Princess Maria Alix | |||||
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Princess of Hohenzollern-Emden | |||||
Born |
Wachwitz, Dresden, Saxony |
27 September 1901||||
Died | 11 December 1990 Hechingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
(aged 89)||||
Spouse | Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden | ||||
Issue | Prince Karl Anton Prince Meinrad Leopold Princess Maria Margarethe Prince Emanuel Joseph |
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House | Wettin | ||||
Father | Frederick Augustus III of Saxony | ||||
Mother | Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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German: Maria Alix Luitpolda Anna Henriette Germana Agnes Damiana Michaela |
Princess Maria Alix of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (German: Prinzessin Maria Alix Luitpolda Anna Henriette Germana Agnes Damiana Michaela von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen) (27 September 1901 in Wachwitz, Dresden, Saxony – 11 December 1990 in Hechingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) was the sixth child and third-eldest daughter of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and his wife Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany and a younger sister of Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony and Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen. Through her marriage to Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden, Maria Alix was a member of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
Maria Alix married Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden, son of William, Prince of Hohenzollern and his wife Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, on 25 May 1921 at Schloss Sibyllenort in Sibyllenort, Silesia, Germany. Maria Alix and Franz Joseph had four children: