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Tenure 21 January 1934 – 10 February 1965 Born 18 January 1899
Langenburg, Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Wurttemberg ( 1899-01-18 ) Issue Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
Prince Wilhelm Alfred
Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Princess Marie Alexandra, Mrs. Barton-Miller House House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(by birth)
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (by marriage) Father Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Mother Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Died November 8, 1967, Munich, Germany Spouse Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (m. 1916) Children Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Parents Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Grandchildren Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein Similar People Alfred - Duke of Saxe‑Co, Princess Victoria Melita of, Marie of Romania, Grand Duchess Maria Ale, Christoph - Prince of Schleswig‑Holstein | ||
Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (German: Marie Melita Leopoldine Viktoria Feodora Alexandra Sophie; 18 January 1899, Langenburg, Württemberg – 8 November 1967, Munich, Germany) was the Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein as the wife of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. She was the eldest daughter of Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
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Marriage and issue
Marie Melita married her second cousin, Wilhelm Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, the only son of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, on 5 February 1916 at Coburg. Wilhelm Friedrich and Marie Melita had four children: