Alexandra zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark

F, #101121, b. 25 March 1921, d. 30 January 1993
Last Edited=10 May 2003
     Alexandra zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark was born on 25 March 1921 at Athens, GreeceG.1 She was the daughter of Alexandros I zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, King of the Hellenes and Aspasia Manos. She married Petar II Karageorgievich, King of Yugoslavia, son of Alexander I Karageorgievich, King of Yugoslavia and Marie von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Princess of Romania, on 20 March 1944 at Yugoslav Embassy, London, EnglandG.1 She died on 30 January 1993 at age 71.
     She gained the title of Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark.1

Child of Alexandra zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark and Petar II Karageorgievich, King of Yugoslavia

Citations

  1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 163. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.

Petar II Karageorgievich, King of Yugoslavia1

M, #101122, b. 6 September 1923, d. 3 November 1970
Last Edited=20 Jan 2023
     Petar II Karageorgievich, King of Yugoslavia was born on 6 September 1923 at Belgrade, SerbiaG.1 He was the son of Alexander I Karageorgievich, King of Yugoslavia and Marie von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Princess of Romania. He married Alexandra zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark, daughter of Alexandros I zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, King of the Hellenes and Aspasia Manos, on 20 March 1944 at Yugoslav Embassy, London, EnglandG.1 He died on 3 November 1970 at age 47 at Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.G.1
     He gained the title of King Peter II of Yugoslavia in 1934.2 He was acceded to the title of King of Yugoslavia on 9 October 1934.3 He was deposed as King of Yugoslavia on 9 November 1945.3

Citations

  1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 163. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.
  2. [S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 145. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
  3. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants.

Sophia zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark

F, #101123, b. 26 June 1914, d. 24 November 2001
Last Edited=14 Jul 2018
Consanguinity Index=1.21%
     Sophia zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark was born on 26 June 1914 at Villa Mon Repos, Isle of Kerkira, Corfu, GreeceG.1 She was the daughter of Andrew zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Prince of Greece and Denmark and Victoria Alice Elisabeth Julie Marie Mountbatten, Princess of Battenberg.1 She married, secondly, Georg Wilhelm Ernst August Friedrich Axel Prinz von Hannover, son of Ernst August III Christian Georg Prinz von Hannover and Viktoria-Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte Prinzessin von Preußen, on 23 April 1946 at Salem, Baden-Württemburg, Germany, in a civil marriage.1 She married, firstly, Christoph Ernst August Prinz Major von Hessen-Kassel, son of Friedrich Karl Ludwig Konstantin Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel and Margarete Beatrice Feodora Prinzessin von Preußen, on 15 December 1930 at Schloss Friedrichshof, Krönberg, Taunus, GermanyG.2 Sophia and Georg Wilhelm Ernst August Friedrich Axel were also married in a religious ceremony on 24 April 1946 at Salem, Baden-Württemburg, Germany. She died on 24 November 2001 at age 87.3
     She was also known as Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark.4

Children of Sophia zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark and Christoph Ernst August Prinz Major von Hessen-Kassel

Children of Sophia zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark and Georg Wilhelm Ernst August Friedrich Axel Prinz von Hannover

Citations

  1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 160. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.
  2. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 167.
  3. [S466] Notices, The Telegraph, London, UK. Hereinafter cited as The Telegraph.
  4. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 183.
  5. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 168.

Gottfried Hermann Alfred Paul Maximilian Viktor VIII Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg1

M, #101124, b. 24 March 1897, d. 11 May 1960
Last Edited=29 Mar 2005
Consanguinity Index=2.22%
     Gottfried Hermann Alfred Paul Maximilian Viktor VIII Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born on 24 March 1897 at Langenburg, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.1 He was the son of Ernst Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Maximilian VII Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh.1 He married Margarita zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark, daughter of Andrew zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Prince of Greece and Denmark and Victoria Alice Elisabeth Julie Marie Mountbatten, Princess of Battenberg, on 20 April 1931 at Langenburg, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.2,3 He died on 11 May 1960 at age 63 at Langenburg, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.1
     He gained the title of Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg.1 He succeeded as the 8th Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg on 11 December 1950.1

Citations

  1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 181. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.
  2. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 181, says '30 April 1931.'
  3. [S13] Detlev Schwennicke, editor, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschicht der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge: Band XVII (Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Vittorio Klostermann, 1998), tafel 9. Hereinafter cited as Europäische Stammtafeln: Band XVII.
  4. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 197.
  5. [S103] Paul Theroff, An Online Gotha, online http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/gotha.html. Hereinafter cited as An Online Gotha.
  6. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 198.

