Anna of Hessen-Darmstadt
Maria Anna Wilhelmine Elisabeth Mathilde of Hesse and the Rhine (* May 25, 1843 in Darmstadt , † April 16, 1865 in Schwerin ) was a princess of Hesse and the Rhine and by marriage Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin .
Life
Anna was the only daughter of Prince Karl of Hesse and the Rhine (1809–1877) from his marriage to Elisabeth (1815–1885), daughter of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia . She was a sister of the Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and the Rhine .
Anna married Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on May 12, 1864 in Darmstadt . It was the Grand Duke's second marriage after his first wife Auguste died of tuberculosis in 1862. The Grand Duke had met the princess while attending the Frankfurt Prince's Day and felt reminded of his first wife by her pious and shy demeanor. Through this marriage Anna became the stepmother of the four surviving children from Friedrich Franz II's first marriage.
Anna died a year after the marriage at the age of 21 of puerperal fever after the birth of her only child. The Grand Duchess is buried in the Schwerin Cathedral .
progeny
- Anna Elisabeth Auguste Alexandrine (April 7, 1865 - February 8, 1882)
ancestors
| Ludwig I Grand Duke of Hesse (1753–1830) | |||||||||||||
| Ludwig II. Grand Duke of Hesse (1777–1848) | |||||||||||||
| Luise Henriette Karoline of Hessen-Darmstadt (1761–1829) | |||||||||||||
| Karl of Hessen-Darmstadt (1809–1877) | |||||||||||||
| Karl Ludwig von Baden (1755–1801) | |||||||||||||
| Wilhelmine of Baden (1788–1836) | |||||||||||||
| Amalie of Hessen-Darmstadt (1754–1832) | |||||||||||||
| Anna of Hessen-Darmstadt | |||||||||||||
| Friedrich Wilhelm II. King of Prussia (1744–1797) | |||||||||||||
| Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783-1851) | |||||||||||||
| Friederike Luise of Hessen-Darmstadt (1751–1805) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth of Prussia (1815–1885) | |||||||||||||
| Friedrich V Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1748–1820) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Anna of Hessen-Homburg (1785–1846) | |||||||||||||
| Caroline of Hessen-Darmstadt (1746–1821) | |||||||||||||
Note: What is striking about this family tree is the fact that there were many inter-family marriages among her grandparents and great-grandparents. That is why the Hessen-Darmstadt company is represented there disproportionately often.
literature
- Ludwig von Hirschfeld: Friedrich Franz II., Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and his predecessors , Duncker & Humblot, 1891
- K. Schröder: Friedrich Franz II. In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 49, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, pp. 96-116.
Web links
- Literature about Anna von Hessen-Darmstadt in the state bibliography MV
- http://www.emecklenburg.de/Niklot/i0160.htm
- http://www.harry-siegert.de/html/frauen_und_strassen.html
- http://amtspresse.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/vollvergleich.php?file=9838247%2F1865%2F1865-04-26.xml&s=2
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Anna Grand Duchess of. Hessian biography. (As of February 8, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hessen-Darmstadt, Anna von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anna of Hessen-Darmstadt, Anne of Hessen and the Rhine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1865 |
| Place of death | Schwerin |