Early Life
Alexandra's parents were married on 24 April 1817, at Kirchheim unter Teck.
They had six children, all daughters:
1. Alexandrine Marie Wilhelmine Katharine Charlotte Therese Henriette Luise Pauline Elisabeth Friederike Georgine (b. Hildburghausen, 14 April 1818 - d. Gmunden, 9 January 1907), married on 18 February 1843 to King George V of Hanover.
2. Pauline Friederike Henriette Auguste (b. Kirchheim unter Teck, 24 November 1819 - d. Hildburghausen, 11 January 1825).
3. Henriette Friederike Therese Elisabeth (b. Hildburghausen, 9 October 1823 - d. Altenburg, 3 April 1915).
4. Elisabeth Pauline Alexandrine (b. Hildburghausen, 26 March 1826 - d. Oldenburg, 2 February 1896), married on 10 February 1852 to Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg.
5. Alexandra Friederike Henriette Pauline Marianne Elisabeth (b. Altenburg, 8 July 1830 - d. St. Petersburg, 6 July 1911), married on 11 September 1848 to Constantine Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia.
6. Luise (b. Altenburg, 4 June 1832 - d. Hummelshain, 29 August 1833).
Alexandra's portrait was painted by the fashionable court artist Joseph Karl Stieler.
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