Today marks the 200th anniversary of the death at Kew Palace of Queen Charlotte of Great Britain and Hanover. To mark the anniversary a celebration of her life was held in the Mirow Palace’s Great Hall. During the service the historian Sandra Lembke delivered an hour long lecture on the life of Queen Charlotte for…
It is now 100 years ago that the monarchy in Germany, Austria, Hungary and Russia ended. Sometimes regions experience a violent revolution others got away with a blue eye. Mecklenburg-Strelitz was one of the latter places. The revolution was short and the division of the Domanium, the property of the Grand Duke, in Mecklenburg-Strelitz peaceful…
Es ist dem Haus Mecklenburg-Strelitz auch ein großes Anliegen nicht nur an das wunderbare Treffen zwischen den Häusern Montenegro und Mecklenburg-Strelitz, sondern auch an die großartige Arbeit rund um die Renovierung der Kirche und Gruft in Mirow zu erinnern. Durch die großartige politische Unterstützung und Arbeit von Herrn Kokert, Landesvorsitzender der CDU Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns, Herrn Schmettau,…
After four months, we would like to use the opportunity to remember the fantastic event to exchange honors of friendship to renew an old trust between the Royal House of Montenegro and the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The meeting between the two families took place from the 31st of July until the 2rd of…
The funeral service of His late Highness Duke Carl Gregor took place at the Einsiedlerkapelle in Inzigkofen this afternoon on the 12th anniversary of the death of his beloved wife Duchess Maria Margarethe. The mourners included The Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg, Duchess Olga, Duke Michael, Duchess Marie Katharina, her husband Wolfgang von Wasielewski, their…
The relationship between the Grand Ducal House and the Royal House of Montenegro was reaffirmed today at the Annual Memorial Service for deceased members of the Grand Ducal House at the Church of St John in Mirow. Ties between the Grand Ducal House and Royal House of Montenegro date back nearly 120 years to the…
His Highness Duke Carl Gregor has died. He passed away this morning, 23 July 2018, at the age of 85 at his home Villa Silberburg in Hechingen where he had lived for over 50 years following his marriage to Princess Maria Margarethe of Hohenzollern. Duke Carl Gregor was widowed in 2006. He and Princess Maria…
His Serene Highness Franz Alexander, Prince of Isenburg has died at the age of 74 after a long illness. Prince Franz Alexander, who died 5 May 2018, was born on 22 July 1943 in Birstein the only son of Prince Franz Ferdinand of Isenburg and his wife Countess Irina Tolstoy. Prince Franz Alexander was married…
Their Highnesses Duchess Olga and Duke Michael represented the Grand Ducal House at a service held today in Mirow to mark the completion of restoration work on the family crypt in the Church of St John and the church’s tower. The service which was attended by over 200 persons was led by the Church of…
Sheila Kamil, the only child of Duchess Helene, has passed away at the age of 59. Sheila Nadia Kamil was born on 26 July 1958 in Chur, Switzerland the only child of Duchess Helene and her husband Hassan Sayed Kamil. After the tragic death of her mother in a plane crash in 1962 Sheila’s father…
