Royal Profile: Princess Woizlawa Feodora Reuß , Duchess of Mecklenburg
Princess Woizlawa-Feodora Reuß , Duchess of Mecklenburgn was born 17 December 1918 as the only child of Adolf Friedrich Albrecht Heinrich, Duke of Mecklenburg & Princess Viktoria Feodora of Reuss-Schleiz {Source}. Her mother died the day after her birth, and her father remarried Princess Elisabeth of Stolberg-Rossla when Princess Woizlawa was seven years old {Source}
She was named:
- Woizalwa: for her ancestress, the daughter of Waltislaw I, The Duke of Pomerania, and the wife of the 1st Duke of Meckenburg
- Princess Feodora Reuss (1942)
- Gilbert Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (m. 1967)
- Constantin Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode b. 6 May 1969
- Friedrich Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode b. 5 Jun 1972
- Prince Heinrich VIII Reuss (1944)
- Baroness Dorit von Ruffin (1948, m. 1973)
- Prince Heinrich XX Reuss of Köstritz (1975)
- Prince Heinrich XXIII Reuss of Köstritz (1979)
- Prince Heinrich IX Reuss (1947)
- Amelie Besserer Baronin von Thalfingen (m. 1984)
- Princess Johanna Reuss zu Köstritz (1985)
- Prince Heinrich XXVI Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz (1988)
- Prince Heinrich X Reuss (1948)
- Elisabeth Akerhielm von Margarethelund (m. 1976-1990, div)
- Princess Benigna Prinzessin Reuss zu Köstritz (1980)
- Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss zu Köstritz (1984)
- Prince Heinrich XIII Reuss (1951)
- Prince Heinrich XV Reuss (1956)
Prince Heinrich I Reuss zu Köstritz died in 1982. Her children and granddchildren survive her. She was the oldest living European royal. She was a cousin of:
- Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia (1876–1938) (paternal first cousin)
- Queen Alexandrine of Denmark (1879–1952) (paternal, 1st cousin 1x removed)
- Cecilie, German Crown Princess (1886–1954) (paternal 1st cousin 1x removed)
- Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1909–2004) (paternal 1st cousin)
Princess Woizlawa Feodora Reuß, Duchess of Mecklenburg died on 3 June 2019.
It's likely the funeral will take place in the coming days, with possibly some of the heirs of the above royals in attendance, but should be a private affair.
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