Princess_Alexandra_of_Anhalt
Princess Alexandra of Anhalt
Princess of Schwarzburg
Princess Alexandra Therese Marie of Anhalt (4 April 1868 - 26 August 1958) was a Princess of Anhalt and member of the House of Ascania by birth. As the wife of Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg, she was a Princess of Schwarzburg by marriage.
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| Alexandra of Anhalt | |||||
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| Princess of Schwarzburg | |||||
| Born | (1868-04-04)4 April 1868 Dessau, Anhalt | ||||
| Died | 26 August 1958(1958-08-26) (aged 90) Schwetzingen | ||||
| Spouse | Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg | ||||
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| House | Ascania | ||||
| Father | Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt | ||||
| Mother | Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg | ||||
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Princess Alexandra was born on 4 April 1868 in Dessau as the youngest child of Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg.
In the late 1880s false rumours of an engagement between Prince Albert Victor of Wales and Princess Alexandra emerged when in fact the couple had never even met.[1]
In Dessau on 25 January 1897 Princess Alexandra was married to Prince Sizzo of Schwarzburg.
After their marriage the couple lived in Großharthau.[2]
More information Name, Birth ...
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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| Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg | 7 February 1898 | 4 November 1984 | married Friedrich Magnus V, Count of Solms-Wildenfels, issue |
| Princess Irene of Schwarzburg | 27 May 1899 | 28 February 1939 | |
| Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg | 5 March 1901 | 9 November 1971 | married Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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More information Ancestors of Princess Alexandra of Anhalt ...
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- Items of Social News. West Coast Times, Issue 6382, 5 January 1887, Page 4
- Almanach de Gotha (1922). Page 99