Kraft Alexander Ernst Ludwig Georg Emich IX Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg1

M, #101125, b. 25 June 1935, d. 16 March 2004
Last Edited=20 Oct 2014
Consanguinity Index=3.44%
     Kraft Alexander Ernst Ludwig Georg Emich IX Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born on 25 June 1935 at Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.1 He was the son of Gottfried Hermann Alfred Paul Maximilian Viktor VIII Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Margarita zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark.2 He married, firstly, Charlotte Alexandra Marie Clotilde Prinzessin von Croÿ, daughter of Alexander Georg Maria Josef Ignatius Prinz von Croÿ and Anne Elspeth Campbell, on 5 June 1965 at Langenburg, Baden-Württemburg, Germany, in a civil marriage.1 He and Charlotte Alexandra Marie Clotilde Prinzessin von Croÿ were divorced on 26 May 1990 at Crailsheim, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.2 He married, secondly, Irma Pospesch on 22 May 1992 at Graz, AustriaG.2 Kraft Alexander Ernst Ludwig Georg Emich and Charlotte Alexandra Marie Clotilde were also married in a religious ceremony on 16 July 1965 at Schloss ZwingenbergG.2 He died on 16 March 2004 at age 68 at Langenburg, Germany.3
     He gained the title of Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg.1 He succeeded as the 9th Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg on 11 May 1960.1

Citations

  1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 197. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.
  2. [S103] Paul Theroff, An Online Gotha, online http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/gotha.html. Hereinafter cited as An Online Gotha.
  3. [S466] Notices, The Telegraph, London, UK. Hereinafter cited as The Telegraph.
  4. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 198.


Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst August Heinrich Karl Prinz von Baden1

M, #101126, b. 24 February 1906, d. 27 October 1963
Last Edited=25 Mar 2012
Consanguinity Index=1.43%
     Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst August Heinrich Karl Prinz von Baden was born on 24 February 1906 at Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.1 He was the son of Maximilian Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Prinz von Baden and Marie Louise Prinzessin von Hannover.2 He married Theodora zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark, daughter of Andrew zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Prince of Greece and Denmark and Victoria Alice Elisabeth Julie Marie Mountbatten, Princess of Battenberg, on 17 August 1931 at Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.1 He died on 27 October 1963 at age 57 at Spaichingen, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.1
     He gained the title of Markgraf von Baden.3 He was given the name of Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst August Heinrich Karl Zähringen at birth.

Children of Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst August Heinrich Karl Prinz von Baden and Theodora zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark

Citations

  1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 181. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.
  2. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 167.
  3. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 170.
  4. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 182.

Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard Prinz von Baden1

M, #101127, b. 3 July 1933, d. 29 December 2022
Last Edited=22 Jan 2023
Consanguinity Index=4.09%
Princess Sophie of Isenburg and
Margrave Max of Baden 2
     Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard Prinz von Baden was born on 3 July 1933 at Schloss Salem, Salem, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.1 He was the son of Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst August Heinrich Karl Prinz von Baden and Theodora zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark. He married Valerie Isabella Erzherzogin von Österreich, daughter of Hubert Salvator Erzherzog von Österreich and Rosemary Friederike Isabella Eleonore Henriette Antonia Prinzessin zu Salm-Salm, on 23 September 1966 at Salem, Baden-Württemburg, Germany, in a civil marriage.1 Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard and Valerie Isabella were also married in a religious ceremony on 30 September 1966 at Schloss Persenbeug, AustriaG. He died on 29 December 2022 at age 89 at Salem Castle, Germany.
     He gained the title of Markgraf von Baden.1

Children of Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard Prinz von Baden and Valerie Isabella Erzherzogin von Österreich

Citations

  1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 182. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.
  2. [S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.

