Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg [SEP] mother
Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg
Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (baptised Victoria Marie Augustine Louise Antoinette Caroline Leopoldine; 8 May 1878 – 14 October 1948) was the eldest daughter of Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt.
Early life.
As a young woman Marie became pregnant by a palace servant. The servant, a married man named Hecht, was responsible for turning off the gas-lights in the bedrooms of the grand ducal children. Several of Marie's cousins, including the
Marie Elisabeth zu Mecklenburg
Marie Elisabeth, Duchess of Mecklenburg (24 March 1646 - 27 April 1713) was a princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In 1712, following the unplanned late pregnancy and ensuing resignation of the formidable incumbent, , Marie Elisabeth became Princess Abbess of Gandersheim Abbey, but she died the next year.
Biography.
Marie Elisabeth was the fourth child from the second marriage of Duke Adolf Frederick I of Mecklenburg. Her mother, Marie Katharina (1616–1665), was the elder daughter of Julius Ernst,