Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

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Princess Marie Melita
Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
Tenure	21 January 1934 – 10 February 1965
Born	(1899-01-18)18 January 1899 Langenburg, Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Died	8 November 1967(1967-11-08) (aged 68) Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Spouse	Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein ​ ​ (m. 1916; died 1965)​
Issue	Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein Prince Wilhelm Alfred Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Princess Marie Alexandra, Mrs. Barton-Miller
Names German: Marie Melita Leopoldine Viktoria Feodora Alexandra Sophie
House	Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Father	Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Mother	Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Marie Melita Leopoldine Viktoria Feodora Alexandra Sophie; 18 January 1899 – 8 November 1967) was Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein as the wife of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. She was the eldest daughter of Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Marriage and issue[]

Marie Melita married her second cousin, Wilhelm Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, the only son of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, on 5 February 1916 at Coburg. Wilhelm Friedrich and Marie Melita had four children:

• Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (12 May 1917 – 10 August 1944); unmarried, no issue
• Prince Wilhelm Alfred Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (24 September 1919 – 17 June 1926)
• Friedrich Ernst Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (30 April 1922 – 30 September 1980); married, had issue
• Princess Marie Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein (9 July 1927 – 14 December 2000); married, on 22 July 1970 at Grünholz, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Douglas Barton-Miller (born 27 December 1929); no issue.

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