Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (Ernst August Alexander Christian Viktor Hubert; born 25 December 1958) is the head of the House of

Schaumburg-Lippe Schaumburg-Lippe, also Lippe-Schaumburg, was created as a county in 1647, became a principality in 1807, 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 capital at Bü ...

, which ruled the sovereign principality of the same name within the

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Biography

He was born in Düsseldorf, the second son of Philipp-Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1928-2003) and his wife Baroness Eva-Benita von Tiele-Winckler (1927-2013).''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XVI. "Haus Schaumburg-Lippe". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, pp. 159-163. . At the time of the death of his grandfather, Prince Wolrad in 1962, Alexander was unlikely to succeed to the headship of the princely house. However following the death of his older brother Hereditary Prince Georg-Wilhelm in a motorcycle accident on 31 July 1983, Alexander became the heir apparent and new Hereditary Prince. He succeeded as head of the princely house following his father's death on 28 August 2003. He studied law at Göttingen and moved into

Bückeburg Palace 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. Population: 21,03 ...

upon his succession, managing the properties of the House. He is also known as a devoted jazz pianist, and has occasionally given concerts together with his friend

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, a saxophonist.

Marriage and children

Alexander married Princess Marie Luise "Lilly" of

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(born 1972), daughter of Otto Ludwig Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and his wife, Annette Baroness of

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, at

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. Population: 21, ...

on 27 August 1993; they had one son before divorcing in 2002: * Hereditary Prince Ernst-August Alexander Wilhelm Bernhard Krafft ''Heinrich Donatus'' of Schaumburg-Lippe (born 13 May 1994). Alexander married Nadja Anna Zsoeks (born 20 February 1975) civilly at Bückeburg on June 28, 2007 and religiously at Bückeburg two days later, June 30. They officially announced that they had separated on March 27, 2015. Nadja is an attorney in Munich. Before their divorce in June 2018, the couple had two daughters: * Princess Friederike Marie-Christine Elisabeth Thaddaea Benita Eleonore ''Felipa'' of Schaumburg-Lippe (born 1 December 2008). * Princess ''Philomena'' Sylvia Huberta Amelie Juliana Vera Marie-Anna of Schaumburg-Lippe (born 10 July 2011). At the family seat Bückeburg Palace, Alexander married Iranian pianist Mahkameh Navabi on September 12, 2020.

Ancestry

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1958 births Living people Nobility from Düsseldorf House of Lippe German royalty Pretenders to the throne of Schaumburg-Lippe Princes of Schaumburg-Lippe {{Germany-royal-stub