Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe

Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (German: Prinzessin Friederike Adelheid Marie Luise Hilda Eugenie zu Schaumburg-Lippe; 22 September 1875  27 January 1971) was daughter of Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe and consort of the last reigning Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Ernst II.

Princess Adelaide
Duchess consort of Saxe-Altenburg
Tenure7 February 1908 – 13 November 1918
Born(1875-09-22)22 September 1875
Ratibořice, Kingdom of Bohemia
Died27 January 1971(1971-01-27) (aged 95)
Ballenstedt, East Germany
Spouse
(m. 1898; div. 1920)
IssueCharlotte, Princess Sigismund of Prussia
Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg
Princess Elisabeth
Prince Frederick
Full name
German: Friederike Adelheid Marie Luise Hilda Eugenie
HouseLippe
FatherPrince William of Schaumburg-Lippe
MotherPrincess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau

Early life

Adelaide was born at Ratiboritz, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Ratibořice, seventh child and third daughter of Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe (1834–1906), (son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont) and his wife, Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau (1837–1902), (daughter of Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau and Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel). In 1891, her sister Charlotte became Queen Consort of William II of Württemberg.

Marriage

Adelaide married 17 February 1898 at Bückeburg to Prince Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg (1871–1955), son of Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, and his wife, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen. The marriage ended in divorce on 17 January 1920.

They had four children:

  • Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (4 March 1899 – 16 February 1989), married on 11 July 1919 to Prince Sigismund of Prussia, had issue.
  • Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg (13 May 1900 – 13 February 1991)
  • Princess Elisabeth Karola of Saxe-Altenburg (6 April 1903 – 30 January 1991)
  • Prince Frederick Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg (15 May 1905 – 23 February 1985)

Ancestry

Notes and sources

Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe
Born: 22 September 1875 Died: 27 January 1971
German royalty
Preceded by
Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau
Duchess consort of Saxe-Altenburg
7 February 1908 – 13 November 1918
Succeeded by
Duchy abolished
Titles in pretence
Loss of title  TITULAR 
Duchess consort of Saxe-Altenburg
13 November 1918 17 January 1920
Reason for succession failure:
Duchy abolished in 1918
Succeeded by
None
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