Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg

Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg
Duchess Woizlawa Feodora
Princess Reuss of Köstritz
Spouse Prince Heinrich I Reuss of Köstritz
Issue
Princess Feodora
Prince Heinrich VIII
Prince Heinrich IX
Prince Heinrich X
Prince Heinrich XIII
Prince Heinrich XV
House House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
House of Reuss
Father Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mother Princess Viktoria Feodora Reuss of Schleiz
Born 17 December 1918 (1918-12-17) (age 92)
Rostock, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Religion Lutheranism
Grand Ducal Family of Mecklenburg
Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg

v · House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Since there are no males left in the family, the house is considered extinct due to the Salic law of succession.

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Early life

Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg was born at Rostock, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 17 December 1918, just after the aboliton and abdication of her first cousin Frederick Francis IV to the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and the establishment of the Weimar Republic. Her parents were Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg and Princess Victoria Feodora Reuss of Schleiz. Her father was the seventh son of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823–1883) by his third wife Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1850–1922). Her mother Princess Victoria Feodora died a day after her birth.

She is first cousin of:

Juliana's Wedding

Invitation

Preparations for the wedding of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands's only child Crown Princess Juliana to the German Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld were underway in the 1937 when a small diplomatic scandal occurred.

The affair was the result of Wilhelmina's opinion that the wedding be a family affair; consequently, she did not invite foreign royalty unless she was personally familiar with them.[1] As a result, Juliana’s chosen bridesmaids were either her relatives or family friends. These included Woizlawa herself (being first cousins), Duchess Thyra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (her second cousin), Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia (her first cousin once removed), Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (her second cousin), and two of Bernhard’s sisters, among others.[1]

Marriage and family

On 15 September 1939 in Bad Doberan Woizlawa married, Prince Heinrich I Reuss of Köstritz elder son of Prince Heinrich XXXIV Reuss of Köstritz.[2] They had six children (one daughter and five sons).[3]

  • Princess Feodora Reuss of Köstritz (b. 5 February 1942)
  • Prince Heinrich VIII Reuss of Köstritz (b. 30 August 1944)
  • Prince Heinrich IX Reuss of Köstritz (b. 30 June 1947)
  • Prince Heinrich X Reuss of Köstritz (b. 28 July 1948)
  • Prince Heinrich XIII Reuss of Köstritz (b. 4 December 1951)
  • Prince Heinrich XV Reuss of Köstritz (b. 9 October 1956)

She is one of the only remaining members of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, after her cousins (twice-removed), Donata and Edwina.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b "Bridesmaids of Royal Nuptial Announced With Dinner Dates", The Washington Post (The Hague), 22 December 1936 
  2. ^ C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 344. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.
  3. ^ C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings, volume 1, page 345.

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