Princess Marie Louise of Hanover
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Princess Marie Louise | |||||
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Margravine of Baden | |||||
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Born | Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary | 11 October 1879||||
Died | 31 January 1948 Salem, Baden, Germany | (aged 68)||||
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Issue | Marie Alexandra, Princess Wolfgang of Hesse Berthold, Margrave of Baden | ||||
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House | Hanover | ||||
Father | Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover | ||||
Mother | Princess Thyra of Denmark |
Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland (11 October 1879 – 31 January 1948) was the eldest child of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, and Princess Thyra of Denmark, the youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. Through her father, Marie Louise was a great-great-granddaughter of George III of the United Kingdom and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She was a first cousin of Nicholas II of Russia, Constantine I of Greece, Christian X of Denmark, Haakon VII of Norway and Queen Maud of Norway and George V of the United Kingdom.
Marriage and issue[]
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Marie Louise married on 10 July 1900 in Gmunden, Austria-Hungary to her third cousin twice removed Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867–1929), son of Prince Wilhelm of Baden and his wife Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, thus making him a first cousin twice removed of Napoleon III of France. Marie Louise and Maximilian had one daughter and one son:
- Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden (1 August 1902 – 29 January 1944). Married Prince Wolfgang Moritz of Hesse-Kassel, a son of Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Margaret of Prussia. Marie Alexandra was killed in a bombing of Frankfurt by the Allies of World War II.
- Berthold, Margrave of Baden (24 February 1906 – 27 October 1963). Married Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, a daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. Prince Berthold was the brother-in-law of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Ancestry[]
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- House of Hanover
- House of Zähringen
- 1879 births
- 1948 deaths
- British princesses
- Hanoverian princesses
- People from Gmunden
- Princesses of Baden