Alexandra von Hannover

Princess Alexandra of Hanover (née Princess Alexandra Sophie Cecilie Anna Maria Friederike Benigna Dorothea of Ysenburg and Büdingen; 23 October 1937 – 1 June 2015) was a German politician, philanthropist, and wife of Prince Welf Henry of Hanover. She lastly served as a councilwoman representing the Niederrad district of Frankfurt on the Frankfurt City Council .

Personal life Princess Alexandra of Hanover was born on 23 October 1937 in Frankfurt am Main and was the second eldest child and only daughter of , Prince of Ysenburg und Büdingen zu Wächtersbach and his wife Felicitas Anna Eleonore Cecilie, Princess Reuss of Köstritz. She was the sister of Wolfgang-Ernst, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen.

Alexandra married Prince , the fourth son of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick and his wife Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, in a civil ceremony on 20 September 1960 at Büdingen, Hesse, and in a religious ceremony on the following day at the Marienkirche in Büdingen. The couple had no children.

She was the aunt-in-law of Queen Sofía of Spain and King Constantine II of Greece, and grandaunt of King Felipe VI of Spain, through her sister-in-law Frederica of Hanover. She died on 1 June 2015, aged 77, three days before the death of her sister-in-law Monika, Dowager Princess of Hanover.

Professional life

Alexandra represented the Frankfurt district of Niederrad