Princess Marie Louise of Hanover

For other people called Princess Marie Louise, see Princess Marie Louise (disambiguation).
Princess Marie Louise
Princess Marie Louise of Baden
Born (1879-10-11)11 October 1879
Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary
Died 31 January 1948(1948-01-31) (aged 68)
Salem, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Spouse Prince Maximilian of Baden
Issue Marie Alexandra, Princess Wolfgang of Hesse
Berthold, Margrave of Baden
Full name
Marie Louise Victoria Caroline Amalie Alexandra Augusta Frederica
German: Marie Luise Viktoria Karoline Amalie Alexandra Auguste Friederike
House Hanover
Father Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
Mother Princess Thyra of Denmark

Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland (German: Marie Louise Victoria Caroline Amalie Alexandra Augusta Friederike Prinzessin von Hannover und Cumberland), Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born 11 October 1879 in Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary; died 31 January 1948 at Schloss Salem in Salem, Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Marie Louise was the eldest daughter of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845–1923) and Princess Thyra of Denmark (1853–1933), the youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (1818–1906) and Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817–1898). Through her father, Marie Louise was a great-great-granddaughter of George III of the United Kingdom (1738–1820) and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818).

Marriage and issue

Marie Louise married on 10 July 1900 in Gmunden, Austria-Hungary to her third cousin twice removed Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867–1929), son of Prince Wilhelm of Baden and his wife Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, thus making him a first cousin twice removed of Napoleon III of France. Marie Louise and Maximilian had one daughter and one son:

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Ancestry

Princess Marie Louise of Hanover
Cadet branch of the House of Welf
Born: 11 October 1879 Died: 31 January 1948
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Hilda of Nassau
 TITULAR 
Grand Duchess consort of Baden
8 August 1928 – 6 November 1929
Reason for succession failure:
Grand Duchy abolished in 1918
Succeeded by
Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark
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