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Duchess of Kendal, by George S. Stuart. Once a Maid of Honour to Electress Sophia, she became a mistress of the Electoral Prince, George Louis. George Louis succeeded as Elector of Hanover in 1698 and King of Great Britain (as George I) in 1714. Melusine moved with him to England, and on 18 July 1716 was created for life Duchess of Munster ...
Petronilla Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham, Countess of Chesterfield (1 April 1693 – 16 September 1778) was the natural daughter of King George I of Great Britain and his longtime mistress, Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal. Biography
Jun 20, 2022 · Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, known always as Melusine, was born in 1667 in the Duchy of Magdeburg, 100 miles east of Hanover. In 1690, Melusine travelled to the Brunswick-Lüneburg court to become a maid of honour in the household of Duchess Sophia of the Palatinate.
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Ehrengard Melusina von der Schulenburg, duchess of Kendal (ā´rəngärt mālōōzē´nä fən dĕr shōō´lənbŏŏrkh), 1667–1743, German mistress of George I of England. She became his mistress at the Hanoverian court and followed him to England c.1714. She exerted great influence over the king, but was unpopular with the English people ...
Ehrengard Melusina von der Schulenburg, known as Melusine, came to Great Britain in 1714 as the paramour of its newly crowned king, George I, the first in a succession of Hanoverian monarchs who would rule England after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Described by wits of the day as "the maypole" because she was tall and slim, Schulenburg was ...
Apr 26, 2022 · Genealogy for Ermengarde Melusina Gräfin von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal (von der Schulenburg), 1715 Gräfin von der Schulenburg (1667 - 1743) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
May 9, 2024 · Melusine von der Schulenburg was born on December 25, 1667, in Emden, Electorate of Brandenburg, now part of Altenhausen in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.She was the second of the five daughters and the fourth of the nine children of Gustavus Adolphus, Freiherr (Baron) von der Schulenburg (1632 – 1691) and his first wife Petronella Ottilie von Schwencken (1637 – 1674).
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