Princess Alexandra of Hanover (Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virginia; born 20 July 1999) is a Monegasque figure skater and the fourth child of Princess Caroline of Monaco and the third of Ernst August, Prince of Hanover.
Family
Alexandra was born on 20 July 1999 in Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria. She was christened on 19 September that year by Horst Hirschler, Landesbischof of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover, in a ceremony at her father's hunting lodge Auerbach, near Grünau im Almtal, Upper Austria. Her godparents are her paternal aunt Alexandra, Princess of Leiningen, maternal half-sister Charlotte Casiraghi, Ulrike Ulmschneider, Maryam Sachs, Virginia Gallico, George Condo, and Eric Maier. She was named after each of her godmothers. On her father's side, she is a descendant of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Wilhelm II, German Emperor, and King Christian IX of Denmark. She is also a first cousin once removed of Queen Sofía of Spain and King Constantine II of Greece, and a second cousin of King Felipe VI of Spain.
Alexandra is the only one of Princess Caroline's four children who bears any royal style or title. While she is formally styled as Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Hanover in Monaco, she is afforded the style and title out of courtesy elsewhere. until 2018, when she was confirmed into the Catholic Church.
Early life, education, and career
Initially enrolled in public school in Le Mée-sur-Seine, near Paris, she finished her primary and secondary schooling Monaco. She initially studied political science and philosophy at New York University. She completed her Master of Arts in History and Literature at Reid Hall, the site of Columbia University in Paris. Since 2025, she has been writing travel and literary articles for the bilingual Revue Passager magazine as well as her own substack newsletter, as declared in the profile of her official Instagram account.
Figure skating career
Alexandra began skating when she was ten years old after receiving ice skates as a Christmas present. At the age of 12, she competed in the "Skate 7" class at the 10th Figure Skating Championship in Monaco, finishing in second place. She was awarded the cup of the Monegasque Federation of Skating. and in two competitive events during the 2015–16 season at the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating.
Career results
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Programs
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! 2015–2016 <br />
In October 2018, Alexandra converted to Catholicism, thereby renouncing her distant place in the line of succession to the British throne.