Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, also Manette (Marie Antoinette Margarethe Mathilde; 28 May 1884 - 26 October 1944) was the second daughter of Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg and the Austrian

Austrians

Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....

 born Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz

Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz

Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz .Marie married in Schwerin on 5 May 1881 her cousin, the German born Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg,the second son of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg. The couple had five children who were all raised Roman Catholic, the religion of Princess...

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Life

Her brothers and sisters were the Duke Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg

Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg (1882-1904)

Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and a German soldier and sailor. He was styled His Highness Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg.-German soldier and sailor:...

 (1882–1904), Duchess Maria Luise of Mecklenburg (1883-1883), Duke Henry Borwin of Mecklenburg (1885–1942), Duke Joseph of Mecklenburg (1889-1889). Marie Antoinette almost had a difficult relationship to his cousin Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg who regularly had to amortize her debts. So Marie Antoinette regularly had to sell archaeological findings of her mother. Marie née Windisch-Graetz surveyed several archaeological excavation in Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 and Krain

Krain

Krain is either* Carniola, the original German name of a historical region and duchy of Austria in today's Slovenia.* Krain Township, Minnesota, a township in Minnesota, USA....

. Some of these objects are still today in Harvard, Oxford

Oxford

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 and Berlin

Berlin

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. Marie Antoinette regularly remained with her court lady Antonia Pilars de Pilar

Antonia Pilars de Pilar

Antonia Baronin Pilars de Pilar, née Antonia Gabriele Marie Josefa Huberta Elisabeth Maximiliane Freiin von Oer-Egelborg was from 1894 to 1898 court lady of the duchess Mary of Mecklenburg-Schwerin née Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz and from 1911 to 1944 courtlady of Marie's daughter, the...

 in Bled

Bled

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. During World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 from 1914 to 1918 they both served in several military hospitals as red cross ladies.

Titles and styles

• 28 May 1884 - 26 October 1944 Her Highness Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Ancestry