Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, the consort of King Christian X, was born a Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in the city of Schwerin, on December 24, 1879. Her father was the Grand Duke Franz III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; her mother was the Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna Romanova, a granddaughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia.
Princess Alexandrine married Crown Prince Christian of Denmark on April 26, 1898, in Cannes, France, when she was 18 years old. She died as Dowager Queen of Denmark on December 28, 1952, in Copenhagen.
The only brother of Queen Alexandrine was Grand Duke Franz IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (born April 9, 1882, in Palermo, Italy; married Princess Alexandra of Hanover, in Gmuenden, Austria, on June 7, 1904; died November 17, 1945, in Flensburg, Germany).
The only sister of Queen Alexandrine was the Duchess Cecile Auguste Marie (born September 20, 1886, in Schwerin; married Crown Prince [later Kaiser] Wilhelm of Germany, in Berlin, on June 6, 1905; died May 6, 1954, in Kissingen, Germany).