Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria; 1 September 1878 – 16 April 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family.
Princess Alexandra's father was Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second eldest son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Albert, Prince Consort. Her mother was Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, a daughter of Alexander II of Russia and Marie of Hesse and by Rhine.
In 1893, her...
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Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria; 1 September 1878 – 16 April 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family.
Princess Alexandra's father was Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second eldest son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Albert, Prince Consort. Her mother was Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, a daughter of Alexander II of Russia and Marie of Hesse and by Rhine.
In 1893, her great-uncle, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (brother of her paternal grandfather, Prince Albert) died without descendants. Since Albert was dead, and her uncle, Edward VII of the United Kingdom, the Prince of Wales, had renounced his claim to the ducal throne of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the vacant duchy fell to Alexandra's father, the Duke of Edinburgh. Thus, Princess Alexandra was both a British princess and a Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
On 20 April 1896 in Coburg, Germany, Princess Alexandra married Ernst Wilhelm Friedrich Carl...
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