Alexander, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg


Alexander, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg was the 2nd Prince of Erbach-Schönberg, eldest son of Gustav, 1st Prince of Erbach-Schönberg.

Early life

Alexander was the eldest child of Gustav, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg, and his wife, Princess Marie of Battenberg, daughter of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and his morganatic wife Countess Julia Hauke. As a result of a morganatic marriage, his mother and her siblings were excluded from the succession of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and bore the title Princes of Battenberg.
He was a first cousin of:
Alexander married on 3 May 1900 in Arolsen, Princess Elisabeth of Waldeck and Pyrmont, seventh child and youngest daughter of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Helena of Nassau.
They had four children. four grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren: