Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

For other people called Princess Alexandra, see Princess Alexandra (disambiguation).

Princess Alexandra
Spouse	Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth
Issue
Count Richard von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth Countess Ingrid von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth
Full name
Alexandra Rosemarie Ingrid Benedikte
Father	Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Mother	Princess Benedikte of Denmark
Born	20 November 1970 (1970-11-20) (age 41) Copenhagen, Denmark

HSH Princess Alexandra Rosemarie Ingrid Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Countess of Pfeil and Klein-Ellguth (born 20 November 1970 in Copenhagen, Denmark), is daughter of Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Princess Benedikte of Denmark).^[1] Princess Alexandra is a first cousin of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and, as a descendant of Queen Victoria, is in the line of succession to the British Throne.

Alexandra was married on 6 June 1998 at Gråsten Palace to Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, born 12 July 1967.

They have two children:

Count Friedrich Richard Oscar Jefferson, born 14 September 1999 on Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet). Count Richard was christened in the chapel of Schloss Berleburg, Berleburg, Germany, on 18 December 1999. His godparents are Gustav, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark, Prince Philipp of Hesse, Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, Countess Andrea of Pfeil-Haag, and Nadine Kettaneh-Farah.
Countess Ingrid Alexandra Irma Astrid Benedikte von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, born 16 August 2003, at the Copenhagen University Hospital. Countess Ingrid was christened at the chapel, Schloss Berleburg, Berleburg, Germany. Her godparents are Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Prince Georg of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, Martin Bleyer, Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, and Countess Bettina von Pfeil and Klein-Ellguth.

She is the godmother of Maud Behn, the daughter of HH Princess Märtha Louise of Norway.

Styles of Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Reference style	Her Serene Highness
Spoken style	Your Serene Highness
Alternative style	Ma'am

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

16. Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

8. Richard, 4th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

17. Baroness Marie of Gemmingen-Hornberg

18. Prince Alfred of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

9. Princess Madeleine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

19. Countess Pauline of Reichenbach-Lessonitz

20. Gustave Armand Fouché, 5th Duke of Otrante

10. Charles Louis Fouché, 6th Duke of Otrante

21. Baroness Therese of Stedingk

22. Ludwig Douglas, 12th Count of Skenninge and Stjernorp

11. Countess Madeleine Douglas

23. Countess Anna Ehrensvärd

1. Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

^ Lundy, Darryl (26 August 2009). "Person Page – 4054". The Peerage. http://www.thepeerage.com/p4054.htm. Retrieved 26 August 2009.

British royalty
Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Cadet branch of the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein Born: 20 November 1970
Preceded by Gustav, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg	Line of succession to the British throne	Succeeded by Count Richard von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth

Persondata
Name	Alexandra Of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Princess
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	20 November 1970
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death
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