Christina Sophia Albertina of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ( German: Christina Sophia Albertina von Mecklenburg-Strelitz ; December 6, 1735–31 August 1794) is a German princess from the Mecklenburg-Strelitz dynasty. Lady of the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Catherine .
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Biography
Princess Christina was born on December 6, 1735 in the Castle of the Worlds and was the eldest daughter of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz duke Karl and his wife Elizabeth Albertina , Princess Saxe-Gildburggauzensky. Her younger sister, Sophia Charlotte, became the wife of King George III of England (1760-1820). Thus, Christina was a maternal aunt to Kings George IV (1820–1830) and William IV (1830–1837).
After the death of her father in 1752, Christina, her brothers and sisters grew up and were educated under the guidance of their mother in the castle of the Worlds. In 1760, Christina and her sister were placed at Herford Abbey . In 1761, when the English king George III decided to marry, Christina's candidacy was rejected by age (the princess was 25 years old). The choice fell on her younger sister - 17-year-old Sofia Charlotte. At this time, relations arose between Princess Christine and the Scottish aristocrat John Ker, the third Duke of Roxburgh (1740-1804), who was engaged in organizing the marriage of the king. The marriage between the princess and the duke could have taken place with the permission of her brother, Duke Adolf Friedrich , but this permission did not follow, because etiquette did not allow the sister of the Queen of England to be the wife of one of her subjects. Neither Christina nor the Duke of Roxburgh have ever entered into a marriage. Until the marriage of the brother of Duke Karl and Princess Frederic of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1768, Princess Christina remained the first lady of Mecklenburg-Strelitz .
Princess Christina spent her whole life at the court of her brothers Adolf Friedrich and Charles II and died on August 31, 1794. She was buried in the St. John’s Church of Mirow [1] .
Rewards
- On January 13, 1766, Princess Christina was awarded the Order of St. Catherine of 1 degree [2] .
In the literature
Kristina acts as one of the heroines of the historical novel by Jean Playdy "George the Third" (1969).