Princess Alexandra of Hannover (née Princess Alexandra Sophie Cecilie Anna Maria Friederike Benigna Dorothea of Ysenburg and Büdingen; 23 October 1937 – 1 June 2015) was a German politician, philanthropist, and wife of Prince Welf Henry of Hanover. Hannover lastly served as a councilwoman representing the Niederrad district of Frankfurt on the Frankfurt City Council (German: Frankfurter Stadtverordnetenversammlung).[1][2] She was a member of the Christian Democratic Union political party.[1][2]
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Born | Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Nazi Germany | 23 October 1937||||
Died | 1 June 2015 Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany | (aged 77)||||
Spouse | Prince Welf Henry of Hanover (m. 1960; died 1997) | ||||
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House | Ysenburg-Büdingen | ||||
Father | Otto Friedrich III, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen | ||||
Mother | Princess Felicitas Reuss of Köstritz |
Personal life
Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover was born on 23 October 1937 in Frankfurt am Main[1] and was the second eldest child and only daughter of Otto Friedrich III , Prince of Ysenburg und Büdingen zu Wächtersbach and his wife Felicitas Anna Eleonore Cecilie, Princess Reuss of Köstritz.[citation needed] She was the sister of Wolfgang-Ernst, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen.
Alexandra married Prince Welf Henry of HanoverErnest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick and his wife Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, in a civil ceremony on 20 September 1960 at Büdingen, Hesse, and in a religious ceremony on the following day at the Marienkirche in Büdingen.[citation needed] The couple had no children.
, the fourth son ofShe was the aunt of Queen Sofía of Spain and King Constantine II of Greece, and grandaunt of King Felipe VI of Spain. She died on 1 June 2015, aged 77, three days before the death of her sister-in-law Monika, Dowager Princess of Hanover.[3]
Professional life
Alexandra represented the Frankfurt district of Niederrad[1][2] on the Frankfurt City Council since 1980.[1][2] She lastly served as the Chairwoman of the Culture and Leisure Committee.[1][2]
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