Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg
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| Duchess Marie Antoinette | |
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| Father | Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg |
| Mother | Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz |
Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, also Manette (Marie Antoinette Margarethe Mathilde; 28 May 1884 – 26 October 1944) was the Duchess of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin by birth and potential bride for King Alfonso XIII of Spain
.
Early life
Marie Antoinette was born in
Duke Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1882–1904), Duchess Maria Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1883–1883), Duke Heinrich Borwin of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1885–1942), and Duke Joseph of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1889–1889).[1]
Biography
She had a difficult relationship with her cousin
lady in waiting Baroness Antonia Pilars de Pilar. During World War I
from 1914 to 1918 they both served in several military hospitals as red cross ladies.
Potential bride for the King of Spain
She was German Kaiser
Edward VII.[2]
Death
She died on 26 October 1944 in Bled, Yugoslavia. She was the last of her siblings to die.
Honours
Mecklenburg: Dame's Decoration of the House Order of the Wendish Crown, in Diamonds[3]
Ancestry
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References
- ^ https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00015281&tree=LEO
- ^ Pilapil, Vicente R. (1969). "Alfonso XIII".
- ^ Grossherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinscher Staatskalendar, 1908, p. 3
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