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Queen Mary's German family.

Hereditary Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and his mother, Grand Duchess Elisabeth, 1900s.

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Royal Birthdays for today, June 17th:

Edward I, King of England, 1239

John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, 1604

Gauharara Begum, Mughal Princess, 1631

Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682

Sophie of Württemberg, Queen of the Netherlands, 1818

Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg, 1863

Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1882

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#OnThisDay 1st 📸 - Year 1473, Death of Arnold, Duke of Guelders, was Duke of Guelders, Count of Zutphen. 2nd 📸 - Year 1554, Death of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, an English courtier and nobleman of the Tudor period. He was the father of Lady Jane Grey, known as "the Nine Days' Queen". 3rd 📸 - Year 1918, Death of Adolphus Frederick VI, the last reigning grand duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. #HistoryofRoyals #RoyalHistory #DeathAnniversary #Arnold #DukeofGuelders #HenryGrey #DukeofSuffolk #AdolphusFrederickVI #GrandDuke #Monarchy #europeanroyalties https://www.instagram.com/p/CLpKF6enLz6/?igshid=1qpv9hbm9d2w4

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Aside from Prince Rudolf (maybe) has there ever been a royal suicide?

Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Avantibai

Chimalpopoca

Dyah Pitaloka Citraresmi

Dipendra of Nepal

Rani Durgavati

Ernst Leopold Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha

Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen

Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti

Grigore Alexandru Ghica

Prince Joachim of Prussia

Khurshid of Tabaristan

Prince Kinashi no Karu

Ludwig II of Bavaria

Princess Margarita of Leiningen

Masalanabo Modjadji

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Ali-Reza Pahlavi

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Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria

Prince Sawara

Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Tewodros II

Tishyaraksha

Yukhon

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Adolphus Frederick VI (17 June 1882 – 23 February 1918) was the last reigning grand duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

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Hereditary Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and his first born son, little Duke Adolphus Frederick, c. 1882.

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Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick VI of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, mids 1910s.

First cousin once removed to Queen Mary of the United Kingdom.

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Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and her brother, Duke Adolphus Frederick, late 1880s.

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Grandchildren of Grand Duchess Augusta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen Mary's aunt) and court officials in front of Neustrelitz court chapel, mids 1890s.

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Royal Family from the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, mids 1890s.

From left to right: Duchess Marie, Duke Carl Borwin, Hereditary Grand Duchess Elisabeth, Duchess Jutta, Hereditary Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick and Hereditary Prince Adolphus Frederick.

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Hereditary Prince Adolphus Frederick (1882-1918) and younger brother, Duke Carl Borwin of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1888-1908). Mids 1890s.

The tragic fate of Queen Mary's cousins!

Carl Borwin's eldest sister Marie had married Count Georg Maurice Jametel (1859–1944) in a morganatic marriage in 1899. In the early years of their marriage, the couple lived alternately in London and in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Île-de-France. They had been separated since 1906. When the love affair between her husband and Princess Maria Eulalia of Bourbon-Montpensier became public, Marie filed for divorce in 1908.

In August of the same year, nineteen-year-old Carl Borwin, who was stationed at the war school in Metz at the time, challenged Count Jametel to a duel in August of the same year in order to defend the honor of his sister and the Grand Ducal house. He was fatally injured in the duel that took place on August 24 near Metz.

Carl Borwin was buried on August 31, 1908 in the new crypt of the Mirow Palace Church. Contrary to the tradition of the grand ducal house, there was no burial; the coffin had already been locked in Metz and was brought directly to Mirow. His cause of death was obscured, which gave rise to speculation. Even today, the duke's suicide is being discussed, "after a drunken ensign had disparagingly said about his sisters."

In 1918, the New York Times reported that Carl Borwin had been killed in a car accident. Officially, he had died after a short, severe, insidious illness. Carl Borwin's death deepened the dynastic problems of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and increased the pressure on the as yet unmarried hereditary Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick, who (probably) died 10 years later by suicide.

Source: Mecklenburg-Strelitz.org

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Hereditary Prince Adolphus Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1882-1918). Mids 1890s.

Queen Mary was Adolphus Frederick's first cousin once removed as he was a great-grandson of Grand Duchess Augusta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz née Princess Augusta of Cambridge, who was Queen Mary's aunt.

Source: Mecklenburg-Strelitz.org

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Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg (1898-1984),late 1910s.

Marie Antoinette was born at Großharthau, Kingdom of Saxony, the first child of Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg (1860–1926), and his wife, Princess Alexandra of Anhalt (1868–1958).

Among her first cousins were Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt, Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick VI of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Crown Princess Milica of Montenegro.

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Royal Birthdays for today, June 17th:

Edward I, King of England, 1239

John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, 1604

Gauharara Begum, Mughal Princess, 1631

Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682

Sophie of Württemberg, Queen of the Netherlands, 1818

Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg, 1863

Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1882

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Queen Mary's relative

Hereditary Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, later Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick VI, 1900s.