Princess Marie Alix | |
Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein | |
Reign: | 10 February 1965 – 30 September 1980 |
Reign-Type: | Tenure |
Predecessor: | Marie Melita |
Successor: | Elisabeth |
Birth Name: | Marie Alix zu Schaumburg-Lippe |
Birth Date: | 2 April 1923 |
Birth Place: | Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany |
Death Place: | Thumby, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
Burial Place: | Louisenlund Castle |
Spouse: | Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein |
Consort: | yes |
Issue: |
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House: | House of Lippe |
Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe (Marie Alix zu Schaumburg-Lippe; 2 April 1923 – 1 November 2021) was Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein as the wife of Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 1965 to 1980.[1]
Marie Alix was the only daughter of and .[1] Her father was a diplomat and she lived as a child in Sofia, Rome, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires[2] and Santiago de Chile. She was the niece of Adolf II, the last ruler of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe who abdicated following the German Revolution of 1918–1919.[1] Marie Alix's younger brother, Prince Georg Moritz of Schaumburg-Lippe, was killed in a car accident in 1970 without marrying or having children.[1]
Marie Alix married Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, third son of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg in Glücksburg on 9 October 1947.[3] Peter and Marie Alix had four children:[1]
She was a co-founder of the Stiftung Louisenlund, which runs an eponymous boarding school in Güby, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She was also involved in working with the German Red Cross.[4]
Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe died in Thumby on 1 November 2021 at the age of 98.[5]
Her funeral was held 11 November 2021 in Schleswig Cathedral and she was buried in a family crypt at the family home, Louisenlund.[6]