Category:Karl II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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Charles II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (German: Karl II. von Mecklenburg-Strelitz) (October 10, 1741 - November 6, 1816) was first duke, then grand duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Marriage and children [edit]
Karl married twice: first, to Landgravine Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (1752-1782), daughter of Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt. They had ten children together. Two of them become German queen consorts. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz would marry Frederick William III of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz would marry Ernest Augustus I of Hanover. After she died in 1782, he married her sister Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1784. She died in the following year, whilst giving birth to their son, Duke Karl Friedrich August.
- Duchess Charlotte (1769-1818) married Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duchess Karoline Auguste (1771-1773)
- Duke Georg Karl (1772-1773)
- Duchess Therese (1773-1839) married Karl Alexander, Prince of Thurn and Taxis
- Duke Friedrich Georg (1774-1774)
- Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776-1810)
- Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778-1841)
- Georg, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779-1860)
- Duke Friedrich Karl (1781-1783)
- Duchess Auguste Albertine (1782-1782)
- Duke Karl Friedrich August (1785-1837)
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