Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe

Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe
Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
Tenure	10 February 1965 – 30 September 1980
Born	(1923-04-02) 2 April 1923 (age 94) Bückeburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Spouse	Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (m. 1947; d. 1980)
Issue	Princess Marita Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein Prince Alexander Princess Ingeborg
House	Lippe
Father	Prince Stephan of Schaumburg-Lippe
Mother	Duchess Ingeborg Alix of Oldenburg

Ducal Family of
Schleswig-Holstein

HH The Prince HH The Princess HH The Hereditary Prince HH Princess Sophie HH Prince Constantin HH Prince Leopold HH The Dowager Duchess HH Princess Marita HH Prince Alexander HH Princess Helena HH Prince Julian HH Princess Ingeborg Extended family

HH The Prince
HH The Princess

HH The Dowager Duchess

Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe (born 2 April 1923 at Bückeburg, Lower Saxony, Germany) was the Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein and the mother of the current Head of the House of Oldenburg, Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein. Marie Alix is the daughter of Prince Stephan Alexander Viktor of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife Duchess Ingeborg Alix of Oldenburg. Her paternal grandfather was Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe.

She is also the matrilineal heir of Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera.

Marie Alix married Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, son of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, on 9 October 1947 in Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Marie Alix and Peter had four children:

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