Karin Elisabeth von Schaper

Karin Elisabeth Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Born 31 January 1920 Breslau, Province of Lower Silesia Died 26 January 2012 (aged 91) Glücksburg, Germany Spouse Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (m. 1941; div. 1967) & (m. 1977–2001; his death) Full name Karin Elisabeth Henriette Lori Gudela House House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (by marriage) Father Dr. Walter von Schaper Mother Baroness Louise von Münchhausen

Karin Elisabeth, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (née von Schaper, Karin Elisabeth Henriette Lori Gudela; 31 January 1920 – 26 January 2012) was a member by marriage of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She was the widow of Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Early life

Karin Elisabeth von Schaper was born at Breslau, Province of Lower Silesia, Weimar Republic (now Wrocław, Poland) on 31 January 1920. She was the only daughter of Dr. Walter von Schaper and Baroness Louise von Münchhausen.

Marriage and family

On 11 June 1941 in Schwerin Karin Elisabeth married, Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin eldest son of Frederick Francis IV the last reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.^[1] They divorced on 22 September 1967 but remarried a decade later in Glücksburg on 27 April 1977.^[2] They had no children.

As a member by marriage of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, her nieces Donata and Edwina are the only remaining senior members of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the other being Duchess Woizlawa Feodora, only daughter of Duke Adolf Friedrich and granddaughter of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. On the death of her husband in 2001, the Mecklenburg-Schwerin male line became extinct.

She died on 26 January 2012 at Glucksburg (Ostsee) at the age of 91.

Titles and styles

• 31 January 1920 – 11 June 1941: Miss Karin Elisabeth von Schaper
• 11 June 1941 – 22 September 1967: Her Royal Highness The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• 22 September 1967 – 27 April 1977: Karin Elisabeth, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• 27 April 1977 – 31 July 2001: Her Royal Highness The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• 31 July 2001 – 26 January 2012: Her Royal Highness The Dowager Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Ancestry

Ancestors of Karin Elisabeth von Schaper

16. Johann Carl von Schaper               8. Otto Alwin Heinrich von Schaper                       17. Emilie Auguste Scadock               4. Walther von Schaper                             18. Franz Jacob Wilhelm Ernst Engel               9. Karoline Engel                       19. Wilhelmine Friederike Rose               2. Walther von Schaper                                   20. Anton, Count Pilati von Thassul zu Daxberg               10. Karl, Count Pilati von Thassul zu Daxberg                       21. Charlotte von Studnitz               5. Countess Eleonore Pilati von Tassul zu Daxberg                             22. Rudolf, Baron Hildprandt von und zu Ottenhausen               11. Henriette Hildprandt von und zu Ottenhausen                       23. Countess Adelheid von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg               1. Karin Elisabeth von Schaper                                         24. Baron Ernst von Münchhausen               12. Baron Hilmar von Münchhausen                       25. Louise von Münchhausen               6. Baron Hilmar von Münchhausen                             26. Eduard von Löbbecke               13. Louise von Löbbecke                       27. Sofie von Schwartz               3. Baroness Louise von Münchhausen                                   28. Woldemar von Johnston               14. Maximilian von Johnston                       29. Therese Amelang               7. Margarethe von Johnston                             30. Hugo von Hauteville-Jacquemin               15. Elisabeth Jacquemin von Hauteville                       31.

References

1. C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 417. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.
2. L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VI : Bade-Mecklembourg. p. 253.

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