What is Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen?
[[Image:Woge - Elizabeth Albertina, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.jpg|thumb|left]] '''Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen''' (4 August 1713 – 29 June 1761) was a [[Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]. She served as [[regent]] for her son after the deaths in 1752–1753 of her husband and brother-in-law, respectively, the ducal [[appanage]] of Mirow and of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. == Biography == Elisabeth Albertine was a daughter of Ernest Frederick I, [[Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen]] (1681–1724), and his wife, Countess Sophia Albertine of [[Erbach-Erbach]] (1683–1742). On 5 February 1735, Elisabeth married Duke Charles Louis Frederick of [[Mecklenburg-Mirow]] (23 February 1707 – 5 June 1752) at Eisfeld, the youngest son of Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and half-brother to Adolphus Frederick III. They became the parents of ten children. The death of her childless brother-in-law on 11 December 1752, six months after she was widowed, left Albertine as regent of both men's [[Duchy|duchies]] on behalf of her eldest son, Adolphus Frederick IV, until he [[attained his majority]] at the age of 14 on 17 January 1753. During that brief period she ruled the Strelitz duchies under the protection of [[George II of Great Britain|George II]] of Great Britain, warding off encroachments from [[Duke Christian Ludwig II]], ruler of the [[Schwerin]] branch of the [[House of Mecklenburg]]. She died in 1761, shortly before the marriage of her daughter Sophia Charlotte to [[George III|King George III]] of Great Britain, and was buried at the ducal crypt in [[Mirow]]. Elisabeth had ten children, including the future Queen [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Charlotte]], consort to King George III of the United Kingdom. [[Category:German dukes and duchesses]] [[Category:1713 births]] [[Category:1760s deaths]]