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Princess Alexandra of Anhalt

Alexandra of Anhalt
Princess of Schwarzburg
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Born (1868-04-04)4 April 1868
Dessau, Anhalt
Died 26 August 1958(1958-08-26) (aged 90)
Schwetzingen
Spouse Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg
Issue Marie Antoinette, Countess of Solms-Wildenfels
Princess Irene of Schwarzburg
Prince Friedrich Gunther of Schwarzburg
Full name
Alexandra Therese Marie
House House of Ascania
House of Schwarzburg
Father Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
Mother Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg
Full name
Alexandra Therese Marie

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.

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.

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.


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