Karin Elisabeth von Schaper

Full name
	Karin Elisabeth Henriette Lori Gudela

Karin Elisabeth
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; died 2001)
Full name
	Karin Elisabeth Henriette Lori Gudela
House	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 (1892-1968) and Baroness Elisabeth Louise Vally Sophie Therese von Münchhausen (b.1895), later married to Baron Joseph von Blankart (1899-1972).

Ancestry

Through her father Walter, she is direct descendant of Baroness Maria Regina Johanna von Hackelberg und Landau (1744-1779), illegitimate daughter of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine and his mistress Regina Bartholotti von Partenfeld. Through him, she can also claim direct ancestry from many great families, such as Schwarzenberg, Starhemberg, Windisch-Graetz, Wied, Kinsky, Clary und Aldringen, Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg, Fugger, Lamberg, Pálffy, Hanau-Lichtenberg, Harrach...

Through her mother's side of the family, she is related to the Baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen (1720-1797), famous soldier, adventurer and story teller.

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. 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: 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

8. Otto Alwin Heinrich von Schaper

4. Walther von Schaper

9. Karoline Engel

2. Walther von Schaper

10. Karl, Count Pilati von Thassul zu Daxberg

5. Countess Eleonore Pilati von Tassul zu Daxberg

11. Henriette Hildprandt von und zu Ottenhausen

1. Karin Elisabeth von Schaper

12. Baron Hilmar von Münchhausen

6. Baron Hilmar von Münchhausen

13. Louise von Löbbecke

3. Baroness Louise von Münchhausen

14. Maximilian von Johnston

7. Margarethe von Johnston

15. Elisabeth Jacquemin von Hauteville

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References

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.
L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VI : Bade-Mecklembourg. p. 253.

thePeerage.com Karin Elisabeth Henriette Lori Gudela von Schaper

Titles in pretence
Preceded by Princess Alexandra of Hanover	— TITULAR — Grand Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 17 November 1945 – 22 September 1967 27 April 1977 – 31 July 2001 Reason for succession failure: Grand Duchy abolished in 1918	Succeeded by None Mecklenburg-Schwerin male line extinct

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[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.