Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden (''Marie Alexandra Thyra Victoria Louise Carola Hilda''; 1 August 1902 – 29 January 1944) was a

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princess by marriage.

Family

She was the only daughter and elder child of

Prince Maximilian of Baden Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (''Maximilian Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm''; 10 July 1867 – 6 November 1929),Almanach de Gotha. ''Haus Baden (Maison de Bade)''. Justus Perthes (publishing company), Justus Perthes, Gotha, 1944, p. 18, (French). a ...

(1867–1929) and Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland. Her paternal grandparents were

Prince Wilhelm of Baden Margrave Wilhelm of Baden (8 April 1792 in Karlsruhe – 11 October 1859 in Karlsruhe) was the second son of Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden and his second wife, Luise Karoline, Baroness Geyer von Geyersberg (26 May 1768 – 23 July 1 ...

(1829–97) and Princess Maria of

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(1841–1914), a daughter of

Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg Maximilian Joseph Eugene Auguste Napoleon de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, Prince Romanowsky (2 October 1817 – 1 November 1852) was the husband of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolayevna of Russia and first cousin of Emperors Napoleon III of ...

(1817–52) and

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolaevna Romanova; Russian language, Russian: Великая Княжна Мария Николаевна, 17 July 1918) was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexand ...

(1819–1876). Princess Marie-Louise of Hanover (1879–1948) was a daughter of

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, claimant of the annexed

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Marriage

On 17 September 1924, she married her fourth cousin

Prince Wolfgang of Hesse Prince Wolfgang of Electorate of Hesse, Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (''Wolfgang Moritz''; 6 November 1896 – 12 July 1989) was the designated Hereditary Prince of the monarchy of Finland (with the Irredentism, irredentist pretension to Estonia ...

(1896–1989). They had no children.

Death

Princess Marie Alexandra was killed in an attack by the U.S. Army Air Forces during an air-raid on Frankfurt am Main on 29–30 January 1944 during

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. She and seven other women, who were aid workers, were killed when the cellar, in which they had taken refuge, collapsed under the weight of the building, rendering Marie Alexandra's body barely recognisable.

Ancestry

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marie Alexandra Of Baden 1902 births 1944 deaths House of Zähringen Finnish royalty House of Hesse-Kassel Princesses of Baden Princesses of Hesse German civilians killed in World War II Deaths by airstrike during World War II Deaths by American airstrikes