Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe
Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe (German: Prinz Wilhelm Karl August zu Schaumburg-Lippe; 12 December 1834:– 4 April 1906) was son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and member of the House of Lippe.
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Marriage
- 3 Honours
- 4 Ancestry
- 5 References
- 6 Notes and sources
Early life
William was born at Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, seventh child and third son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1784–1860), (son of Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe and Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal) and his wife, Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1796–1869), (daughter of George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen).
Marriage
William married 30 May 1862 at Dessau to Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau (1837–1902), daughter of Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, and his wife, Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-K*el.
They had eight children:
- Princess Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe (10 October 1864 – 16 July 1946), married in 1886 to William II of Württemberg, no issue.
- Prince Franz Joseph of Schaumburg-Lippe (8 October 1865 – 4 September 1881)
- Prince Friedrich of Schaumburg-Lippe (30 January 1868 – 12 December 1945), married in 1896 to Princess Louise of Denmark, had issue.
- Prince Albrecht of Schaumburg-Lippe (24 October 1869 – 25 December 1942), married in 1897 to *ss Elsa of Württemberg, had issue.
- Prince Maximilian of Schaumburg-Lippe (13 March 1871 – 1 April 1904), married in 1898 to *ss Olga of Württemberg, had issue.
- Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (21 May 1873 – 6 April 1962), married in 1895 to Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, had issue.
- Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (22 September 1875 – 27 January 1971), married in 1898 to Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, had issue, divorced in 1920.
- Princess Alexandra Karoline of Schaumburg-Lippe (9 June 1879 – 5 January 1949), scheduled to marry King Alexander I of Serbia, but against the wishes of his parents, he instead married his mother's lady in waiting Draga Mašin.
He and his daughter-in-law Princess Louise of Denmark died five hours apart at the family castle in Nachod, Bohemia.
Honours
- Ascanian duchies: Grand Cross of the House Order of Albert the Bear, 14 January 1856
- :N*au: Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of N*au, July 1864
- Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the House Order of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore, 21 March 1868
- Austria-Hungary:
- Knight of the Imperial Order of the Iron Crown, 1st Cl*, 1875
- Grand Cross of the Austrian Imperial Order of Leopold, 1899
- Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1882
- :Baden:
- Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1885
- Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, 1885
- :Württemberg: Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown, 1886
Ancestry
References
Notes and sources
- L'Allemagne dynastique, Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: II 269