Ernst I (1826-1908), Duke of Saxe- Altenburg 1853-1908
- Albrecht (1827-1835), buried in Helenen Paulownen Mausoleum in Ludwigslust
- Moritz (1829-1907)