Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

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HRH The Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
Titles Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Reign 21 January 1934 – 10 February 1965
Coronation 16 June 1934
Predecessor Princess Caroline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein
Successor Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe
Biographical Information
Born 18 January 1899

Langenburg, Wurttemberg, Germany

Died 8 November 1967 (aged 68)

Guby, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Spouse Duke Wilhelm Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein

(m. 1916; w. 1965)

Issue Hereditary Duke Hans Albrecht

Prince Wilhelm Alfred

Peter

Princess Marie Alexandra

Name Marie Melita Leopoldine Viktoria Feodora

Alexandra Sophie

House Hohenlohe (by birth)

Schleswig-Holstein (by marriage)

Father Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Mother Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Religion Roman Catholic

General

Life

TBA

Marriage and Issue

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Hereditary Duke Hans Albrecht 12 May 1917 10 August 1944 (aged 27) Died unmarried and without issue
Prince Wilhelm Alfred 24 September 1919 17 June 1926 (aged 6) Died in childhood
Peter 30 April 1922 30 September 1980 (aged 58) Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe (m. 1947); had issue
Princess Marie Alexandra 9 July 1927 14 December 2000 (aged 73) Died unmarried and without issue

Titles and Honours

  • 1899-1916 Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
  • 1916-1931 Princess Marie Melita of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
  • 1931-1934 Marie Melita, Hereditary Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
  • 1934-1965 Marie Melita, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
  • 1965-1967 Marie Melita, Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein

Ancestry

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Leopoldine of Baden

Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Feodora of Leiningen Prince William of Baden Princess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Wurttemberg

Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Baden Countess Louise Caroline of Hochberg Prince Louis of Wurttemberg Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Emperor Alexander II of Russia

Princess Marie of Hesse

Duke Ernest I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Prince Edward of the United Kingdom

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Emperor Nicholas I of Russia

Princess Charlotte of Prussia

Grand Duke Louis II of Hesse

Princess Wilhelmine of Baden

Notes

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