Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , VA , CI (born September 1, 1878 at Rosenau Castle in Coburg , † April 16, 1942 in Schwäbisch Hall ) was by birth Princess of Great Britain and Ireland and a member of the British royal family as well later by marrying Princess zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg .

Life

Princess Alexandra (Sandra) was the third daughter of Duke Alfred von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha (1844–1900) and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna Romanowa (1853–1920), daughter of the Russian Tsar Alexander II and Princess Marie of Hesse Darmstadt . Her paternal grandparents were Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland and Prince Consort Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . She was a niece of the German Empress Victoria and the British King Edward VII. Together with her siblings, Sandra , as she was called in the family, spent her childhood and youth mainly in England , Cyprus , Malta and Coburg.

From left to right: Princess Beatrice d'Orleans-Bourbon , Grand Duchess Victoria Melita Romanowa , Princess Alexandra zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Queen Marie of Romania

On April 20, 1896, Princess Alexandra married her cousin (third degree) Hereditary Prince Ernst Wilhelm Friedrich Karl (1863–1950), eldest son of Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Leopoldine of Baden at Ehrenburg Castle in Coburg . The harmonious and happy marriage resulted in five children:

⚭ 1931 Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark , sister-in-law of the British Queen Elizabeth II.

After the death of her only brother, Hereditary Prince Alfred Alexander Wilhelm Ernst Albert (1874–1899), and her father on July 30, 1900, her husband took over the reign of the dual duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in place of the heir to the throne and cousin, Duke, who was still underage Carl Eduard von Albany (1884-1954). Even after the end of the reign in 1905, the Hereditary Princess stayed with her children from time to time in Coburg at her mother's court, except in Langenburg , while Ernst was often absent because of his political ambitions. Alexandra also made numerous trips, especially to southern France, where her mother owned an estate near Nice , as well as to Romania to her sister Queen Maria and to Switzerland .

After the death of her father-in-law in 1913, her husband became Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and moved into Langenburg Castle with his family. During the First World War , her husband was in leading positions in voluntary nursing, especially on the Eastern Front. Alexandra also became involved in the war-welfare and helped as an auxiliary nurse in the war hospital in Coburg. After the war and the political upheavals in Germany , the princely couple largely withdrew into private life. In 1937 she joined the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP).

title

  • 1878–1893: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh
  • 1893–1896: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  • 1896–1913: Her Royal Highness Hereditary Princess Alexandra zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
  • 1913–1918: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
  • 1918–1942: Princess Alexandra zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Awards

Web links

Commons : Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha  - collection of images

Remarks

  1. ^ Gordon Brook-Sheperd: Edward VII. - A European ruler. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-453-55075-7
  2. ↑ Andrew Sinclair: Victoria - Empress for 99 days. Bastei Lübbe, 1983, ISBN 3-404-61086-5 .
  3. ^ Jonathan Petropoulos: Royals and the Reich: The Princes of Hessen in Nazi Germany. Oxford University Press, New York 2006, p. 382.
personal data
SURNAME Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Alexandra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of the British royal family and by marriage Princess zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Coburg
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1942
Place of death Schwäbisch Hall