Marie Alix, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
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name = Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe |
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title = Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein |
styles = HH The Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein |
royal house = House of Lippe |
spouse = Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein |
issue = Princess Marita |
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place of birth = Bückeburg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
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father = Prince Stephan Alexander Viktor of Schaumburg-Lippe |
mother = Duchess Ingeborg Alix of Oldenburg }} |
Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe (born 2 April 1923 at Bückeburg, Lower Saxony, Germany) was the Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein and the mother of the current Head of the House of Oldenburg, Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein. Marie Alix is the daughter of Prince Stephan Alexander Viktor of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife Duchess Ingeborg Alix of Oldenburg.
Marriage and issue
Marie Alix married Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, son of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, on 9 October 1947 in Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Marie Alix and Peter had four children:
- HH Princess Marita of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 5 September 1948)
- HH Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (born 22 August 1949)
- HH Prince Alexander of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 9 July 1953)
- HH Princess Ingeborg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 9 July 1956)
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
- 2 April 1923 - 9 October 1947: Her Serene Highness Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe
- 9 October 1947 - 10 February 1965: Her Highness The Hereditary Princess of Schleswig-Holstein
- 10 February 1965 - 30 September 1980: Her Highness The Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
- 30 September 1980 - present: Her Highness The Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein