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Grand Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |||||
Tenure | 7 June 1904 – 14 November 1918 | ||||
Born | Princess Alexandra of Cumberland 29 September 1882 Schloss Cumberland, Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary | ||||
Died | 30 August 1963 Glücksburg Castle, Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany | (aged 80)||||
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House | Hanover | ||||
Father | Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover | ||||
Mother | Princess Thyra of Denmark |
Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland (Alexandra Louise Marie Olga Elisabeth Therese Vera; 29 September 1882 – 30 August 1963) was the wife of Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. As such, she was the last consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from their marriage on 7 June 1904 until the Grand Duke abdicated on 14 November 1918, following the German Revolution of 1918. Alexandra was the daughter of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, and Princess Thyra of Denmark.