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Tenure 10 February 1965–30 September 1980 Born 2 April 1923 (age 101)
Buckeburg, Lower Saxony, Germany ( 1923-04-02 ) Issue Princess Marita
Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
Prince Alexander
Princess Ingeborg House House of Lippe (by birth)
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (by marriage) Father Prince Stephan of Schaumburg-Lippe Mother Duchess Ingeborg Alix of Oldenburg Spouse Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (m. 1947–1980) Children Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein Parents Prince Stephan of Schaumburg-Lippe Grandchildren Friedrich Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein People also search for Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein | ||
Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe (born 2 April 1923 at Bückeburg, Lower Saxony, Germany) was the Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein and the mother of the current Head of the House of Oldenburg, Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein. Marie Alix is the daughter of Prince Stephan Alexander Viktor of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife Duchess Ingeborg Alix of Oldenburg. Her paternal grandfather was Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe.
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She is also the matrilineal heir of Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera.
Marriage and issue
Marie Alix married Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, son of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, on 9 October 1947 in Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Marie Alix and Peter had four children: