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Duchess Anastasia Alexandrine Cecile Marie Luise Wilhelmine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Full German name: Anastasia Alexandrine Cecile Marie Luise Wilhelmine Herzogin zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin), (11 November 1923, Gelbensande, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Weimar Republic – 25 January 1979, Hamburg, West Germany). Anastasia was the youngest child and youngest daughter of Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his wife Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland.
Marriage and issue
Anastasia married Prince Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, youngest son of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and his wife Countess Ortrud of Ysenburg and Büdingen, on 1 September 1943 at Willigrad bei Schwerin. Friedrich Ferdinand and Anastasia had four daughters:
- Princess Elisabeth Marie Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (10 September 1945) she married Prince Ferdinand Heinrich of Isenburg-Budingen-Wachtersbach on 2 January 1975. They have two sons:
- Prince Johann Georg Friedrich August of Isenburg-Budingen-Wachtersbach (8 July 1976) he married Stefanie Bittner on 4 June 2010. They have one daughter:
- Princess Anna Carolina Elisabeth Johanna Marie of Isenburg-Budingen-Wachtersbach (8 January 2012)
- Prince Ludwig Ferdinand Wittekind Heinrich of Isenburg-Budingen-Wachtersbach (6 February 1979) he married Chantal Toelle on 2 October 2010. They have two children together:
- Prince Paul Heinrich Marius of Isenburg-Budingen-Wachtersbach (19 December 2011)
- Princess Gisele Johanna Eleonore of Isenburg-Budingen-Wachtersbach (2 August 2014)
- Prince Johann Georg Friedrich August of Isenburg-Budingen-Wachtersbach (8 July 1976) he married Stefanie Bittner on 4 June 2010. They have one daughter:
- Princess Irene Olga Adelheid of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 11 October 1946)
- Princess Margaretha Friederike Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 10 February 1948)
- Princess Sibylla Ursula Ortrude of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (11 September 1955) she married Dieter Franz on 25 October 1980. They have three children:
- Frithjof Franz (born 22 April 1981)
- Johanna Franz (born 10 March 1983)
- Philipp Franz (born 1 April 1986)
Titles and styles
- 11 November 1923 – 1 September 1943: Her Highness Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- 1 September 1943 – 25 January 1979: Her Highness Princess Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
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