by Scott Mehl © Unofficial Royalty 2018
Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Credit -Wikipedia
Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine was the second wife of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She was born Princess Maria Anna Wilhelmine Elisabeth Mathilde on May 25, 1843, in Bessungen, Hesse, the only daughter of Prince Karl of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elisabeth of Prussia. Anna had three brothers:
- Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1837-1892) – married Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, had issue
- Prince Heinrich (1838-1900) – married (1) Baroness Caroline of Nidda, had issue; (2) Baroness Emilie of Dornberg, had issue
- Prince Wilhelm (1845-1900) – married Baroness Josephine of Lichtenberg, had issue
Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Credit – Wikipedia
Anna was considered as a possible wife for the future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. However, she instead married Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on July 4, 1864, in Darmstadt. His first wife had died two years earlier and Anna became stepmother to his four children. Anna and Friedrich Franz had one daughter:
- Duchess Anna (1865-1882) – unmarried, died in her teens
On April 16, 1865, just a week after giving birth to her daughter, 21-year-old Grand Duchess Anna died of puerperal fever (childbed fever) in Schwerin, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, now in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. She is buried in the Schwerin Cathedral.
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