Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (German: Marie Melita Leopoldine Viktoria Feodora Alexandra Sophie; 18 January 1899, Langenburg, Württemberg – 8 November 1967, Munich, Germany) was the Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein as the wife of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. She was the eldest daughter of Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Marie Melita married her second cousin, Wilhelm Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, the only son of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, on 5 February 1916 at Coburg. Wilhelm Friedrich and Marie Melita had four children:

• Hans Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (12 May 1917 – 10 August 1944); unmarried, no issue
• Prince Wilhelm Alfred Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (24 September 1919 – 17 June 1926)
• Friedrich Ernst Peter, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (30 April 1922 – 30 September 1980); married, had issue
• Princess Marie Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein (9 July 1927 – 14 December 2000); married, on 22 July 1970 at Grünholz, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Douglas Barton-Miller (born 27 December 1929); no issue.

• 18 January 1899 – 5 February 1916: Her Serene Highness Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
• 5 February 1916 – 27 April 1931: Her Highness The Hereditary Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
• 27 April 1931 – 21 January 1934: Her Highness The Hereditary Princess of Schleswig-Holstein
• 21 January 1934 – 10 February 1965: Her Highness The Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein
• 10 February 1965 – 8 November 1967: Her Highness The Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein