Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden

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Princess Marie Alexandra
Princess Wolfgang of Hesse
Crown Princess of Finland
Born(1902-08-01)1 August 1902
Salem, Baden-Württemberg, German Empire
Died29 January 1944(1944-01-29) (aged 41)
Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Nazi Germany
Spouse
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(m. 1924)​
Names
Marie Alexandra Thyra Victoria Louise Carola Hilda
HouseBaden
FatherPrince Maximilian of Baden
MotherPrincess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland

Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden (Marie Alexandra Thyra Victoria Louise Carola Hilda; 1 August 1902 – 29 January 1944) was a Hessian princess by marriage.

Family[edit]

She was the only daughter and elder child of Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867–1929) and Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland. Her paternal grandparents were Prince Wilhelm of Baden (1829–97) and Princess Maria of Leuchtenberg (1841–1914), a daughter of Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817–52) and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (1819–1876).

Princess Marie-Louise of Hanover (1879–1948) was a daughter of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, claimant of the annexed Kingdom of Hanover.

Marriage[edit]

On 17 September 1924, she married her fourth cousin Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (1896–1989).[1] They had no children.

Death[edit]

Princess Marie Alexandra was killed in an attack by the U.S. Army Air Forces during an air-raid on Frankfurt am Main on 29–30 January 1944 during World War II. She and seven other women, who were aid workers, were killed when the cellar, in which they had taken refuge, collapsed under the weight of the building, rendering Marie Alexandra's body barely recognisable.[2]

Ancestry[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Political Talk Started When Kaiser's Nephew Weds the Daughter of Bitter Enemy". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1924-09-28. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  2. ^ Petropoulos, Jonathan (2008). Royals and the Reich: The Princes Von Hessen in Nazi Germany. Oxford University Press. pp. 317–318. ISBN 978-0-19-533927-7.
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