Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Infobox Glücksburg Royalty|highness
name = Princess Marie Melita
full name = Marie Melita Leopoldine Viktoria Feodora Alexandra Sophie
reign =
title = Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
styles = "HH" The Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
"HH" The Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
"HH" The Hereditary Princess of Schleswig-Holstein
"HH" The Hereditary Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
"HSH" Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
royal house = House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
spouse = Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
issue = Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
Prince Wilhelm Alfred
Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Princess Marie Alexandra


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date of birth = birth date|1899|1|18|df=y
place of birth = Langenburg, Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Württemberg
date of death = death date and age|1967|11|8|1899|1|18|df=y
place of death = Munich, Bavaria, Germany
father = Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
mother = Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburgcite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p10443.htm#i104424| title=Marie Melita Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg | date=31 January 2004 | accessdate=2008-09-02 | publisher= [http://thePeerage.com thePeerage.com] | author=Darryl Lundy] cite web | url=http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/holstein.html| title=SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN | date= | accessdate=2008-09-02 | publisher=Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site | author=Paul Theroff] (18 January 1899 in Langenburg, Württemberg -8 November 1967 in Munich, Germany) was the Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein as the wife of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. Marie Melita was the eldest daughter of Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Marriage and issue

Marie Melita married Wilhelm Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, the only son of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, on 5 February 1916 at Coburg. Wilhelm Friedrich and Marie Melita had four children:

*"HH" "Hans Albrecht", Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (12 May 1917 - 10 August 1944)
*"HH" Prince "Wilhelm Alfred" Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (24 September 1919 at Louisenlund- 17 June 1926 in Kiel); died of meningitis
*"HH" Friedrich Ernst "Peter", Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (30 April 1922 - 30 September 1980)
*"HH" Princess "Marie Alexandra" of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 9 July 1927)

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*18 January 1899 - 5 February 1916: "Her Serene Highness" Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
*5 February 1916 - 27 April 1931: "Her Highness" The Hereditary Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
*27 April 1931 - 21 January 1934: "Her Highness" The Hereditary Princess of Schleswig-Holstein
*21 January 1934 - 10 February 1965: "Her Highness" The Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
*10 February 1965 - 8 November 1967: "Her Highness" The Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein

References

Ancestry

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1= 1. Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
2= 2. Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
3= 3. Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
4= 4. Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
5= 5. Princess Leopoldine of Baden
6= 6. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
7= 7. Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
8= 8. Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
9= 9. Louise Auguste of Denmark
10= 10. Prince William of Baden
11= 11. Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg
12= 12. Albert, Prince Consort
13= 13. Victoria of the United Kingdom
14= 14. Alexander II of Russia
15= 15. Marie of Hesse
16= 16. Carl Ludwig III, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
17= 17. Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth
18= 18. Christian VII of Denmark
19= 19. Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
20= 20. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
21= 21. Luise Karoline, Baroness Geyer von Geyersberg
22= 22. Duke Louis of Württemberg
23= 23. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg
24= 24. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
25= 25. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
26= 26. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
27= 27. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
28= 28. Nicholas I of Russia
29= 29. Charlotte of Prussia
30= 30. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse
31= 31. Princess Wilhelmine of Baden