Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | |||||
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Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |||||
Tenure | 24 April 1785 – 1 January 1808 | ||||
Born | Roda, Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | 9 March 1756||||
Died | 1 January 1808 Schloss Ludwigslust, Ludwigslust, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | (aged 51)||||
Spouse | Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg | ||||
Issue |
Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Louise Charlotte, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Duke Gustav Wilhelm Duke Karl Charlotte Frederica, Hereditary Princess of Denmark Duke Adolf | ||||
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House | Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | ||||
Father | Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | ||||
Mother | Countess Louise Reuss of Schleiz |
Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ( German: Luise, Prinzessin von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg; 9 March 1756 – 1 January 1808) was Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin through her marriage to Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, Louise was also a member of the House of Mecklenburg.
Louise was the fourth and youngest child of Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Countess Louise Reuss of Schleiz. [1] After the death of her mother in 1773, both she and her older sister Augusta inherited the title of co-Countess of Limpurg-Gaildorf as one of the several heirs of William Henry, Schenk of Limpurg zu Gaildorf (d. 1690 without surviving male issue). [2] Both sisters retained their portions of the Limpurg-Gaildorf inheritance (1/4 of Amt Gaildorf and 1/16 of the town of Gaildorf) until 1780, when they sold their share to Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. [2]
In Gotha on 1 June 1775, [1] Louise married Frederick Francis, Hereditary Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, eldest child and only son of Duke Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his wife Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. They had six children: [1]
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Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | |||||
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Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |||||
Tenure | 24 April 1785 – 1 January 1808 | ||||
Born | Roda, Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | 9 March 1756||||
Died | 1 January 1808 Schloss Ludwigslust, Ludwigslust, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | (aged 51)||||
Spouse | Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg | ||||
Issue |
Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Louise Charlotte, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Duke Gustav Wilhelm Duke Karl Charlotte Frederica, Hereditary Princess of Denmark Duke Adolf | ||||
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House | Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | ||||
Father | Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | ||||
Mother | Countess Louise Reuss of Schleiz |
Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ( German: Luise, Prinzessin von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg; 9 March 1756 – 1 January 1808) was Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin through her marriage to Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, Louise was also a member of the House of Mecklenburg.
Louise was the fourth and youngest child of Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Countess Louise Reuss of Schleiz. [1] After the death of her mother in 1773, both she and her older sister Augusta inherited the title of co-Countess of Limpurg-Gaildorf as one of the several heirs of William Henry, Schenk of Limpurg zu Gaildorf (d. 1690 without surviving male issue). [2] Both sisters retained their portions of the Limpurg-Gaildorf inheritance (1/4 of Amt Gaildorf and 1/16 of the town of Gaildorf) until 1780, when they sold their share to Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. [2]
In Gotha on 1 June 1775, [1] Louise married Frederick Francis, Hereditary Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, eldest child and only son of Duke Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his wife Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. They had six children: [1]
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