Natalia Feodorovna Vonliarskaya (16 May 1858 – 14 March 1921) was a Russian noblewoman who became the morganatic wife of Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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Court service and marriage
In 1884, Natalia was appointed as a lady-in-waiting to Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, a role that brought her into the intimate social circle of the Mikhailovsky Palace. It was during this early period of service, that she first encountered the Grand Duchess's son, Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Their shared passion for chamber music within the palace's refined salons fostered a decade-long courtship that challenged the prevailing dynastic norms of the German and Russian empires.
The couple married on 14 February 1890 in Saint Petersburg. To provide Natalia with a rank suitable for her new status, her brother-in-law, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, created her Countess von Carlow. The title was derived from the Carlow estate, a territory within the Mecklenburg grand duchy, effectively establishing the Carlow line as a recognized cadet branch of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Issue
Catherine von Carlow (1891–1940); married Vladimir Galitzine in 1913 and had issue.
Maria von Carlow (1893–1979); married two times and had issue by both.
Natalia von Carlow (1894–1913); died young.
George, Duke of Mecklenburg (1899–1963); married firstly Irina Mikhailovna Raievskya and secondly Archduchess Charlotte of Austria.