Princess Alexandra of Hanover ,
Princess of Great Britain and IrelandThis is a list of British princesses from the accession of King George I in 1714. This article deals with both princesses of the blood royal and women who become princesses upon marriage....
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Duchess of Brunswick-LüneburgThe Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg , or more properly Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg, was an historical ducal state from the late Middle Ages until the late Early Modern era within the North-Western domains of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, in what is now northern Germany...
, Princess of Leiningen (born 18 February 1959) is the wife of Andreas, 8th Prince of Leiningen.
Born in
HanoverHanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
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Lower SaxonyLower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
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GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Alexandra is the youngest daughter of
Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of HanoverErnst August IV, Prince of Hanover, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland was head of the House of Hanover from 1953 until his death...
(1914–1987) and his wife
Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgPrincess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg , was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and a Princess of...
(1925–1980). Her eldest brother is
Ernst August V, Prince of HanoverErnst August, Prince of Hanover , is the third husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco, heiress presumptive to the throne of Monaco...
, current head of the
House of HanoverThe House of Hanover is a deposed German royal dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg , the Kingdom of Hanover, the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
and her sister-in-law is
Princess Caroline of MonacoCaroline, Princess of Hanover, Hereditary Princess of Monaco , formally styled Her Royal Highness The Princess of Hanover , has been heiress presumptive to the throne of Monaco since 2005, a position which she previously held from 1957 to 1958.She is the wife of...
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Marriage and issue
Alexandra married Andreas on 5 October 1981 at
AmorbachAmorbach is a town in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany, with some 4,100 inhabitants .- Location :...
, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, in a
civil marriageCivil marriage is marriage performed by a government official and not a religious organization.-History:Every country maintaining a population registry of its residents keeps track of marital status, and most countries believe that it is their responsibility to register married couples. Most...
. They were remarried six days later in a religious ceremony at
Gmunden-am-TraunseeGmunden is a town in Upper Austria, Austria in the district of Gmunden. It has 13,202 inhabitants . It is much frequented as a health and summer resort, and has a variety of goat, lake, brine, vegetable and pine-cone baths, a hydropathic establishment, inhalation chambers, whey cure, etc...
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Upper AustriaUpper Austria is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg...
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AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. Alexandra and Andrea have three children:
- Ferdinand Heinrich Emich Christian Karl, Hereditary Prince of Leiningen (born 8 August 1982)
- Princess Olga Margarita of Leiningen (born 23 October 1984)
- Prince Hermann of Leiningen (born 1986)
Titles and styles
- 18 February 1959 – 5 October 1981: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- 5 October 1981 – 30 October 1991: Her Royal Highness Princess Andreas of Leiningen, Princess of Hanover, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- 30 October 1991 – present: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Leiningen, Princess of Hanover, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Ancestry