Background
She was the fourth child of Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow, and Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg. She was an aunt of Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia, herself mother of Ivan VI. She was a princess of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin by viture of her birth.
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