Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Marie Melita
Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
Tenure 21 January 1934 – 10 February 1965
Spouse Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Issue Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
Prince Wilhelm Alfred
Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Princess Marie Alexandra, Mrs. Barton-Miller
Full name
German: Marie Melita Leopoldine Viktoria Feodora Alexandra Sophie
House House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(by birth)
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (by marriage)
Father Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Mother Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Born 18 January 1899
Langenburg, Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Württemberg
Died 8 November 1967 (aged 68)
Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg[1][2] (German: Marie Melita Leopoldine Viktoria Feodora Alexandra Sophie; 18 January 1899, Langenburg, Württemberg – 8 November 1967, Munich, Germany[1][2]) was the Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein as the wife of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.[1][2] She was the eldest daughter of Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.[1][2]

Marriage and issue

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,[1][2] on 5 February 1916 at Coburg.[1][2] Wilhelm Friedrich and Marie Melita had four children:[1][2]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Ancestry

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Darryl Lundy (31 January 2004). "Marie Melita Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg". http://thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Paul Theroff. "SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Cadet branch of the House of Hohenlohe
Born: 23 August 1891 Died: 10 February 1965
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
 TITULAR 
Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein
21 January 1934–10 February 1965
Reason for succession failure:
Duchy annexed by Prussia in 1866
Succeeded by
Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe