Karin Elisabeth von Schaper
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name = Karin Elisabeth |
title = Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
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spouse = Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
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House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] |
father = Walter von Schaper |
mother = Baroness Louise von Münchhausen |
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place of birth = Breslau, Province of Lower Silesia }} |
Karin Elisabeth Henriette Lori Gudela von Schaper (born 31 January 1920) is a member by marriage of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She was the wife 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 . They divorced on 22 September 1967 but remarried a decade later in Glücksburg on 27 April 1977. They had no children.
As being 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.
Titles and styles
- Her Royal Highness The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1945 – 1967), (1977 – present)