Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Princess Louis Charles of Prussia Princess Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale
Portrait by Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, 1796
Queen consort of Hanover
Tenure	20 June 1837 – 29 June 1841
Born	3 March 1778 Electorate of Hanover, Holy Roman Empire
Died	29 June 1841(1841-06-29) (aged 63) Kingdom of Hanover
Burial	Herrenhausen Palace, Kingdom of Hanover
Spouse	Prince Louis Charles of Prussia ​ ​ (m. 1793; died 1796)​ Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels ​ ​ (m. 1798; died 1814)​ Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover ​ ​ (m. 1815)​
Issue	Prince Frederick of Prussia Prince Charles of Prussia Frederica, Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau Princess Sophia of Solms-Braunfels Prince Frederick of Solms-Braunfels Prince Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels Augusta, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Prince Alexander of Solms-Braunfels Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels Princess Frederica of Cumberland George V of Hanover
Names Frederica Louise Caroline Sophie Alexandrina German: Friederike Luise Caroline Sophie Alexandrine
House	Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Father	Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Mother	Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (German: Friederike Luise Caroline Sophie Alexandrine; 3 March 1778 – 29 June 1841) was Queen of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1841 as the wife of King Ernest Augustus. She was a German princess who married successively Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels, and her first cousin Ernest Augustus. Through her 1815 marriage to Ernest, then Duke of Cumberland, Frederica became a British princess and Duchess of Cumberland. Ernest was the fifth son and eighth child of Queen Charlotte and King George III of the United Kingdom, Frederica's paternal aunt and her husband.

Frederica was born in the Altes Palais of Hanover as the fifth daughter of Charles II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt.^[1] Her father assumed the title of Grand Duke of Mecklenburg on 18 June 1815.