Albrecht Wolfgang, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (27 April 1699 – 24 September 1748) was a ruler of the

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Schaumburg-Lippe Schaumburg-Lippe, also called Lippe-Schaumburg, was created as a county in 1647, became a principality in 1807 and a free state in 1918, and was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present-day state of Lower Saxony, with its capi ...

Biography

He was born in

Bückeburg Bückeburg (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Bückeborg'') is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, on the border with North Rhine Westphalia. It is located in the district of Schaumburg close to the northern slopes of the Weserbergland ridge. Bückeburg ha ...

the son of

Friedrich Christian, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe Friedrich Christian, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (16 August 1655 – 13 June 1728) was the second ruler of the County of Schaumburg-Lippe. Biography He was born in Bückeburg, the son of Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe and Landgravine Sophie ...

and his first wife, Countess Johanna Sophia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1673–1743). He succeeded his father as Count on 13 June 1728. In 1743, he joined

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and Schaumburg-Lippe led during the

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. He died at Bückeburg and was succeeded as Count by his son

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Marriages and children

He was married firstly to Countess Margarete Gertrud of Oeynhausen (1701–1726), an illegitimate daughter of

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and his mistress

Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, ''suo jure'' Duchess of Kendal and Duchess of Munster (25 December 166710 May 1743) was a longtime mistress to King George I of Great Britain. Early life She was born at Emden in the Duchy of Magdeburg. ...

, on 30 October 1721 at

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. They had two children: *Count Georg Wilhelm (1722–1742), killed in a duel at age 20 *Count

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(1724–1777) He was married secondly to Princess Charlotte of

Nassau-Siegen Nassau-Siegen was a principality within the Holy Roman Empire that existed between 1303 and 1328, and again from 1606 to 1743. From 1626 to 1734, it was subdivided into Catholic and Protestant parts. Its capital was the city of Siegen, found ...

(1702–1785) on 26 April 1730 at

Varel Varel () is a town in the district of Friesland, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Jade River and the Jade Bight, approximately south of Wilhelmshaven and north of Oldenburg. With a population of 23,984 (2020) it is the bigg ...

. She was the eldest daughter of Frederick William Adolf, Prince of Nassau-Siegen and his wife,

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Elisabeth Juliana Francisca of Hesse-Homburg. He had one legitimate son *Johann Christoph at least two illegitimate sons: * August Wolfrath von Campen (1730-1779), who married Countess Wilhelmine von

Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the 8th-largest state in Germany by area an ...

morganatic Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spous ...

daughter of Prince William Gustav of Anhalt-Dessau ** Wolfradine von Campen (1773-1794), married Count Adolf Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg (1759-1825) * Karl Wilhelm Wolfgang von Donop (1740-1813), illegitimate son with

Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg (4 August 17155 February 1800), was the ruling Countess of Varel and Kniphausen,Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser IV. "Portland". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1956, pp. 484-485. (German). adjacent lord ...

Georg von Donop Georg Karl Wilhelm Philipp, Baron von Donop (18 March 1767 – 18 August 1845) was a German statesman and historian. Von Donop was born in Sonneberg into a noble family from Hesse-Kassel. He was the eldest of six sons born to Baron Karl Wilhelm Wo ...

References

External links

Schaumburg-Lippe Nobility
1699 births 1748 deaths People from Bückeburg Counts of Lippe House of Lippe People from Schaumburg-Lippe {{Germany-noble-stub