Christine Margarete of Mecklenburg

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Christine Margarete [1650]

Christine Margarete von Mecklenburg , née Princess von Mecklenburg [-Güstrow] , (born March 3, 1615 in Güstrow , † August 16, 1666 in Wolfenbüttel ) was by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin].

Life

Christine Margarete was the daughter of Johann Albrecht II of Mecklenburg and his first wife (Margarethe) Elisabeth, née Duchess of Mecklenburg [-Gadebusch], daughter of Christoph zu Mecklenburg , born in Güstrow. Her upbringing was influenced by her stepmother Elisabeth . Her siblings were Johann Christoph (1611–1612), Sophie Elisabeth (1613–1676) and Karl Heinrich (1616–1618), who died before she was born . Further siblings emerged from a later marriage between her father and Eleonore Marie von Anhalt-Bernburg . Her father's change of denomination in 1618 from Lutheranism to Calvinism led to family disputes with his brother Adolf Friedrich (1588–1658). The family lived in exile from 1628 to 1632, as Emperor Ferdinand II pledged the duchy to Wallenstein .

Christine Margarete was first married on February 12, 1640 to Duke Franz Albrecht von Sachsen-Lauenburg , who appointed her as sole heir in his will in 1641 when he was commissioned at a Reichstag in Regensburg to set up a new army in Silesia and as imperial field marshal to command. In spring 1642 Franz Albrecht was wounded in a battle near Schweidnitz, was taken prisoner by the Swedes and died. The Stintenburg office remained her widow's residence .

She then married her cousin Duke Christian Ludwig (1623–1692). His father, Duke Adolf Friedrich, had spoken out against this connection because of his niece's denomination, whereupon the Wolfenbüttel Duke August the Younger. J. zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg was used in vain by the emperor as a mediator. The wedding was held in Hamburg in 1650, in the presence of her sister Sophie Elisabeth. Since her younger husband suffered from a lack of money, Christine Margarete signed over her property in Zarrenthin and Stintenburg to him. This override should only be temporary, but Christian Ludwig refused to give her the rights back. In 1652 she therefore left her husband and went to Wolfenbüttel to the court of Duke August. When all attempts to get her back failed, Christian Ludwig applied for a divorce. In 1663 he went to France, where he converted to Catholicism. The Pope was able to annul the marriage and Christian Ludwig married Elisabeth Angélique de Montmorency in 1664 . In the same year the divorce was confirmed by the emperor. Christine Margarete died two years later in Wolfenbüttel and was buried in the main church Beatae Mariae Virginis in Wolfenbüttel.

literature

  • Ludovicus Braun: German Ode, Auff das / Des… Mr. Frantz Albrecht / Hertzogs zu Sachsen… [et] c. And the ... Christina Margaretha / Born Hertzogin zu Meckelnburg ... [et] c. ... Princely Beylager: The same was done on February 12th, 1640. The procession took place in Güstrow . Jäger, Güstrow 1640, OCLC 258108120 (4 pages).
  • Christine Margarethe, Sachsen-Lauenburg Duchess, Christian Ludwig, Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duke: Protestation-Schrifft again the wrongful messi praetendirte other marriage of Mr. Hertzog Christian of Mecklenburg Princel. Pass Wolfenbüttel 1663, OCLC 918068569 (4 pages).
  • Jill Bepler: Christine Margarete, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 143-144 .
  • Collections of the Nobility: Importance, Protection of Cultural Property and the Development of the Welf Collection after 1918 . transcript Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8394-3677-6 , pp. 611–612 ( books.google.de - Christine Margarete Princess of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Duchess of Saxony-Lauenburg Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Jill Bepler: Christine Margarete, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 143-144 .
personal data
SURNAME Christine Margarete of Mecklenburg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Christine Margarete of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Christine Margarethe of Saxe-Lauenburg; Christine Margarete von Mecklenburg-Güstrow (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Mecklenburg
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1615
PLACE OF BIRTH Guestrow
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1666
Place of death Wolfenbüttel