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She was born a Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , in the city of Schwerin . Her father was the Grand Duke Friedrich 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 in Copenhagen as Dowager Queen of Denmark in 1952 and is interred next to her husband in Roskilde Cathedral .

The only brother of Queen Alexandrine was Grand Duke Friedrich 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 (last) Crown Prince Wilhelm Of Germany , in Berlin , on June 6 , 1905 ; died May 6 , 1954 , in Kissingen , Germany).