Woizlawa Feodora Princess Reuss (née Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 17 December 1918 – 3 June 2019) was a member of the German nobility, by birth of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. At the time of her death at the age of 100, she was the oldest living member of a ruling family and the oldest living resident of Görwihl.
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Early life and ancestry
Duchess Woizlawa Feodore Elise Marie Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born at Rostock, Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 17 December 1918, just after the abdication of her first cousin Frederick Francis IV of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, after the November Revolution, the expulsion of Kaiser Wilhelm II, and the proclamation of the Republic on 9 November 1918.
Her father was Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg Governor of Togoland (in German West Africa) from 1912 until 1914. Her father was the seventh son of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823–1883) by his third wife Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1850–1922). Her mother was Viktoria Feodora Reuss zu Schleiz (1889–1918), the eldest child of Heinrich XXVII, Prince of Reuss zu Schleiz, regent of Principality of Reuss-Greiz and Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, granddaughter of Princess Feodora of Leiningen, half-sister of Queen Victoria. Her mother died a day after giving birth to Woizlawa.