Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg

Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg
Crown Princess of Denmark
Born	(1821-01-10)10 January 1821 Neustrelitz
Died	1 June 1876(1876-06-01) (aged 55) Neustrelitz
Spouse	Frederick VII of Denmark
Names Caroline Charlotte Marianne
House	House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz House of Oldenburg
Father	George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
Mother	Princess Marie of Hesse-Cassel
Religion	Lutheranism

Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg (10 January 1821 – 1 June 1876) was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz who became The Crown Princess of Denmark as the second spouse of the future king Frederick VII of Denmark.

Biography

Duchess Caroline Charlotte Marianne of Mecklenburg, was born in Neustrelitz, the daughter of George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, and his consort Princess Marie of Hesse-Cassel. She was married to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederick, heir apparent to the Danish throne, in Neustrelitz on 10 June 1841. In Denmark, she was always known as Princess Mariane.

Very early on, the marriage proved to be a very unhappy one, due in large part to The Crown Prince's bad temperament, execessive drinking and shameless womanizing. Princess Mariane, who was described as incurably shy and nervous, lacked the ability to serve as a calming influence over her consort. After a visit to her parents in Germany in 1844, Mariane refused to return to Denmark. The divorce was completed in 1846. Following the divorce, Mariane, who retained her title, lived a quiet life in Neustrelitz. She rarely ever mentioned her former spouse, except for when Danish visitors were in the area to which she remark: He was much too bizarre!

She died quietly in Neustrelitz in 1876.

Titles and styles

• Her Highness Duchess Caroline of Mecklenburg, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
• Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Denmark
• Her Royal Highness Princess Mariane of Denmark

Ancestry

Family of Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg

16. Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 8. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow 17. Princess Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 4. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 18. Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 9. Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen 19. Countess Sophie Albertine of Erbach-Erbach 2. George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 20. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 10. Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt 21. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg 5. Landgravine Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt 22. Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (=#30) 11. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg 23. Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim (=#31) 1. Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 24. William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 12. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 25. Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz 6. Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel 26. George II of Great Britain 13. Princess Mary of Great Britain 27. Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach 3. Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel 28. Karl, Prince of Nassau-Usingen 14. Karl Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau-Usingen 29. Princess Christiane Wilhelmine of Saxe-Eisenach 7. Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen 30. Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (=#22) 15. Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg 31. Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim (=#23)

References

• bo Bramsen : Ferdinand og Caroline, Politikens Förlag, Köpenhamn (1969) (In Danish)