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Princess Alexandra of Anhalt

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Name
  
Princess of


Princess Alexandra of Anhalt

Born
  
4 April 1868 Dessau, Anhalt (
1868-04-04
)

Issue
  
Marie Antoinette, Countess of Solms-Wildenfels Princess Irene of Schwarzburg Prince Friedrich Gunther of Schwarzburg

Father
  
Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt

Mother
  
Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg

Died
  
August 26, 1958, Schwetzingen, Germany

Spouse
  
Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg (m. 1897–1926)

Children
  
Friedrich Gunther, Prince of Schwarzburg, Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg

Parents
  
Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg

House
  
House of Ascania, House of Schwarzburg

Grandchildren
  
Friedrich Magnus, Prince of Schwarzburg

Princess Alexandra Therese Marie of Anhalt (4 April 1868 - 26 August 1958) was a Princess of Anhalt and member of the House of Ascania by birth. As the wife of Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg, she was a Princess of Schwarzburg by marriage.

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Early life

Princess Alexandra was born on 4 April 1868 in Dessau as the youngest child of Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg.

Marriage

In the late 1880s false rumours of an engagement between Prince Albert Victor of Wales and Princess Alexandra emerged when in fact the couple had never even met.

In Dessau on 25 January 1897 Princess Alexandra was married to Prince Sizzo of Schwarzburg.

After their marriage the couple lived in Großharthau.

References

Princess Alexandra of Anhalt Wikipedia