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Frederica was born in the Altes Palais of Hanover as the fifth daughter of Charles II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt. [1] Her father assumed the title of Grand Duke of Mecklenburg on 18 June 1815.
At first Frederica’s uncle, King George III, agreed to the match, likely with a good word from his wife Queen Charlotte. However, King George III instructed the young couple to wait for a more opportune time to make their love official.
Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778–1841) Duchess of Cumberland and queen of Hanover. Name variations: Frederica Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Born on March 2, 1778, in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany; died on June 29, 1841, in Hanover; interred at Chapel of Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover; daughter of Charles II Louis Frederick, grand ...
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
She was born in the Altes Palais of Hanover as the fifth daughter of Charles II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and his first wife, Frederica, daughter of Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt. Her father assumed the title of Grand Duke of Mecklenburg on 18 June 1815.
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 .
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The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland had three children: Princess Frederica of Cumberland (stillborn on 27 January 1817). An unnamed stillborn daughter (April 1818). Prince George of Cumberland (later King George V of Hanover) (27 May 1819-12 June 1878).