Princess Alexandrine-Louise of Denmark

Princess Alexandrine-Louise of Denmark (Alexandrine-Louise Caroline-Mathilde Dagmar) (12 December 1914 – 26 April 1962) was a Danish princess as the daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark and granddaughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark.

As the wife of Count Luitpold of Castell-Castell, she became a countess of Castell-Castell by marriage.

Early life Princess Alexandrine-Louise's birthplace Jægersborghus in 1909. Princess Alexandrine-Louise was born on 12 December 1914 at the Jægersborghus country house in Gentofte north of Copenhagen, Denmark.

She was the third child and daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark, son of King Frederick VIII of Denmark and Princess Louise of Sweden. Her mother was Princess Helena of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, daughter of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

Marriage and issue Before her marriage, Alexandrine-Louise was frequently mentioned as a possible queen consort to Edward VIII of the United Kingdom. The couple had met for the first time in Berlin during the 1936 Summer Olympics. Footage of the wedding on nitrate film is preserved by the Danish Film Institute in their bunker archive for nitrate film at Store Dyrehave in Hillerød. According to the film archivist Karin Bonde Johansen regarding the scenes captured by the film, "the atmosphere looks cheerful and wild looking, but unfortunately there is no audio to the footage."

The couple had three children:

Amélie Alexandrine Helene Caroline Mathilde Pauline (b. Berlin 25 May 1938); m. Hochburg (civil) 3 September 1965 (religious) 5 September 1965 Oscar Ritter von Miller zu Aichholz (b. Vienna 7 July 1934) has issue Thyra Antonie Marie-Therese Feodora Agnes (b. Berlin 14 September 1939); m. Copenhagen 3 November 1961 Karl Moritz Moes (b. Copenhagen 17 October 1937) has issue Otto-Luitpold Gustav Friedrich Christian Harald Carl (Berlin 13 March 1942 – Berlin 19 March 1943)

Later life Count Luitpold was killed in action in World War II in Bankya near Sofia, Bulgaria on 6/8 November 1941.

Countess Alexandrine-Louise died in Copenhagen on 26 April 1962.

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