by Scott Mehl © Unofficial Royalty 2018
Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia was the first wife of the future Friedrich August II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg. She was born in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia, now in Brandenburg, Germany, on February 8, 1857, the daughter of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, and had four siblings:
- Princess Marie (1855-1888) – married (1) Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands, no issue; (2) Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg, had issue
- Princess Anna (born and died 1858) – died in infancy
- Princess Luise Margarete (1860-1917) – married Prince Arthur of the United Kingdom, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, had issue
- Prince Friedrich (1865-1931) – married Princess Luise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, had issue
Friedrich August II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
On February 18, 1878, in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, now in the German state of Brandenburg, Elisabeth Anne married Friedrich August, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg. He was the son of Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg. The couple was married in a double wedding, along with Princess Charlotte of Prussia and Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen. Elisabeth Anne and Friedrich had two daughters:
- Duchess Sophie Charlotte (1879-1964) – married (1) Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, no issue; (2) Harald van Hedemann, no issue
- Duchess Margarete (1881-1882) – died in infancy
Hereditary Grand Duchess Elisabeth Anna died in Fulda, Kingdom of Prussia, now in the German state of Hesse, on August 28, 1895, nearly five years before her husband became the last reigning Grand Duke of Oldenburg. She is buried in the Ducal Mausoleum in St. Gertrude’s Cemetery in Oldenburg, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, now in the German state of Lower Saxony.
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