Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden

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Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden, Marie Alexandra Thyra Victoria Louise Carola Hilda von Zähringen (born August 1, 1902 in Salem – died January 29, 1944 in Frankfurt am Main) was a Princess and Landgravine of Hesse and wife of the designated Crown Prince of Finland.

She was born as the daughter of Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867–1929) and Princess Marie-Louise of Hanover and Cumberland. Her paternal grandparents were the late Prince Wilhelm of Baden (1829–97) and Princess Maria of Leuchtenberg (1841–1914). Maria of Leuchtenberg was daughter of Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817–52) and Grand Duchess Maria Nicolaievna of Russia (1819–76), the eldest daughter of Nicholas I of Russia.

Prince Wilhelm of Baden was a younger son of Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden (1790–1852) and Sophie of Sweden (1801–65), daughter of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden.

Princess Marie-Louise of Hanover (1879–1948) was daughter of the late Ernest August, 3rd Duke of Cumberland, claimant of the annexed Kingdom of Hanover, and Thyra of Denmark (1853-1933), youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse, Marie Alexandra's husband's great-aunt. Marie Alexandra's grandmother Thyra was sister of Empress Maria Fedorovna and aunt of Nicholas II of Russia, the last Romanov tsar.

On 17 September 1924 she married Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (1896–1989), the heir of the would-be King of Finland.

Princess Marie Alexandra was killed in an air-raid on Frankfurt in World War II.

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NAME Marie Alexandra of Baden
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marie Alexandra Thyra Victoria Louise Carola Hilda von Zähringen
SHORT DESCRIPTION Princess and Landgravine of Hesse
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Salem
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1944
PLACE OF DEATH Frankfurt am Main
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