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Princess Marie Louise of Hanover
Princess Marie Louise
of Hanover and Cumberland
was the eldest child of
Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
, and
Princess Thyra of Denmark
, the youngest daughter of
Christian IX of Denmark
and
Louise of Hesse-Kassel
. Through her father, Marie Louise was a great-great-granddaughter of
George III of the United Kingdom
and
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
. She was a first cousin of
Nicholas II of Russia
,
Queen Maud of Norway
and
George V of the United Kingdom
.
Marriage and issue
Marie Louise married on 10 July 1900 in Gmunden, Austria-Hungary to her
third cousin twice removed
Prince Maximilian of Baden
, son of
Prince Wilhelm of Baden
and his wife
Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg
, thus making him a
first cousin twice removed
of
Napoleon III of France
. Marie Louise and Maximilian had one daughter and one son:
Princess
Marie Alexandra of Baden
. Married
Prince Wolfgang Moritz of Hesse-Kassel
, a son of
Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse-Kassel
and
Princess Margaret of Prussia
. Marie Alexandra was killed in a bombing of
Frankfurt
by the
Allies of World War II
.
Berthold,
Margrave of Baden
. Married
Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark
, a daughter of
Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
and
Princess Alice of Battenberg
. Prince Berthold was the brother-in-law of
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
.
Titles and styles
11 October 1879 – 10 July 1900:
Her Royal Highness
Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland,
Princess of Great Britain and Ireland
,
Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
10 July 1900 – 8 August 1928:
Her Royal Highness
Princess
Maximilian of Baden
8 August 1928 – 6 November 1929:
Her Royal Highness
The
Margravine of Baden
6 November 1929 – 31 January 1948:
Her Royal Highness
The Dowager Margravine of Baden
Ancestry
