, house =

Lippe Lippe () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe. The d ...

, father =

Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe , house =House of Lippe , father =George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe , mother =Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont , birth_date = , birth_place =Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, German Confederation , death_date = , d ...

, mother =

Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau , house = Ascania , father = Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau , mother = Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel , birth_date = , birth_place =Dessau, Anhalt-Dessau, German Confederation , death_dat ...

, birth_date = , birth_place = Ratibořice,

Kingdom of Bohemia The Kingdom of Bohemia ( cs, České království),; la, link=no, Regnum Bohemiae sometimes in English literature referred to as the Czech Kingdom, was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe, the predecessor of the modern Czec ...

, death_date = , death_place =

Ballenstedt Ballenstedt is a town in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Geography It is situated at the northern rim of the Harz mountain range, about 10 km (6 mi) southeast of Quedlinburg. The municipal area comprises the vi ...

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (german: Prinzessin Friederike Adelheid Marie Luise Hilda Eugenie zu Schaumburg-Lippe; 22 September 187527 January 1971) was daughter of

and consort of the last reigning Duke of

Saxe-Altenburg Saxe-Altenburg (german: Sachsen-Altenburg, links=no) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia. It was one of the smallest of the German states with an area of 1323 square kilomete ...

Ernst II Ernest II may refer to: * Ernest II, Duke of Swabia (died in 1030) * Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1745–1804) * Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818–1893) * Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1842–1904) * Ernst II, P ...

Early life

Adelaide was born at Ratiboritz,

(now Ratibořice, seventh child and third daughter of

(1834–1906), (son of

George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (20 December 1784 – 21 November 1860) was a Count and later Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. Biography He was born in Bückeburg the son of Philipp II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, and his second wife Prince ...

and

Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont , reign = 23 June 1816 – 21 November 1860 , succession = Princess consort of Schaumburg-Lippe , house = House of Waldeck-Pyrmont (by birth)House of Lippe (by marriage) , spouse = George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe , issue = Ad ...

) and his wife,

(1837–1902), (daughter of

Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau (german: Friedrich August von Anhalt-Dessau) (23 September 1799 – 4 December 1864), was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Dessau branch. Birth and family Frederick was born in Dessau on ...

and

Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (9 May 1814 – 28 July 1895) was a member of the House of Hesse-Kassel by birth. Through her marriage to Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, she became a princess of Anhalt-Dessau. Family ...

). In 1891, her sister

Charlotte Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...

became Queen Consort of

William II of Württemberg , spouse = , issue = Pauline, Princess of WiedPrince Ulrich , house = Württemberg , father = Prince Frederick of Württemberg , mother = Princess Catherine of Württemberg , birth_date = , birth_place = St ...

Marriage

Adelaide married 17 February 1898 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: 21,0 ...

to Prince Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg (1871–1955), son of

Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg , image = Prinz Moritz von Sachsen-Altenburg.jpg , image_size = , caption = , spouse = , issue = Marie Anne, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna of Russia Princess Margarethe Ernst II, ...

, and his wife,

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen , house = Saxe-Meiningen , father = Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen , mother = Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel , birth_date = , birth_place = Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen , death_date = , death_place = Al ...

. 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 George Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg (''William George Moritz Ernest Albert Frederick Charles Constantine Edward Maximilian''; 13 May 1900 – 13 February 1991), was the last head of the ducal house of Saxe-Altenburg and nominal ...

(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

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 , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Adelaide Of Schaumburg-Lippe 1875 births 1971 deaths People from Česká Skalice People from the Kingdom of Bohemia House of Lippe Princesses of Schaumburg-Lippe House of Saxe-Altenburg Princesses of Saxe-Altenburg