Princess Alexandra of Anhalt
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Died26 August 1958 (aged 90)
Schwetzingen
Schwetzingen
Spouse
| Alexandra of Anhalt | |||||
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| Princess of Schwarzburg | |||||
 Princess Alexandra in 1898 | |||||
| Born | 4 April 1868 Dessau, Anhalt | ||||
| Died | 26 August 1958 (aged 90) Schwetzingen | ||||
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| House | Ascania | ||||
| Father | Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt | ||||
| Mother | Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg | ||||
Princess Alexandra Therese Marie of Anhalt (4 April 1868 - 26 August 1958) was a Princess of Anhalt and member of the House of Ascania by birth. As the wife of Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg, she was a Princess of Schwarzburg by marriage.
Princess Alexandra was born on 4 April 1868 in Dessau as the youngest child of Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg.
Marriage
In the late 1880s false rumours of an engagement between Prince Albert Victor of Wales and Princess Alexandra emerged when in fact the couple had never even met.[1]
In Dessau on 25 January 1897 Princess Alexandra was married to Prince Sizzo of Schwarzburg.
After their marriage the couple lived in Großharthau.[2]