Name Prince Henry | House House of Hanover | |
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Born 11 March 1923
Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria ( 1923-03-11 ) Father Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick Mother Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia Died July 12, 1997, Frankfurt, Germany Spouse Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover (m. 1960) Parents Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia Grandparents Wilhelm II, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein Similar People Princess Victoria Louise of, Ernest Augustus - Duke of B, Alexandra Prinzessin von Hann, Wilhelm II, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig‑Holstein | ||
Prince Welf Henry of Hanover (Welf Heinrich Ernst August Georg Christian Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm Louis Ferdinand Prinz von Hannover; 11 March 1923 – 12 July 1997) was the fourth son of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick and his wife Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, the only daughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein. The prince was known to his family as "Welfi."
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Marriage and personal life
Welf Henry married Princess Alexandra Sophie of Ysenburg and Büdingen (born 23 October 1937 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, died 1 June 2015 in Frankfurt am Main), daughter of Otto Friedrich III, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Wächtersbach and his wife Felicitas Anna Eleonore Cecilie, Princess Reuss of Köstritz, on 20 September 1960 at Büdingen, Hesse, Germany, in a civil marriage ceremony, and on the following day in a religious ceremony at the Marienkirche in Büdingen. The couple had no children.
Welf Henry and Alexandra lived in Frankfurt's Niederrad district. Alexandra had served as a city councilwoman representing Niederrad on the Frankfurt City Council since 1980. She was a member of the Christian Democratic Union political party.
Welf Henry died in 1997 after a long illness.
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Ancestry
Welf Henry was a descendant of Victoria of the United Kingdom and Albert, Prince Consort through their eldest daughter Victoria, Princess Royal, the wife of Frederick III, German Emperor. His sister, Princess Friederike of Hanover married Paul I, King of the Hellenes.