Christoph Ernst August Prinz Major von Hessen-Kassel1

M, #101128, b. 14 May 1901, d. 7 October 1943
Last Edited=14 Jul 2018
Consanguinity Index=5.01%
     Christoph Ernst August Prinz Major von Hessen-Kassel was born on 14 May 1901 at Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen, GermanyG.1 He was the son of Friedrich Karl Ludwig Konstantin Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel and Margarete Beatrice Feodora Prinzessin von Preußen.1 He married Sophia zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark, daughter of Andrew zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Prince of Greece and Denmark and Victoria Alice Elisabeth Julie Marie Mountbatten, Princess of Battenberg, on 15 December 1930 at Schloss Friedrichshof, Krönberg, Taunus, GermanyG.1 He died on 7 October 1943 at age 42 at the AppeninesG, an air crash while on active service.1
     He gained the title of Prinz von Hessen-Kassel.2 He gained the rank of Major in the Luftwaffe.

Citations

  1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 167. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.
  2. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 160.
  3. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 168.

Georg Wilhelm Ernst August Friedrich Axel Prinz von Hannover1

M, #101129, b. 25 March 1915, d. 8 January 2006
Last Edited=14 Jul 2018
Consanguinity Index=1.86%
Prince George of Hanover2
     Georg Wilhelm Ernst August Friedrich Axel Prinz von Hannover was born on 25 March 1915 at Braunschweig, GermanyG.1 He was the son of Ernst August III Christian Georg Prinz von Hannover and Viktoria-Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte Prinzessin von Preußen. He married Sophia zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark, daughter of Andrew zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Prince of Greece and Denmark and Victoria Alice Elisabeth Julie Marie Mountbatten, Princess of Battenberg, on 23 April 1946 at Salem, Baden-Württemburg, Germany, in a civil marriage.1 Georg Wilhelm Ernst August Friedrich Axel and Sophia were also married in a religious ceremony on 24 April 1946 at Salem, Baden-Württemburg, Germany. He died on 8 January 2006 at age 90 at Munich, Bavaria, GermanyG.3
     He gained the title of HRH Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hanover.1 He gained the title of HRH Prince Georg Wilhelm of the United Kingdom.1

Children of Georg Wilhelm Ernst August Friedrich Axel Prinz von Hannover and Sophia zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark

Citations

  1. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 160. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.
  2. [S300] Michael Rhodes, "re: Ernest Fawbert Collection," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 8 February. Hereinafter cited as "re: Ernest Fawbert Collection."
  3. [S213] Unknown author, "unknown article title," European Royal History Journal: volume 9.1, page 7.

Valerie Isabella Erzherzogin von Österreich1

F, #101130, b. 23 May 1941
Last Edited=10 May 2003
Consanguinity Index=1.86%
     Valerie Isabella Erzherzogin von Österreich was born on 23 May 1941 at Vienna, AustriaG.2 She is the daughter of Hubert Salvator Erzherzog von Österreich and Rosemary Friederike Isabella Eleonore Henriette Antonia Prinzessin zu Salm-Salm.2 She married Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard Prinz von Baden, son of Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst August Heinrich Karl Prinz von Baden and Theodora zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark, on 23 September 1966 at Salem, Baden-Württemburg, Germany, in a civil marriage.2 Valerie Isabella and Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard were also married in a religious ceremony on 30 September 1966 at Schloss Persenbeug, AustriaG.
     She gained the title of Erzherzogin von Österreich.2 She gained the title of Principessa Valerie di Toscana.2 She was given the name of Valerie Isabelle Maria Anna Alfonsa Desideria Brigitte Sophia Thomasia Huberta Josepha Ignatia von Habsburg-Lothringen at birth.

Citations

  1. [S12] C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 376. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.
  2. [S3] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 182. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.