Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Portrait attributed to David von Krafft
Duchess consort of Saxe-Merseburg-Spremberg
Tenure1694-1731
Duchess consort of Saxe-Merseburg
Tenure1731-1738
Born(1668-09-03)3 September 1668
Güstrow
Died25 August 1738(1738-08-25) (aged 69)
Doberlug
SpouseHenry, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
IssuePrincess Christiana Fredericka
HouseMecklenburg
FatherGustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
MotherMagdalene Sibylle of Holstein-Gottorp

Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (3 September 1668 – 25 August 1738) was a German noblewoman, a member of the House of Mecklenburg by birth and by marriage a Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg-Spremberg (1692-1731) and Saxe-Merseburg (1731-1738).

Born in Güstrow, she was the tenth of eleven children born from the marriage of Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Magdalene Sibylle of Holstein-Gottorp. From her ten older and younger siblings, eight survive adulthood: Marie (by marriage a Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz), Magdalene, Sophie (by marriage a Duchess of Württemberg-Oels), Christine (by marriage a Countess of Stolberg-Gedern), Charles, Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Hedwig (by marriage a Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig), Louise (by marriage a Queen of Denmark and Norway) and Augusta.