Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Louise was born on May 17, 1824 in Ludwigslust . ^[1] She was the second child and the only daughter in the family of Crown Prince Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Paul Friedrich, and his wife Alexandrina Prusskaya . The girl had an older brother, Friedrich Franz , three years later, the youngest appeared - Wilhelm . There was a family in Ludwigslust, the then capital of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. My father was a military man and spent most of his time at maneuvers. Mother cared about raising children, trying to educate them with cultured, educated people.

The ruler of the country at that time was Louise's great-grandfather, Friedrich Franz I. In 1837, he died, and Paul Friedrich inherited the throne. The family moved to Schwerin, which restored the status of the main city, and settled in the Old Castle. Five years later, his father died after catching a cold during a fire, and Louise’s elder brother, Friedrich Franz , became the Grand Duke.

At the age of 25, the princess married the 26-year-old Prince Hugh zu Windisch-Gretz . The wedding took place on October 20, 1849 in Ludwigslust. Two weeks later, Friedrich Franz joined his fate with Augustus Reiss-Kestritskaya .

The couple had four children:

• Alexandrina (1850-1933) - died unmarried, had no children;
• Olga (1853–1934) - the spouse of the Venetian aristocrat, Count Andrea Mocenigo, had an only daughter;
• Hugo (1854-1920) - was married to Christine Aursperberg, had twelve children;
• Mary (1856–1929), wife of Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , had three sons and two daughters.

Louise died after a short-term illness in Venice in the spring of 1859, three years after the birth of her youngest daughter. On March 21, after the service carried out by the Ljubljana rector Ludwig Theodor Erz , the princess was buried in the Wagensberg castle , which belonged to the Windis -Gretz family.

Spouse entered into a second marriage with Matilda Radziwill , died in 1904.

• Theodor Elze: Reide bei der Beisetzung der Leiche Ihrer Hoheit Luise Fürstin von Windischgrätz, Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, auf Schloss Wagensberg den 21. März 1859. Laibach: Kleinmayr & Bamberg 1859

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