Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe

Not to be confused with Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe.

Princess Adelaide
Duchess consort of Saxe-Altenburg
Tenure	7 February 1908 – 13 November 1918
Born	(1875-09-22)22 September 1875 Ratibořice, Kingdom of Bohemia
Died	27 January 1971(1971-01-27) (aged 95) Ballenstedt, East Germany
Spouse	Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg ​ ​ (m. 1898; div. 1920)​
Issue	Charlotte, Princess Sigismund of Prussia Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg Princess Elisabeth Prince Frederick
Names German: Friederike Adelheid Marie Luise Hilda Eugenie zu Schaumburg-Lippe
House	Lippe
Father	Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe
Mother	Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau

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.

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

Ancestors of Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe

8. Philip II Ernest, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe 4. George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe 9. Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal 2. Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe 10. George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont 5. Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont 11. Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1. Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe 12. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau 6. Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau 13. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg 3. Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau 14. Prince William of Hesse-Kassel 7. Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel 15. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark

Notes and sources

• thePeerage.com - Friederike Adelheid Marie Luise Hilda Eugenie Prinzessin zu Schaumburg-Lippe
• L'Allemagne dynastique, Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: II 295
• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1961

Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe House of 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