Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover explained

Princess Alexandra
Princess Welf Henry of Hanover
Full Name:German: link=no|Alexandra Sophie Cecilie Anna Maria Friederike Benigna Dorothea
Spouse:Prince Welf Henry of Hanover
(m. 1960; died 1997)
House:Ysenburg-Büdingen
Father:Otto Friedrich III, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen
Mother:Princess Felicitas Reuss of Köstritz
Birth Date:23 October 1937
Birth Place:Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Nazi Germany
Death Place:Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

Princess Alexandra of Hannover (née Princess Alexandra Sophie Cecilie Anna Maria Friederike Benigna Dorothea of Ysenburg and Büdingen; 23 October 1937 – 1 June 2015) was a German politician, philanthropist, and wife of Prince Welf Henry of Hanover. Hannover lastly served as a councilwoman representing the Niederrad district of Frankfurt on the Frankfurt City Council (German: link=no|Frankfurter Stadtverordnetenversammlung). She was a member of the Christian Democratic Union political party.[1]

Personal life

Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover was born on 23 October 1937 in Frankfurt am Main[2] and was the second eldest child and only daughter of, Prince of Ysenburg und Büdingen zu Wächtersbach and his wife Felicitas Anna Eleonore Cecilie, Princess Reuss of Köstritz. She was the sister of Wolfgang-Ernst, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen.

Alexandra married Prince, the fourth son of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick and his wife Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, in a civil ceremony on 20 September 1960 at Büdingen, Hesse, and in a religious ceremony on the following day at the Marienkirche in Büdingen. The couple had no children.

She was the aunt of Queen Sofía of Spain and King Constantine II of Greece, and grandaunt of King Felipe VI of Spain. She died on 1 June 2015, aged 77, three days before the death of her sister-in-law Monika, Dowager Princess of Hanover.[3]

Professional life

Alexandra represented the Frankfurt district of Niederrad[2] [1] on the Frankfurt City Council since 1980.[2] [1] She lastly served as the Chairwoman of the Culture and Leisure Committee.[2] [1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover . 2007-01-12 . 2008-08-17 . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) . Konstanze Crüwell.
  2. Web site: Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover . 2008 . 29 July 2020 . Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (CDU) . CDU. https://web.archive.org/web/20110912005405/http://www.cdu-fraktion-ffm.de/hannover.php. 12 September 2011.
  3. Web site: Prinzessin von Hannover: Große Frau der Kultur . 2 June 2015. 2015-06-02 . Frankfurter Rundschau (FR) .