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Alexander, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg

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Alexander
Prince of Erbach-Schönberg
Born(1872-09-12)12 September 1872
Schönberg, Grand Duchy of Hesse
Died18 October 1944(1944-10-18) (aged 72)
Bensheim, Nazi Germany
SpousePrincess Elisabeth of Waldeck and Pyrmont
IssuePrincess Imma, Baroness of Dornberg
George Louis, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg
Prince William
Princess Helena
Names
Alexander Louis Alfred Eberhard
HouseErbach-Schönberg
FatherGustav, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg
MotherPrincess Marie of Battenberg

Alexander, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg (German: Alexander Ludwig Alfred Eberhard, Fürst & Graf zu Erbach-Schönberg; 12 September 1872 –18 October 1944) was the 2nd Prince of Erbach-Schönberg, eldest son of Gustav, 1st Prince of Erbach-Schönberg.

Early life

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Alexander was the eldest child of Gustav, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg (August 17, 1840 – January 29, 1908), and his wife, Princess Marie of Battenberg (1852–1923), daughter of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and his morganatic wife Countess Julia Hauke. As a result of a morganatic marriage, his mother and her siblings were excluded from the succession of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and bore the title Princes of Battenberg.

Among others, he was a first cousin of:

Marriage and family

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Alexander married on 3 May 1900 in Arolsen, Princess Elisabeth of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1873–1961), seventh child and youngest daughter of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Helena of Nassau.

They had four children, nine grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren and nineteen great-great-grandchildren:

  • Princess Imma Gustava Marie Louise Pauline Edda Adolphine Hermine of Erbach-Schönberg (11 May 1901 – 14 March 1947) she married Hans Karl Baron von Dornberg on 31 May 1923. She remarried Captain Neil Boyd Watson McEacharn on 1 July 1940 and they were divorced in 1947.
  • George Louis, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg (1 January 1903 – 27 January 1971) he married Marie-Marguerite von Deringer on 2 July 1925. They had three children, eleven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
  • Prince William Ernst Heinrich Alfred of Erbach-Schönberg (4 June 1904 – 27 September 1946) he married Countess Alexandra von Gortz on 4 October 1938. They had one daughter:
    • Princess Marianne of Erbach-Schönberg (15 December 1939 – 15 December 1939)
  • Princess Helena Sophie Louise Hedwig Emilie Martha of Erbach-Schönberg (8 April 1907 – 16 April 1979) she married Prince Leopold Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe (son of Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe) on 30 April 1933. They had five children, six grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.

Orders and decorations

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Ancestry

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Notes and sources

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  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1956
  • The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: II 351

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Großherzogliche Familie", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (in German), Darmstadt: Im Verlag der Invalidenanstalt, 1912–1913, p. 49 – via hathitrust.org
  2. ^ "Verdienst-Orden Philipps des Großmütigen", Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1914, p. 22 – via hathitrust.org
  3. ^ "Königliche Orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg, Stuttgart: Landesamt, 1907, p. 123
Alexander, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg
Cadet branch of the House of Erbach
Born: 12 September 1872 Died: 18 October 1944
German nobility
Preceded by Prince of Erbach-Schönberg
1908–1919
Succeeded by
Titles in pretence
Loss of title — TITULAR —
Prince of Erbach-Schönberg
1919 – 1944
Reason for succession failure:
German nobility titles abolished
Succeeded by