hoopskirtsociety:Princess Sophie Charlotte was born on May 19, 1744—the eighth child of the
hoopskirtsociety: Princess Sophie Charlotte was born on May 19, 1744—the eighth child of the Prince of Mirow, Germany, Charles Louis Frederick, and his wife, Elisabeth Albertina of Saxe-Hildburghausen. . A princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Sophie Charlotte was descended directly from an African branch of the Portuguese Royal House, Margarita de Castro y Sousa -- source link