Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe
Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe (Marie Alix zu Schaumburg-Lippe; 2 April 1923 – 1 November 2021) was Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein as the wife of from 1965 to 1980. Biography. Family. Marie Alix was the only daughter of and . She was the niece of Adolf II, the last ruler of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe who abdicated following the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the Principality became the Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe. Marie Alix's younger brother, Prince Georg Moritz of Schaumburg-Lippe, was killed in a car accident in 1970 without  marrying or having children. Marriage and issue. Alix Marie married Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, third son of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg in Glücksburg on 9 October 1947. Peter and Marie Alix had four children: Death and funeral. Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe died in Thumby on 1 November 2021 at the age of 98.