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Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg (born 11 March 1956) is the senior remaining member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.Since there are no males left in the family, the Schwerin branch itself is considered extinct due to the Salic law of succession, leaving Mecklenburg-Strelitz as the only remaining line of the House of Mecklenburg.
The House of Mecklenburg, also known as Nikloting, is a North German dynasty of Polabian origin that ruled until 1918 in the Mecklenburg region, being among the longest-ruling families of Europe. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1909–2004), former Queen of the Netherlands (1948–1980), was an agnatic member of this house.
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Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg (b. 11 March 1956), married Alexander von Solodkoff and had issue: [4] Thyra von Solodkoff (b.1989) Alix von Solodkoff (b.1992) Niklos-Alexis von Solodkoff (b.1994) Duchess Edwina of Mecklenburg (b. 25 September 1960), married Konrad von Posern and had issue. [4] Ludwig Leopold Bernhard Georg Maria von Posern (b.1996)
Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was born on 8 May 1878 in Neustrelitz. She was the eldest child and daughter of Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt. Nearly a month after her birth, Duchess Marie was christened into the Lutheran church on 2 June at the Carolinenpalais in Neustrelitz. [1]
The rulers of Mecklenburg were styled Duke of (from 1815 Grand Duke of) Mecklenburg, Prince of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, and Count of Schwerin, Lord of the Lands of Rostock and Stargard (Herzog zu / Großherzog von Mecklenburg, Fürst zu Wenden, Schwerin und Ratzeburg, auch Graf zu Schwerin, der Lande Rostock und Stargard Herr). [5]
Duchess Woizlawa Feodore Elise Marie Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born at Rostock, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 17 December 1918, just after the abdication of her first cousin Frederick Francis IV of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, after the November Revolution, the expulsion of Kaiser Wilhelm II, and the proclamation of the Republic on 9 November 1918.
After her first husband's death in 1920, Elisabeth remarried to his half-brother, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, at Ludwigslust in Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Although this marriage also remained childless, she became stepmother to Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg , who at the age of 100 , was the oldest living royal and ...