Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe (

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: ''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 The House of Lippe (german: Haus Lippe) is the former reigning house of a number of small German states, two of which existed until the German Revolution of 1918–19, the Principality of Lippe and the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe. Princess ...

. He was a twice great-grandson of

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; as such, he was a twice second cousin of

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Life

Prince Waldemar was born in

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in 1940. Queen Alexandrine of Denmark was among his godparents. At the age of five, he moved to Denmark to live with his maternal aunt and uncle, Princess Caroline-Mathilde and

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. At the age of 10, he returned to

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. He later trained as a

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. In 1977, he moved to Denmark once again and became a Danish citizen upon marrying Anne-Lise Johansen, the court photographer of his twice second cousin,

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. Prince Waldemar died on 11 August 2020 in the

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at the age of 79.

Marriage and issue

Prince Waldemar first married Anne-Lise Johansen (

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, 8 August 1946 -

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, 27 July 1994) in

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on 10 September 1977. They divorced in 1991. They had one daughter: * Princess Eleonore-Christine Eugenie Benita Feodora Maria of Schaumburg-Lippe (born 22 December 1978 in

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) He married secondly Karin Grundmann (9 December 1962) in

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on 15 May 2001. They divorced in 2002. They had no children. He married thirdly Ruth Schneidewind (4 August 1949) in

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, in 2002. They divorced in 2003. They had no children. Prince Waldemar married fourthly Gertraud Antonia Schöppl (21 September 1956) on 20 September 2008 at

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. They had one son: Mario Max Prince Antonius Adolf Alber Edward Oliver Gertraud Edith Helga Magdalena Prinz zu Schaumburg-Lippe.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe, Prince 1940 births 2020 deaths House of Lippe Princes of Schaumburg-Lippe