Princess Alexandra of Anhalt explained

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Alexandra of Anhalt
Princess of Schwarzburg
Full Name:Alexandra Therese Marie
Spouse:Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg
House:Ascania
Father:Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
Mother:Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg
Birth Date:4 April 1868
Death Place:Schwetzingen

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.

Early life

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.

Marriage

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]

Children

NameBirthDeathNotes
Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg7 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 Schwarzburg5 March 1901 9 November 1971 married Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Notes and References

  1. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WCT18870105.2.17 Items of Social News
  2. [Almanach de Gotha]