Alexandra Princess of Hanover
Alexandra Princess of Hanover (born: Alexandra Sophie Cecilie Anna Maria Friederike Benigna Dorothea Princess zu Ysenburg and Büdingen ; * October 23, 1937 in Frankfurt am Main ; † June 1, 2015 there ) was a German politician and philanthropist .
Life
Her parents were Otto Friedrich III. zu Ysenburg and Büdingen in Wächtersbach (1904–1990) and his wife Felizitas Reuss zu Köstritz (1914–1989). She grew up in Büdingen with four brothers, including Wolfgang-Ernst Fürst zu Ysenburg and Büdingen , graduated from the Elisabeth von Thadden School in Heidelberg-Wieblingen and studied art history and literature in Frankfurt , Paris and Bonn .
In September 1960 she married the Welf Heinrich Prinz von Hannover (1923–1997) and moved with him to Frankfurt-Niederrad . The lawyer worked as a banker at Bankhaus Metzler in Frankfurt. Their marriage was childless.
She got involved in the Frankfurt Association and ran an old people's club. In 1972 she joined the CDU, was initially a member of the local advisory council 5 (Niederrad - Oberrad - Sachsenhausen), social district head in Niederrad and from 1980 to 2011 a member of the city council . She belonged to the committees for youth and social affairs, the building committee, the environmental committee and the special committee Dom-Römer . Since the death of her husband, she has placed a special focus on the culture committee, whose work she helped shape for three decades, since 1997 as committee chairwoman. She was a member of the presidium of the city council and from 2001 to 2011 deputy head of the city council . In addition to her involvement in the committees of the city council and beyond her active time in parliament, she was active in numerous foundations, institutes, boards of trustees and welfare institutions. She was involved for the May 2005 opened Hospice Saint Catherine in the Seckbacher highway.
She died after a protracted cancer illness and was buried in the family grave of the Princely House of Ysenburg and Büdingen in the Büdinger Forest .
Awards
- Cross of Merit on ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2007: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Roman plaques in bronze, silver and gold
- 2010: Walter Möller badge
- Appointment as city elder
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Welf Heinrich (1923-1997) Prince of Hanover .
- ^ Archive link ( Memento from July 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed July 8th ()
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| SURNAME | Hannover, Princess Alexandra of |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ysenburg and Büdingen, Alexandra Sophie Cecilie Anna Maria Friederike Benigna Dorothea Princess too |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU) and philanthropist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 2015 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |