Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe (german: Christian zu Schaumburg-Lippe; 20 February 1898 – 13 July 1974) was a German prince and head of the Náchod branch of the princely 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 Bück ...

Early life

Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00055, Kopenhagen, Beisetzung der Königin-Mutter

He was born on 20 February 1898 in Sopron,

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as the only son and second child of Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe (1868–1945) and his first wife Princess Louise of Denmark, younger sister of King Christian X of Denmark.

Marriage and issue

In 1927, his engagement to Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, a daughter of

Constantine I of Greece Constantine I ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Αʹ, ''Konstantínos I''; – 11 January 1923) was King of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922. He was commander-in-chief of the Hellenic Army ...

was announced. Nothing ever came of these plans, however. She later married Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta. He was also briefly considered as a marriage candidate for

Princess Juliana Juliana (; Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980. Juliana was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. ...

, the heiress to the Dutch throne. They had met each other in 1932 in

Mecklenburg Mecklenburg (; nds, label=Low German, Mękel(n)borg ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin ...

, the home of Juliana’s paternal relations. His reputation as a womanizer, his previous called off engagement and his German heritage did not make him a popular choice, but he was reconsidered after other candidates were rejected by the Queen or Juliana herself. These plans, however, did not prove fruitful either. On 9 September 1937, he married his cousin, Princess Feodora, daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark, a younger brother of King Christian X and Princess Louise, at

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, Zealand, Denmark; they had four children. * Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 19 August 1939) *

Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe (German: ''Waldemar Stephan Ferdinand Wolrad Friedrich Karl Prinz zu Schaumburg-Lippe''; 19 December 1940 – 11 August 2020) was a German-born banker and member of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe. He was a twice ...

(19 December 1940-11 August 2020) * Princess Marie of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 27 December 1945) * Prince Harald of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 27 March 1948)

Later life

He died aged 76 on 13 July 1974 at Bückeburg, a year before his wife. His four children live in

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and Denmark.

Ancestry

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* 1898 births 1974 deaths House of Lippe Princes of Schaumburg-Lippe German expatriates in Hungary People from Sopron {{Germany-noble-stub