Princess Marie Melita | |||||
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Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||
Tenure | 21 January 1934 – 10 February 1965 | ||||
Born |
Langenburg, Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Württemberg |
18 January 1899||||
Died | 8 November 1967 Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
(aged 68)||||
Spouse | Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (m. 1916; d. 1965) | ||||
Issue |
Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein Prince Wilhelm Alfred Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Princess Marie Alexandra, Mrs. Barton-Miller |
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House | Hohenlohe-Langenburg | ||||
Father | Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | ||||
Mother | Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Full name | |
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German: Marie Melita Leopoldine Viktoria Feodora Alexandra Sophie |
Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (German: Marie Melita Leopoldine Viktoria Feodora Alexandra Sophie; 18 January 1899, Langenburg, Württemberg – 8 November 1967, Munich, Germany) was the Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein as the wife of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. She was the eldest daughter of Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Marie Melita married her second cousin, Wilhelm Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, the only son of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, on 5 February 1916 at Coburg. Wilhelm Friedrich and Marie Melita had four children: