#duchess woizlawa feodora of mecklenburg-schwerin

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Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1919.

Only daughter of Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (half-brother of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna "The Elder") and Princess Viktoria Feodora Reuss Younger Line.

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Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his only daughter Duchess Woizlawa Feodora, c. 1919.

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Baby Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, later Queen, among her mother's paternal relatives. (July 1938).

From left to right: Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Francis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands holding baby daughter Princess Beatrix, Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Oldenburg, Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duke Frederick Francis IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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Wedding of Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Prince Heinrich I Reuss of Köstritz on 15 September 1939 in Bad Doberan.

Woizlawa was a descendant of Queen Victoria's half-sister, Princess Feodora of Leiningen.

Among her bridemaids were Woizlawa's first cousins once removed, Duchesses Thyra and Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (granddaughters of Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna).

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Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg (1918-2019) as a small child.

She was born just after the abdication of her first cousin Frederick Francis IV of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and the establishment of the Weimar Republic.

Her parents were Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg and Princess Viktoria Feodora Reuss of Schleiz.

Princess Viktoria Feodora died a day after Woizlawa's birth. She was named for Woizlawa, the daughter of Wartislaw I (d. 1135), Duke of Pomerania, and the wife of Pribislav (d. 1178), an Oborite prince and the first duke of Mecklenburg. Her name was an acknowledgement that the House of Mecklenburg, although Germanized over the centuries, was originally of Slavic origins.

At her death at the age of 100, she was the oldest living royal and the oldest living resident of Gorwihl.

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The Confirmation of Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1928.

Back row: Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Francis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duke Frederick Francis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Prince Hubertus of Prussia.

Middle row: Duchess Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia and Prince Olga of Hanover.

Front row: Duchess Anastasia, Duchess Woizlawa Feodora and Duchess Thyra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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Royal Cousins in 1927.

From left to right: Princess Cecilie of Prussia, Duchess Thyra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia and Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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Heinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line and his niece Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, late 1920s.

Heinrich's mother was Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg who was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria's beloved half-sister, Princess Feodora of Leiningen.

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On October 15, 1924, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-schwerin remarried the widow of his half-brother Duke John Albert, Princess Elisabeth of Stolberg-Rossla.

Front row: Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands, Princess Thyra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Oldenburg née Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess Ida of Stolberg-Rossla née Reuss of Greiz, Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen Princess of Lippe.

Middle row: Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Prince Consort of The Netherlands, Princess Juliana of The Netherlands, Grand Duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin née Hanover, Bride Princess Elisabeth of Stolberg-Rossla and Bridegroom Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Crown Princess Cecilie of Germany née Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen Alexandrine of Denmark née Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Back row: Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz.

I could not identify some members.