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Prince of Erbach-Schönberg | |
Spouse | Princess Elisabeth of Waldeck and Pyrmont |
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Princess Imma of Erbach-Schönberg George Louis, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg Prince William of Erbach-Schönberg Princess Helena of Erbach-Schönberg |
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Alexander Louis Alfred Eberhard | |
House | House of Erbach-Schönberg |
Father | Gustav, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg |
Mother | Princess Marie of Battenberg |
Born | 12 September 1872 Schönberg, Grand Duchy of Hesse |
Died | 18 October 1944 Bensheim, Nazi Germany |
(aged 72)
Alexander, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg (German: Alexander Ludwig Alfred Eberhard, Fürst & Graf zu Erbach-Schönberg; 12 September 1872 –18 October 1944) was the 2nd Prince of Erbach-Schönberg, eldest son of Gustav, 1st Prince of Erbach-Schönberg.
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Alexander was the eldest child of Gustav, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg (1840–1908), and his wife, Princess Marie of Battenberg (1852–1923), daughter of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and his morganatic wife Countess Julia Hauke. As a result of a morganatic marriage, his mother and her siblings were excluded from the succession of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and bore the title Princes of Battenberg.
He was a first cousin of:
Alexander married on 3 May 1900 in Arolsen, Princess Elisabeth of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1873–1961), seventh child and youngest daughter of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Helena of Nassau. They had four children:
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Alexander, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg
House of Erbach-Schönberg
Cadet branch of the House of Erbach
Born: 12 September 1872 Died: 18 October 1944 |
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German nobility | ||
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Preceded by Gustav |
Prince of Erbach-Schönberg 1908–1919 |
Succeeded by German nobiliy titles abolished |
Titles in pretence | ||
Loss of title | — TITULAR — Prince of Erbach-Schönberg 1919 – 1944 Reason for succession failure: German nobiliy titles abolished |
Succeeded by George Louis |