Background and Family
Alexandra was christened on 19 September 1999 in a ceremony at her father's hunting lodge Auerbach, near Grünau im Almtal, Upper Austria. The princess's godparents are her paternal aunt Alexandra, Princess of Leiningen, half-sister Charlotte Casiraghi, Ulrike Ulmschneider, Maryam Sachs, Virginia Gallico, George Condo, and Eric Maier. She was named for all of her godmothers.
She has half-siblings from each of her parents' previous marriages. From Prince Ernst's previous marriage, she has two half-brothers, Ernst August, Hereditary Prince of Hanover and Prince Christian of Hanover. From Princess Caroline's previous marriage, she has two half-brothers, Andrea and Pierre Casiraghi and one half-sister, Charlotte Casiraghi.
Through her father, she is a descendant of King George III of the United Kingdom, the last German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, Christian IX of Denmark and of Queen Victoria. Through her mother, she descends from Marie de Lorraine-Guise-Armagnac, Karl, Grand Duke of Baden, Stephanie de Beauharnais, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Rainier III of Monaco and Grace Kelly.
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