Peerage Record – 11197

     Christiana Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg was born on 18 September 1940 at Würzburg, Bayern, Germany^G.¹ She is the daughter of Karl VIII Fürst zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and Carolina dei Conti Rignon.¹ She married Michael Koloman Erzherzog von Österreich, son of Joseph Franz Erzherzog von Österreich and Anna Monika Pia Prinzessin von Sachsen, on 4 March 1966 at Bronnbach an der Tauber, Germany^G, in a civil marriage.¹ Christiana and Michael Koloman were also married in a religious ceremony on 14 April 1966.²
     She gained the title of Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.¹ She was given the name of Christiana Maria Josephina Aloisia Consolt Immaculata Theresia Antonia Johanna Carla Conrada Rita at birth.²

     Eduard Karl Erzherzog von Österreich was born on 12 January 1967 at Munich, Bavaria, Germany^G.¹ He is the son of Michael Koloman Erzherzog von Österreich and Christiana Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.¹ He married Marie Therese Baronin von Gudenus, daughter of Gordian Baron von Gudenus and Anna Maria Ladislaja Caroline Gräfin von Meran, on 1 July 1995.
     He was given the name of Eduard Karl Joseph Michael Marcus Antonius Koloman Volkhold Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen at birth.²

     Paul Rudolf Erzherzog von Österreich was born on 19 October 1968 at Munich, Bavaria, Germany^G.² He is the son of Michael Koloman Erzherzog von Österreich and Christiana Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.¹
     He was given the name of Paul Rudolph Joseph Michael Antal Petrus Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen at birth.²

     Friedrich Franz I Großherzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 10 December 1756 at Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany^G. He was the son of Ludwig Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Charlotte Sophie Prinzessin von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld.³ He married Luise Prinzessin von Sachsen-Gotha-Roda, daughter of Johann August Prinz von Sachsen-Gotha-Roda and Luise Gräfin Reuss zu Schleiz, on 1 June 1775. He died on 1 February 1837 at age 80.
     He gained the title of Großherzog Friedrich Franz I von Mecklenburg-Schwerin.¹

     Ludwig Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 6 August 1725.² He was the son of Christian Ludwig II Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Gustave Caroline von Mecklenburg-Strelitz.¹ He married Charlotte Sophie Prinzessin von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, daughter of Franz Josias Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld and Anne Sophie Prinzessin von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, on 13 May 1755 at Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany^G.² He died on 12 September 1778 at age 53 at Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany^G.²
     He gained the title of Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin.³

     Christian Ludwig II Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 15 May 1683. He was the son of Friedrich I Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Christine Wilhelmine Prinzessin von Hessen-Homburg.¹ He married Gustave Caroline von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, daughter of Adolf Friedrich II Herzog von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on 13 November 1714. He died on 30 May 1756 at age 73 at Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany^G.
     He gained the title of Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

     Friedrich I Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 13 February 1638 at Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany^G.¹ He was the son of Adolf Friedrich I von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Marie Katherine von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Dannenberg.² He married Christine Wilhelmine Prinzessin von Hessen-Homburg, daughter of Wilhelm Christoph Prinz von Hessen-Homburg and Sophie Eleonore von Hessen-Darmstadt, on 28 May 1671.¹ He died on 28 April 1688 at age 50 at Grabow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany^G.^2,1
     He gained the title of Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

     Adolf Friedrich I von Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 25 December 1588.² He was the son of Johann VII Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Sophie von Holstein-Gottorp.³ He married Marie Katherine von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Dannenberg, daughter of Julius Ernst Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Dannenberg and Marie von Ostfriesland, on 15 September 1635 at Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany^G. He died on 27 February 1658 at age 69 at Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany^G.
     He was created Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1621.³

     Adolf Friedrich II Herzog von Mecklenburg-Strelitz was born on 19 October 1658. He was the son of Adolf Friedrich I von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Marie Katherine von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Dannenberg.¹ He married, firstly, Johanna von Sachsen-Gotha, daughter of Friedrich I Herzog von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg and Magdalena Sibylle Prinzessin von Sachsen-Weissenfels, on 20 June 1702 at Strelitz^G. He married, secondly, Christiane Emilie von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, daughter of Christian Wilhelm Prinz von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Antonie Sybille von Barby-Muhlingen, on 10 June 1705. He died on 12 May 1708 at age 49.
     He gained the title of Herzog von Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

     Ernst Friedrich I Herzog von Sachsen-Hildburghausen was born on 21 April 1681. He was the son of Ernst Herzog von Sachsen-Hildburghausen and Sophie Henriette von Waldeck. He married Sophie Albertine von Erbach, daughter of Georg Ludwig Graf von Erbach and Amelie Katherine von Waldeck-Eisenberg, on 4 February 1704. He died on 9 March 1724 at age 42.
     He was a member of the House of Wettin. He gained the title of Herzog von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.