Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt

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Elisabeth of Anhalt
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Tenure30 May 1904 – 11 June 1914
Born(1857-09-07)7 September 1857
Wörlitz, Anhalt-Dessau
Died20 July 1933(1933-07-20) (aged 75)
Neustrelitz, Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Nazi Germany
Burial25 July 1933
, Mecklenburg
Spouse
Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
(m. 1877; died 1914)
Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Duke Karl Borwin
Names
Elisabeth Marie Friederike Amelie Agnes
HouseAscania
FatherFrederick I, Duke of Anhalt
MotherPrincess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg

Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt (7 September 1857 – 20 July 1933) was the

Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
.

Family and early life

She was born Princess Elisabeth Marie Frederica Amelia Agnes in

Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt, and Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg
. Her nickname in the family was "Elly".

Marriage

.

Elisabeth and Adolf Friedrich had four children:

Later life

Following the death of her father-in-law on the 30 May 1904, she became The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz following her husband's ascension to the throne. After her husband's death in 1914, she was titled Grand Duchess Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, since her mother-in-law was still alive. Only after her death in 1916 that Elisabeth officially became The Dowager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

After the death of her eldest son, Grand Duke Adolf Frederick, in 1918 she inherited the 'hunting castle' of Prilvitz. She died in Neustrelitz on 20 July 1933. After her death, the castle of Prilvitz was inherited by her surviving children, which were her two adult daughters. Only Marie, eldest of these, has descendants who are members of the House of Lippe.

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Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt
Born: 7 September 1857 Died: 20 July 1933
German royalty
Preceded by Grand Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1904–1914
Succeeded by
None
Monarchy abolished in 1918