Princess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Princess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (12 July 1694 – 13 April 1748) was a daughter of Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg and Princess Marie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. The fourth daughter and youngest child of Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg by his first wife Princess Maria of Mecklenburg. She was a younger sister of Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg. Through her father's third marriage, she was an aunt of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom.

Marriage
On 13 November 1714, Gustave Caroline married her cousin Christian Ludwig of Mecklenburg. He was the third eldest son of Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow and his wife Landgravine Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg. Christian Ludwig succeeded as Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1747, the year before Gustave's death.

Issue

 * 1) Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1717–1785) married Duchess Louise Frederica of Württemberg
 * 2) Louis (1725–78) married Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1731–1810).  They were the parents of Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
 * 3) Princess Ulrike Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1723–1813)
 * 4) Princess Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1730)
 * 5) Princess Amalie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1732–1775)