Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden
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Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden (Marie Alexandra Thyra Victoria Louise Carola Hilda) (born August 1, 1902 in Salem – died January 29, 1944 in Frankfurt am Main) was a Princess and Landgravine of Hesse and wife of the designated Crown Prince of Finland.
She was born as the daughter of Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867–1929) and Princess Marie-Louise of Hanover and Cumberland. Her paternal grandparents were the late Prince Wilhelm of Baden (1829–97) and Princess Maria of Leuchtenberg (1841–1914). Maria of Leuchtenberg was daughter of Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817–52) and Grand Duchess Maria Nicolaievna of Russia (1819–76), the eldest daughter of Nicholas I of Russia.
Princess Marie-Louise of Hanover (1879–1948) was daughter of the late Ernest August, 3rd Duke of Cumberland, claimant of the annexed Kingdom of Hanover, and Thyra of Denmark (1853-1933), youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse, Marie Alexandra's husband's great-aunt. Marie Alexandra's grandmother Thyra was sister of Empress Maria Fedorovna and aunt of Nicholas II of Russia, the last Romanov tsar.
On 17 September 1924 she married Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (1896–1989), the heir of the would-be King of Finland.
Princess Marie Alexandra was killed in an air-raid on Frankfurt in World War II.
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Marie Alexandra of Baden |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marie Alexandra Thyra Victoria Louise Carola Hilda von Zähringen |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Princess and Landgravine of Hesse |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salem |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1944 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Frankfurt am Main |
