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3 days ago · Duke Friedrich Franz was the heir apparent to the throne of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, which his father abdicated on 14 November 1918. He was the eldest son of the reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Frederick Francis IV , and his wife Princess Alexandra of Hanover , a daughter of the Crown Prince of Hanover .
Oct 6, 2024 · That great-grandfather was Duke Heinrich zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin, son of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II and his third wife Princess Marie von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. He was born in Schwerin in 1876. During a visit to family at Schwarzbburg Castle he in 1900 met the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina.
2 days ago · Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; [1] 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. As such, he was consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. Victoria granted him the title Prince Consort in 1857.
Sep 20, 2024 · 1901 – Marriage of Queen Wilhelmina and Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. 1937 – Princess Juliana marries Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, a German prince. 1940 – Germany invades the Netherlands and the royal family seeks refuge in England on the HMS Hereward
Oct 7, 2024 · One of his sons was the famous general Henry de Nassau, Lord of Overkirk, King William III's Master of the Horse, and one of the most trusted generals of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. His descendants became the Earls of Grantham in England.
Oct 6, 2024 · In Saxony the archbishop of Cologne was enfeoffed with Henry the Lion’s ducal office and with all his rights in Westphalia, while an Ascanian prince, Bernard of Anhalt, received the eastern half of Henry’s duchy.
Oct 6, 2024 · Henry was succeeded by his nine-year-old son, Edward VI, but real power passed to his brother-in-law, Edward Seymour, earl of Hertford, who became duke of Somerset and lord protector shortly after the new reign began.
