Princess Alexandra | |||||
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Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe | |||||
Born |
Dessau, Anhalt |
3 March 1885||||
Died | 3 April 1963 Dessau, East Germany |
(aged 78)||||
Spouse | Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe | ||||
Issue | Prince Leopold Prince Wilhelm |
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House | House of Ascania | ||||
Father | Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt | ||||
Mother | Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Kassel |
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German: Antoinette Anna Alexandra Marie Luise Agnes Elisabeth Auguste Friederike |
Princess Antoinette of Anhalt (German: Antoinette Anna Alexandra Marie Luise Agnes Elisabeth Auguste Friederike; 3 March 1885 – 3 April 1963) was a Princess of Anhalt by birth. As the wife of Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, she became a Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe by marriage.
Princess Antoinette was born on 3 March 1885 at Schloss Georgium near Dessau in Anhalt. Her parents were Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Kassel (1861-1955).
Less than one year after the birth of his daughter, Leopold died unexpectedly in Cannes on 2 February 1886. Princess Elisabeth never remarried and survived her husband by almost 70 years. She died in Dessau on 7 January 1955.
Princess Antoinette married Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe as his second wife in Dessau on 26 May 1909. They had two sons:
Princess Antoinette died in Dessau, then in the German Democratic Republic, on 3 April 1963. She was buried at the Ziebigk cemetery in Dessau next to her mother.