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Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe
German noblewoman (1923–2021) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe (Marie Alix zu Schaumburg-Lippe; 2 April 1923 – 1 November 2021) was Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein as the wife of Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 1965 to 1980.[1]
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Family
Marie Alix was the only daughter of Prince Stefan of Schaumburg-Lippe and Ingeborg Alix, Princess Stephan Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe.[1] Her father was a diplomat and she lived as a child in Sofia, Rome, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires[2] and Santiago de Chile.[3] She was the niece of Adolf II, the last ruler of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe who abdicated following the German Revolution of 1918–1919.[1] Marie Alix's younger brother, Prince Georg Moritz of Schaumburg-Lippe, was killed in a car accident in 1970 without marrying or having children.[1]
Marriage and issue
Marie Alix married Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, third son of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg in Glücksburg on 9 October 1947.[3] Peter and Marie Alix had four children:[1]
- Princess Marita of Schleswig-Holstein (born 5 September 1948 in Schleswig), she married Wilfred Eberhard Manfred Baron von Plotho (born 1942) in 1975. They have two children.[1]
- Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (22 August 1949 – 27 September 2023), he married Princess Elisabeth of Lippe-Weissenfeld (born 1957) in 1981. They had four children.[1]
- Alexander, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (born 9 July 1953 in Thumby), he married Barbara Fertsch (1961–2009) in 1994. They had two children.[1]
- Princess Ingeborg of Schleswig-Holstein (born 9 July 1956 in Thumby), she married Nicolas Broschek (born 1942) in 1991. They have one child, a son.[1]
Work
She was a co-founder of the Stiftung Louisenlund, which runs an eponymous boarding school in Güby, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She was also involved in working with the German Red Cross.[3]
Death and funeral
Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe died in Thumby on 1 November 2021 at the age of 98.[4]
Her funeral was held 11 November 2021 in Schleswig Cathedral and she was buried in a family crypt at the family home, Louisenlund.[5][unreliable source?]
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