Princess Alexandrine-Louise of Denmark
| Princess Alexandrine-Louise | |
|---|---|
| Countess Luitpold of Castell-Castell | |
Glücksburg | |
| Father | Prince Harald of Denmark |
| Mother | Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg |
Princess Alexandrine-Louise of Denmark (Alexandrine-Louise Caroline-Mathilde Dagmar) (12 December 1914 – 26 April 1962) was a Danish princess as a daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark and granddaughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark.
As the wife of
countess of Castell-Castell
by marriage.
Early life
country house in Gentofte north of Copenhagen
, Denmark.
She was the third child and 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
On 24 August 1936, her
Luitpold and Alexandrine-Louise were married on 22 January 1937 at
nitrate film is preserved by the Danish Film Institute in their bunker archive for nitrate film at Store Dyrehave in Hillerød.[6][7] 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."[6]
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.
Ancestry
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References
Citations
- ^ a b Time Staff (31 August 1936), "Milestones, Aug. 31, 1936", Time, archived from the original on October 14, 2008, retrieved 2010-08-22
- ^ a b Associated Press (24 August 1936), "Danish Princess Will Marry Count", Sarasota Herald, retrieved 2010-08-22
- ^ a b c d e Evening Post Staff (18 September 1936), "King Christian's Niece", Evening Post, retrieved 2010-08-22
- ^ Time Staff (1 February 1937), "Milestones, Feb. 1, 1937", Time, archived from the original on October 6, 2008, retrieved 2010-08-22
- ^ "Kongelige begivenheder i Christiansborg Slotskirke". SES (in Danish). Finansministeriet Slots- og Ejendomsstyrelsen. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- ^ Det Danske Filminstitut. Archived from the originalon 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- ^ Tækker, Christina (November 2006), "Fy og Bi skal opbevares i koldkrigsbunker" (PDF), COWIfeature, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19, retrieved 2010-08-22
Bibliography
- Bramsen, Bo (1992). Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt [The House of Glücksburg. The Father-in-law of Europe and his descendants] (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: Forlaget Forum. ISBN 87-553-1843-6.
