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
She married Prince Heinrich I Reuss zu Köstritz on 15 September 1939{Source}. Together, they have five sons, a daughter, a forner daughter-in-law, two daughters-in-law, a son-in-law, six grandsons, and two grand-daughters {Source}

  1. Princess Feodora Reuss (1942)
    1. Gilbert Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (m. 1967)
      1. Constantin Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode b. 6 May 1969
      2. Friedrich Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode b. 5 Jun 1972
  2. Prince Heinrich VIII Reuss (1944)
    1. Baroness Dorit von Ruffin (1948, m. 1973)
      1. Prince Heinrich XX Reuss of Köstritz (1975)
      2. Prince Heinrich XXIII Reuss of Köstritz (1979)
  3. Prince Heinrich IX Reuss (1947)
    1. Amelie Besserer Baronin von Thalfingen (m. 1984)
      1. Princess Johanna Reuss zu Köstritz (1985)
      2. Prince Heinrich XXVI Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz (1988)
  4. Prince Heinrich X Reuss (1948)
    1. Elisabeth Akerhielm von Margarethelund (m. 1976-1990, div)
      • Princess Benigna Prinzessin Reuss zu Köstritz (1980)
      • Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss zu Köstritz (1984)
  5. Prince Heinrich XIII Reuss (1951)
  6. 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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