Second Marriage
On 11 August 1914, at Neustrelitz, Marie married Prince Julius Ernst of Lippe (1873–1952), third son of Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld and uncle of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. After their marriage Marie and Julius lived in Blasewitz. They had two children:
- Princess Elisabeth of Lippe (born 23 January 1916), married Prince Ernst-August of Solms-Braunfels
- Prince Ernst August of Lippe (1 April 1917 – 15 June 1990) a claimant to the headship of the House of Lippe.
Marie died at the age of seventy in Oberkassel near Bonn. She is buried with her second husband in the Lippe family mausoleum at Heisterbach Abbey.
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