Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1891–1971)

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Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1891–1971)

Duchess of Saxony. Name variations: Adelheid; Countess Lingen. Born Adelaide Erna Caroline on September 16, 1891, in Cassel; died on April 25, 1971, in La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland; daughter of Frederick Johann (b. 1861), duke of Saxony, and Adelaide Caroline Matilde , Princess Lippe (1870–1889); married Adalbert Ferdinand Berengar, count Lingen, on August 3, 1914; children: Victoria Marina (1917–1981), countess Lingen (who married Kirby Patterson); William Victor (b. 1919), count Lingen.

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