Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (September 1, 1878 - April 16, 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family. She was born on in Coburg, Germany. Her father was His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, second eldest son of Queen Victoria and Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh (née Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, a daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia). In 1893, Princess Alexandra's great uncle, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Prince Albert's brother) died without heirs. The Prince of Wales had renounced his claim to the ducal throne of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, therefore the vacant duchy fell to Alexandra's father, the Duke of Edinburgh. Thus Princess Alexandra was both a British princess and Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha from birth.

In 1896, Princess Alexandra married His Serene Highness Prince Ernest Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Together they had four children:

• Prince Godfrey, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
• Princess Marie-Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
• Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
• PrincessIrma of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Nicknamed, Sandra by her family, Princess Alexandra lived for the rest of her life in Germany. She died in Schwabisch Hall, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany in 1942.