Their Highnesses Duke Borwin, Duchess Alice and Duke Carl Gregor today attended the annual memorial service at the family crypt in Inzigkofen. The family members buried in the crypt are Duke Georg, his wives Duchess Irene (nee Raievskya) and Duchess Charlotte (born Archduchess of Austria), his daughter Duchess Helene and Duchess Maria Margarethe (born Princess…
A meeting took place today at the Catholic Church and the ‘Mecklenburger Hof’ hotel in Mirow on the history of the former St John Commandery of Mirow during its time as part of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The Commandery of Mirow was acquired by the House of Mecklenburg in the 1648 Peace of Westphalia from the Order of…
Members of the Grand Ducal Family today attended the baptism of Baroness Helena von Reitzenstein. Born in Munich on 7 July 2011 she is the daughter of Baroness Natalia von Reitzenstein and her husband Baron Constantin von Reitzenstein who married on 26th June 2010. Helena von Reitzenstein is the first grandchild of Her Highness Duchess…
The annual memorial service for deceased members of the Grand Ducal Family took place at 2pm this afternoon at the Church of St John and the Grand Ducal Crypt on the Castle Island in Mirow. The service which first took place in 1996 is held each year on the penultimate Saturday of August. The memorial…
Vandalia, which became the anthem of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz up until 1918, was played for the first time 175 years ago today on the birthday of Grand Duke Georg in the Orangerie at Schloss Neustrelitz. The anthem was the work of the author Johann Friedrich Bahrdt who wrote the lyrics and the composer…
A new exhibition on the marriages between members of the Grand Ducal House and the Royal House of Great Britain has been unveiled at the Neustrelitz State Museum as part of the celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Charlotte. The exhibitions motto “three weddings of the English Royal House” refers to…
On Sunday 24 July in San Antonio, Texas, His Highness Duke Alexander was inducted into the Spain Society Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) by Judge Ed Butler, President General (2009-2010). His Highness Duke Borwin was also inducted in absentia. The Duke and Duke Alexander are descendants of King Carlos III of Spain who was…
The head of the grand ducal house His Highness Duke Borwin, accompanied by his daughter Her Highness Duchess Olga, attended the 250th anniversary celebrations of the coronation of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz as Queen of Great Britain. The ceremony was held in the Church of St John in Mirow and was followed by an open-air International…
In Ruhpolding, Bavaria the funeral of Her Imperial & Royal Highness Archduchess Ilona of Austria, Duchess of Mecklenburg took place in the presence of the immediate members of her family: Her children and their spouses: Duke Borwin and Duchess AliceDuchess Elisabeth ChristinaDuchess Marie Katharina and Mr Wolfgang von WasielewskiDuchess Irene and Mr Constantin Harmsen And…
Her Imperial & Royal Highness Archduchess Ilona of Austria, Duchess of Mecklenburg passed away this morning at her home in Freiburg aged 83. A member of the Hungarian palatine branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, which was the most junior branch of the family, Archduchess Ilona was born on 20 April 1927 in Budapest the…
