House Hanover | Name Alexandra, of | |
Born 18 February 1959
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany ( 1959-02-18 ) Issue Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Leiningen
Princess Olga
Prince Hermann Father Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover Mother Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg Spouse Andreas, Prince of Leiningen (m. 1981) Children Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Leiningen Parents Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg Siblings Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover Grandparents Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia Similar People Prince Ernest Augustus, Prince Christian of Hanover, Prince Heinrich of Hanover, Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Prince Ludwig Rudolph | ||
Princess Alexandra of Hanover (German: Alexandra Irene Margaretha Elisabeth Bathildis, Prinzessin von Hannover), Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Princess of Leiningen (born 18 February 1959) is the wife of Andreas, 8th Prince of Leiningen.
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Born in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, Alexandra is the youngest daughter of Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987) and his wife Princess Ortrud of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1925–1980). Her eldest brother is Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover, current head of the House of Hanover and her sister-in-law is Princess Caroline of Monaco.
Marriage and issue
Alexandra married Andreas on 5 October 1981 at Amorbach, Germany, in a civil marriage. They were remarried six days later in a religious ceremony at Gmunden-am-Traunsee, Upper Austria, Austria.
In 1997 this marriage was cited as the most recent example of intra-marriage among the descendants of Queen Victoria and King Christian IX. Alexandra was loaned a tiara, an heirloom of the House of Welf, by her cousin Elizabeth II for the wedding. Alexandra and Andrea have three children:
Titles and styles
In addition, members of her birth family bear the style Prince/Princess of Great Britain and Ireland pursuant to a 1931 declaration by the Head of House Hanover, in contravention of British Letters Patent of 1917 which restricted the princely title to children and grandchildren of British sovereigns.