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Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of Prussia, Solms-Braunfels & Great Britain, Queen of Hanover (1778-1841)

Historical FiguresLived 1778 to 1841 · aged 63

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Languages27

Peak2000s

In century#1,824

Also inDeutsch

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Princess Frederica of Prussia with her sister Louise in 1795.

Portrait, late 1830s.

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SpousePrince Louis Charles of Prussia

SpousePrince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels

SpouseErnest Augustus, King of Hanover

FatherKarl II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

MotherLandgravine Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

ChildPrince Friedrich of Prussia

ChildPrincess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia

ChildPrince Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels

ChildPrincess Auguste of Solms-Braunfels

ChildPrince Carl of Solms-Braunfels

ChildGeorg V of Hanover

ChildFrederica Hanover

SiblingDuchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

SiblingDuchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

SiblingLouise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

SiblingDuke Charles of Mecklenburg

SiblingGeorge, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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About this person

Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Queen of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1841 as the wife of King Ernest Augustus. She was a German princess who married successively Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels, and her first cousin Ernest Augustus. Through her 1815 marriage to Ernest, then Duke of Cumberland, Frederica became a British princess and Duchess of Cumberland. Ernest was the fifth son and eighth child of Queen Charlotte and King George III of the United Kingdom, Frederica's paternal aunt and her husband.