Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden
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| Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden | |
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| Princess Wolfgang of Hesse | |
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| Spouse | Prince Wolfgang of Hesse |
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| Marie Alexandra Thyra Victoria Louise Carola Hilda | |
| Father | Prince Maximilian of Baden |
| Mother | Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland |
| Born | 1 August 1902 Salem, Baden-Württemberg |
| Died | 29 January 1944 (aged 41) Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany |
Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden (Marie Alexandra Thyra Victoria Louise Carola Hilda) (1 August 1902 in Salem – 29 January 1944 in Frankfurt am Main) was a Princess and Landgravine of Hesse and wife of the designated Crown Prince of Finland.
[edit] Family
She was born as the daughter of Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867–1929) and Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland. Her paternal grandparents were the late Prince Wilhelm of Baden (1829–97) and Princess Maria of Leuchtenberg (1841–1914). Maria of Leuchtenberg was a daughter of Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817–52) and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (1819–76), the eldest daughter of Nicholas I of Russia.
Princess Marie-Louise of Hanover (1879–1948) was a daughter of the late Ernest August, 3rd Duke of Cumberland, claimant of the annexed Kingdom of Hanover, and Thyra of Denmark (1853–1933), youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse, Marie Alexandra's husband's great-aunt. Marie Alexandra's grandmother Thyra was a sister of Empress Maria Fedorovna and aunt of Nicholas II of Russia, the last Romanov tsar.
[edit] Marriage
On 17 September 1924 she married Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (1896–1989), the heir of the would-be King of Finland.
Princess Marie Alexandra was killed in an air-raid on Frankfurt in World War II.
[edit] Ancestry
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