Feodora Reuss younger line
Victoria Feodora, Princess Reuss younger line , also Viktoria Feodora , full name Victoria Feodora Agnes Leopoldine Elisabeth (born April 21, 1889 in Potsdam , † December 18, 1918 in Rostock ) was a princess from the Reuss family ( younger line ) and by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg.
Life
Feodora was the eldest daughter of Prince Heinrich XXVII. (Reuss younger line) and his wife Elise, geb. Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Heinrich XLV. (Reuss younger line) was her youngest brother.
On April 24, 1917, she married Duke Adolf Friedrich zu Mecklenburg in Gera . Their wedding was the last princely wedding at Osterstein Castle . She died on December 18, 1918, one day after the birth of her daughter Woizlawa-Feodora, and was buried in the Pribislaw Chapel in the Doberan Minster . It was the last burial in the cathedral.
The listed Villa Feodora on Stülower Weg in Bad Doberan , which Adolf Friedrich bought in 1924 and where he and his family lived until 1945, is named after her .
literature
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 2709 .
Web links
- Literature about Feodora Reuss younger line in the state bibliography MV
- Archival document of the month: The last princely wedding in the ruling house of Mecklenburg
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Andreas Röpcke: Duke Adolf Friedrich and Princess Feodora. The last princely wedding at Osterstein Castle. In: Katrin Beger, Dagmar Blaha, Frank Boblenz , Johannes Mötsch (eds.): “The oldest preserved with loyalty, the new in a friendly way”. Festschrift for Volker Wahl for his 65th birthday. Thuringian Archives Association, Rudolstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-024781-1 , pp. 491–503.
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| SURNAME | Reuss younger line, Feodora |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reuss, Feodora princess; Reuss, Victoria Feodora Princess; Reuss, Viktoria Feodora Princess; Reuss, Victoria Feodora Agnes Leopoldine Elisabeth (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess from the Reuss family (younger line) and by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1918 |
| Place of death | Rostock |