Princess Elisabeth of Stolberg-Rossla (german: Elisabeth zu Stolberg-Roßla; 23 July 1885,

Roßla Roßla (also: ''Rossla'') is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Südharz. From 1706–1803, Rossla was the seat of Stolberg-Rossl ...

—16 October 1969,

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) was the second wife of

Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg Herzog, Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (german: Herzog Johann Albrecht zu Mecklenburg; given names ''John Albert Ernest Constantine Frederick Henry''; 8 December 1857 – 16 February 1920) was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin who ser ...

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of the

Duchy of Brunswick The Duchy of Brunswick (german: Herzogtum Braunschweig) was a historical German state. Its capital was the city of Brunswick (). It was established as the successor state of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by the Congress of Vienna ...

Early life

Born into an ancient House of Stolberg, she was second daughter of

Prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. T ...

Botho of Stolberg-Rossla, son of Count Karl of Stolberg-Rossla and his wife, Countess Bertha of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim. Her mother was Princess Hedwig of Ysenburg and Büdingen, eldest daughter of Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen and Princess Mathilde of

Solms-Hohensolms-Lich Solms-Hohensolms-Lich was at first a County and later Principality with Imperial immediacy in what is today the federal Land of Hessen, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Solms, originally from Solms. Grafschaft The county was or ...

First marriage

She was married to Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 15 December 1909, a year after the death of his first wife

Princess Elisabeth Sybille of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Princess Elisabeth Sybille of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (28 February 1854 – 10 July 1908) was the first wife of Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg, Regent of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and of the Duchy of Brunswick. Early life She was the youngest d ...

. Their marriage was childless.

Second marriage

After her first husband's death in 1920, Elisabeth remarried to his half-brother,

Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg Duke Adolf Friedrich Albrecht Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (German: ''Adolf Friedrich Albrecht Heinrich, Herzog zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin''; 10 October 1873 – 5 August 1969), was a German explorer in Africa, a colonial politician, the elect ...

, at

Ludwigslust Ludwigslust () is a central castle town of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, 40 km south of Schwerin. Since 2011 it has been part of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district. Ludwigslust is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. The former royal re ...

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. Although this marriage also remained childless, she became stepmother to

Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg Woizlawa Feodora Princess Reuss (née ''Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin'', 17 December 1918 – 3 June 2019) was a German royal and by birth member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. At the time of her death at the age of 100, she was the ol ...

, who at the age of 100, was the oldest living royal and the oldest living resident of Gorwihl.

Death

Elisabeth died in

, on 16 October 1969, only two months after the death of her second husband.

Ancestry

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elisabeth Of Stolberg-Rossla, Princess 1885 births 1969 deaths Duchesses of Mecklenburg-Schwerin House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin House of Stolberg People from Südharz Grand Cordons of the Order of the Precious Crown