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.
| Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe | |||||
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 William of Schaumburg-Lippe | |||||
| Born | 12 December 1834 Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, German Confederation | ||||
| Died | 4 April 1906 (aged 71) Ratibořice, Bohemia, Cisleithania, Austria-Hungary | ||||
| Spouse | Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau | ||||
| Issue | Charlotte, Queen of Württemberg Prince Franz Joseph Prince Friedrich Prince Albrecht Prince Maximilian Bathildis, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont Adelaide, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg Princess Alexandra | ||||
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| House | House of Lippe | ||||
| Father | George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe | ||||
| Mother | Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont | ||||
Early life
William was born at Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe on 12 December 1834. He was the seventh child, and third son, of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1784–1860), and Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1796–1869). Among his siblings were Prince Adolphus I (reigning Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe) and Princess Adelheid (wife of Friedrich, reigning Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg).[1]
His paternal grandparents were Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe and Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal. His maternal grandparents were George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.[1]
Career
Prince William was an officer in the Austrian Army.[2]
Personal life
On 30 May 1862, William was married to Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau (1837–1902) at Dessau. The Princess was a daughter of Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, and his wife, Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel. Together, they were the parents of eight children:
- Princess Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe (1864–1946), who married King William II of Württemberg, in 1886;[3] no issue.[1]
- Prince Franz Joseph of Schaumburg-Lippe (1865–1881), who died unmarried.[1]
- Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe (1868–1945), who married Princess Louise of Denmark, a daughter of King Frederick VIII, in 1896; had issue. After her death in 1906, he married Princess Antoinette of Anhalt, daughter of Prince Leopold of Anhalt, in 1909.[1]
- Prince Albrecht of Schaumburg-Lippe (1869–1942), who married Duchess Elsa of Württemberg, eldest daughter of Duke Eugen of Württemberg and Grand Duchess Vera of Russia, in 1897; had issue.[1]
- Prince Maximilian of Schaumburg-Lippe (1871–1904), who married Duchess Olga of Württemberg, younger sister of Duchess Elsa, in 1898; had issue.[1]
- Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (1873–1962), who married Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, son of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Helena of Nassau, in 1895; had issue.[1]
- Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (1875–1971), who married Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, son of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, in 1898. They had issue before their divorce in 1920.[4]
- Princess Alexandra Karoline of Schaumburg-Lippe (1879–1949), who was scheduled to marry King Alexander I of Serbia, but against the wishes of his parents, he married instead his mother's lady in waiting, Draga Mašin.[1]
Prince William and his daughter-in-law, Princess Louise of Denmark, died five hours apart at the family castle in Náchod, Bohemia. His cause of death was from heart trouble while hers was from meningitis.[2]
Honours
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Nassau: Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau, July 1864[6]
Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the House Order of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore, 21 March 1868[7]
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Austria-Hungary:[8]
- Knight of the Imperial Order of the Iron Crown, 1st Class, 1875
- Grand Cross of the Austrian Imperial Order of Leopold, 1899
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Baden:[10]
- 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[11]
Ancestry
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References
- Raineval, Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et; Raineval, Melville Henry Massue Marquis of Ruvigny and (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe. Burke's Peerage. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-85011-028-9. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- "PRINCE AND PRINCESS DEAD.; William of. Schaumburg-Lippe and Daughter-in-Law Die at Nahod". The New York Times. 5 April 1906. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- "CURRENT FOREIGN TOPICS". The New York Times. 13 January 1886. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- Times, the New York Times Company By Wireless To the New York (21 September 1920). "GERMAN EX-DUKE TO WED OPERA SINGER; Ernst II. of Saxe-Altenburg Scandalizes Monarchists by His Engagement to Helena Thomas". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Herzogtum Anhalt (1867) "Herzoglicher Haus-orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 17
- Staats- und Adreß-Handbuch des Herzogthums Nassau (1866), "Herzogliche Orden" p. 9
- "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen". Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Mecklenburg-Strelitz: 1878 (in German). Neustrelitz: Druck und Debit der Buchdruckerei von G. F. Spalding und Sohn. 1878. p. 11.
- "Ritter-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1906, pp. 58, 72, retrieved 7 September 2020
- Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1890), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 46
- Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1896), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 62, 77
- Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1886/7), "Königliche Orden" p. 23
Notes and sources
- L'Allemagne dynastique, Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: II 269