Read part two here. In the years between their marriage and accession, Alexandrine and Paul Frederick travelled extensively. Every January, they would go to Berlin and stay there for around two months, hosting their own balls and festivities. They then returned to Ludwigslust to see to their affairs before leaving again in the summer for [read more]
Read part one here. Alexandrine was just seven years old when her mother died. She and her siblings were placed in the care of Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg, who was married to their uncle, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, and who became the senior lady of the Prussian court after their mother’s death. Maria Anna, [read more]
On 23 February 1803, Queen Louise gave birth to her seventh child and fourth daughter, Alexandrine, at the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin. On 19 May, Louise wrote to her brother George, “Now a few words from me; I am as well and as happy after these weeks as one can be. My little daughter, Alexandrine [read more]
Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 6 May 1685 as the daughter of Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow and Christina Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg. Not much is known of her youth. On 28 November 1708, she married Frederick I of Prussia as, his third wife. He was almost 30 years older than her. She had received [read more]
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna was born on 28 July 1860 at the Peterhof Palace in Russia. She was the daughter of Princess Cecilie of Baden, known as Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna, and Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich. She was their only daughter, and she had six brothers. Her marriage to Friedrich Franz, the Hereditary Grand Duke [read more]
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