Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover

Infobox Hanoverian Royalty|highness
name = Princess Alexandra
title = Princess Welf Henry of Hanover


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titles = "HRH" Princess Welf Henry of Hanover
"HSH" Princess Alexandra of Ysenburg and Büdingen
full name = Alexandra Sophie Cecilie Anna Maria Friederike Benigna Dorotheacite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p10168.htm#i101680| title=Alexandra Sophie Prinzessin zu Ysenburg und Büdingen | date=27 May 2003 | accessdate=2008-08-17 | publisher= [http://thePeerage.com thePeerage.com] | author=Darryl Lundy]
spouse = Prince Welf Henry of Hanover
issue = "none"
royal house = House of Ysenburg-Büdingen
House of Hanover
father = Otto Friedrich III, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Wächtersbach
mother = Felicitas Anna Eleonore Cecilie, Princess Reuss of Köstritz
date of birth =birth date|1937|10|23|df=yes
place of birth = flagicon|Germany Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
date of death =
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Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover (née "Alexandra Sophie Cecilie Anna Maria Friederike Benigna Dorothea Prinzessin zu Ysenburg und Büdingen") (born 23 October 1937 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany) is a German politician, philanthropist, and widow of Prince Welf Henry of Hanover. The princess currently serves as a councilwoman representing the Niederrad district of Frankfurt on the Frankfurt City Council (German: "Frankfurter Stadtverordnetenversammlung"). She is a member of the Christian Democratic Union political party.cite web | url=http://www.faz.net/s/RubFAE83B7DDEFD4F2882ED5B3C15AC43E2/Doc~E09CDB96CBA7E4B44BD5F7FD26683ED84~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html| title=Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover | date=12 January 2007 | accessdate=2008-08-17 | publisher=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) | author=Konstanze Crüwell]

Personal life

Princess Alexandra of Ysenburg and Büdingen was born on 23 October 1937 in Frankfurt am Maincite web | url=http://www.cdu-fraktion-ffm.de/hannover.php| title=Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover | date=2008 | accessdate=2008-08-17 | publisher=Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (CDU) | author=CDU] and was the second eldest child and only daughter of Otto Friedrich III, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Wächtersbach and his wife Felicitas Anna Eleonore Cecilie, Princess Reuss of Köstritz.

Alexandra married Prince Welf Henry of Hanover, the fourth son of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick and his wife Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, on 20 September 1960 at Büdingen, Hesse, Germany, in a civil marriage ceremony. Alexandra and Welf Henry were remarried the following day in a religious ceremony at the Marienkirche in Büdingen.cite web | url=http://www.geocities.com/oranjenassau2002/gennetherlands1b.html#sophieisenburg| title=Genealogy of the Royal Family of the Netherlands | date=15 December 2003 | accessdate=2008-08-17 | publisher= [http://www.geocities.com/henrivanoene/ Henri van Oene's Royal Genealogies Page] | author=Henri van Oene] The couple had no children.

Professional life

Alexandra has represented the Frankfurt district of Niederrad on the Frankfurt City Council since 1980. She currently serves as the Chairwoman of the Culture and Leisure Committee.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*23 October 1937 – 20 September 1960: "Her Serene Highness" Princess Alexandra of Ysenburg and Büdingen
*20 September 1960 - present: "Her Royal Highness" Princess Welf Henry of Hanover

Alexandra's courtesy title remains Prinzessin Welf Heinrich von Hannover but she is better known by her professional and legal name Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover with her title as a "Princess of Hanover" used as her surname.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Princess Alexandra of Ysenburg and Büdingen
2= 2. Otto Friedrich III, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Wächtersbach
3= 3. Felicitas Anna Eleonore Cecilie, Princess Reuss of Köstritz
4= 4. Prince Friedrich Maximilian of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Wächtersbach
5= 5. Countess Margarete von Dönhoff
6= 6. Heinrich XXXIV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz
7= 7. Sophie Renate, Princess Reuss of Köstritz
8= 8. Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Wächtersbach
9= 9. Countess Anna Dobrzensky
10= 10. Otto Magnus von Dönhoff
11= 11. Maria von Schlippenbach
12= 12. Heinrich XXVIII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz
13= 13. Countess Magdalene of Solms-Laubach
14= 14. Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz
15= 15. Princess Maria of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
16= 16. Prince Ferdinand Maximilian of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Wächtersbach
17= 17. Princess Augusta of Hanau
18= 18. Procop Dobrzensky
19= 19. Elisabeth von Harbuval
20= 20. Emil Paul von Dönhoff
21= 21. Aleksandra Issakowa
22= 22. Ernst von Schlippenbach
23= 23. Henrika Regina Sermage
24= 24. Heinrich XII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz
25= 25. Countess Anna Karoline of Hochberg
26= 26. Friedrich Wilhelm August Christian, Count of Solms-Laubach
27= 27. Countess Marianne of Stolberg-Wernigerode
28= 28. Heinrich LXIII, Count Reuss of Köstritz
29= 29. Countess Eleanore of Stolberg-Wernigerode
30= 30. Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
31= 31. Princess Sophie of the Netherlands

External links

* [http://www.cdu-fraktion-ffm.de/hannover.php Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Profile on Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover]
* [http://www.faz.net/s/RubFAE83B7DDEFD4F2882ED5B3C15AC43E2/Doc~E09CDB96CBA7E4B44BD5F7FD26683ED84~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Article on Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover]
* [http://www.aerzte-pr.de/PDFs/Portrait_von_Hannover.pdf U.S.P. Public Relation Portrait of Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover]

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