Princess Alexandra Therese Marie of Anhalt (4 April 1868 - 26 August 1958) was a Princess

Princess

Princess is the feminine form of prince . Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or his daughters....

 of Anhalt

Anhalt

Anhalt was a sovereign county in Germany, located between the Harz Mountains and the river Elbe in Middle Germany. It now forms part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt.- Dukes of Anhalt :...

 and member of the House of Ascania by birth. As the wife of Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg

Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg

Günther Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg was the head of the House of Schwarzburg and pretender to the principalities of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.-Biography:...

, she was a Princess of Schwarzburg

Schwarzburg

Schwarzburg is a municipality in the valley of the Schwarza in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia, Germany.First mentioned in 1071 as Swartzinburg. The castle was from the 12th century the seat of the Counts of Schwarzburg...

 by marriage.

Early life

Princess Alexandra was born on 4 April 1868 in Dessau

Dessau

Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it is part of the merged town Dessau-Roßlau. Population of Dessau proper: 77,973 .-Geography:...

 as the youngest child of Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt

Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt

Frederick I was a German prince of the house of Ascania who ruled the Duchy of Anhalt from 1871 to 1904.-Early life:...

 and Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg.

Marriage

In the late 1880s false rumours of an engagement between Prince Albert Victor of Wales and Princess Alexandra emerged when in fact the couple had never even met.

In Dessau on 25 January 1897 Princess Alexandra was married to Prince Sizzo of Schwarzburg

Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg

Günther Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg was the head of the House of Schwarzburg and pretender to the principalities of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.-Biography:...

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After their marriage the couple lived in Großharthau

Großharthau

Großharthau is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany. It belongs to the district of Bautzen and lies southwest of the eponymous city.- Geography :...

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Children

Name	|Death	Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg was the final head of the House of Schwarzburg and heir to the principalities of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.-Early life:...	5 March 1901	9 November 1971	married Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Ancestry