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Princess Elisabeth Sybille of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (28 February 1854 at
WeimarWeimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...
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Großherzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-EisenachThe Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was created in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach. It was raised to a Grand duchy in 1815 by resolution of the Vienna Congress. In 1877, it officially changed its name to the Grand Duchy of Saxony , but this name was...
–10 July 1908 at Schloß Wiligrad near
LübstorfLübstorf is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany....
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(Groß-)Herzogtum Mecklenburg-SchwerinMecklenburg-Schwerin was a duchy in northern Germany created in 1348, when Albert II of Mecklenburg and his younger brother John were raised to Dukes of Mecklenburg by King Charles IV...
) was the first wife of Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg, Regent of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and of the Duchy of Brunswick.
She was the daughter of Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and
Princess Sophie of the NetherlandsPrincess Sophie of the Netherlands was the only daughter of King William II of the Netherlands and of his wife Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia...
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Marriage
Princess Elisabeth married Johann Albrecht on 6 November 1886 in
WeimarWeimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...
. Their marriage was childless. She died at Schloß Wiligrad near
LübstorfLübstorf is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany....
on 10 July 1908.
Ancestry