Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Princess consort of Mirow
Born	(1713-08-04)4 August 1713
Died	29 July 1761(1761-07-29) (aged 47)
Spouse	Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg
Issue	See issue link
House	House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz House of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Father	Ernst Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Mother	Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach

Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (4 August 1713 – 29 June 1761) was a Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She served as regent for her son after the death of her spouse.

Biography

Elisabeth Albertine was a daughter of Ernst Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1681 – 1724) and his wife Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach (1683–1742).

On 5 February 1735, Elisabeth was married to Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Herr of Mirow (23 February 1707 – 5 June 1752), the youngest son of Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg, and half-brother to Adolphus Frederick III. They became the parents of ten children.

Following the death of her husband and his older brother in 1753, she ruled Mecklenburg-Strelitz as regent for her 14 year old son under the protection of King George II of Great Britain and Hannover, seeing off challenges from Duke Christian Ludwig II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

She died in 1761, shortly before the marriage of her daughter Sophia Charlotte, and was buried at the royal crypt in Mirow.

Issue

Elisabeth had ten children, including the future Queen Charlotte, consort to King George III of the United Kingdom.

Issue

Name Portrait Lifespan Notes Duchess Christiane 6 December 1735- 31 August 1794 Died unmarried Duchess Caroline 22 December 1736- 22 December 1736 Died in infancy Adolphus Frederick IV Duke of Mecklenburg 5 May 1738- 2 June 1794 Died unmarried Duchess Elisabeth Christine 13 April 1739- 9 April 1741 Died in infancy Duchess Sophie Louise 16 May 1740- 31 January 1742 Died in infancy Charles II Grand Duke of Mecklenburg 10 October 1741- 6 November 1816 Married first Landgravine Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt and had issue; married second Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt and had issue Duke Ernst Gottlob Albert 27 August 1742- 27 January 1814 Died unmarried Sophie Charlotte Queen of the United Kingdom 19 May 1744- 17 November 1818 Married George III of the United Kingdom and had issue; Duke Gotthelf 29 October 1745- 31 October 1745 Died in infancy Duke George Augustus 16 August 1748- 14 November 1785 Died unmarried

Ancestry

Family of Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

16. John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar 8. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha 17. Dorothea Maria of Anhalt 4. Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 18. Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 9. Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg 19. Elisabeth of Brünswick-Wolfenbüttel 2. Ernst Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 20. Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck (= 28) 10. Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck 21. Anna of Baden-Durlach (= 29) 5. Sophie Henrietta of Waldeck-Eisenberg 22. William of Nassau-Hilchenbach (= 30) 11. Elisabeth Charlotte von Nassau-Siegen 23. Christina, Countess of Erbach (= 31) 1. Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen 24. George III, Count of Erbach-Breuberg 12. George Albert I, Count of Erbach 25. Maria of Barby-Mühlingen 6. George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach 26. George of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst 13. Elisabeth Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst 27. Dorothea of Solms-Hohensolms 3. Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach 28. Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck (=20) 14. Philip Dietrich, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg 29. Anna of Baden-Durlach (= 21) 7. Amalia Catherine of Waldeck-Eisenberg 30. William of Nassau-Hilchenbach (= 22) 15. Maria of Nassau-Siegen 31. Christina, Countess of Erbach (= 23)