Marie von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Marie von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, around 1880

Marie Karoline Auguste Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (born January 29, 1850 in Rudolstadt ; † April 22, 1922 in The Hague ) was the eldest child of Prince Adolf von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1801–1875) and Princess Mathilde von Schönburg-Waldenburg ( 1826-1914).

In 1868 she married the 45-year-old Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg  [-Schwerin]. She was his third wife and thus became Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg in the Mecklenburg-Schwerin region . After seven children from previous marriages of the Grand Duke, this marriage had four children:

• Elisabeth Alexandrine Mathilde (1869–1955);

⚭ 1896 Grand Duke August of Oldenburg (1852–1931)

• Friedrich Wilhelm (1871-1897)
• Adolf Friedrich (1873–1969)

⚭ 1917 Princess Viktoria Feodora Reuss (1889–1918)

⚭ 1924 Elisabeth zu Stolberg-Roßla (1885–1969), widow of his half-brother Johann Albrecht.

• Heinrich (1876-1934);

⚭ 1901 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880–1962)

From 1872 onwards, her husband sponsored the Marienstift named in honor of Marie's at 29 Prophetenstrasse in Jerusalem , the first children's hospital in Palestine .
When her husband died in 1883, three adult sons and a daughter who was married in Russia from his first marriage and Marie and their four 7 to 13-year-old children survived.

From 1910 on she lived on her widow's residence in Raben Steinfeld with her daughter Elisabeth, the Grand Duchess of Oldenburg, who was refused a return to Oldenburg and was refused access to her children.

In 1922 Marie died in The Hague, where she was staying on the occasion of the 46th birthday of her son Heinrich, the Dutch prince consort. The coffin with the remains was brought from the Palais Noordeinde to the train station, from where it was transferred to Germany.

Web links

Commons : Mary of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature about Grand Duchess Marie in the Landesbibliographie MV