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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 ...

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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,

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, death_date = , death_place =

Arolsen Bad Arolsen (, until 1997 Arolsen, ''Bad'' being the German name for ''Spa'') is a small town in northern Hesse, Germany, in Waldeck-Frankenberg district. From 1655 until 1918 it served as the residence town of the Princes of Waldeck-Pyrmont and ...

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Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (german: Prinzessin Bathildis Marie Leopoldine Anna Auguste zu Schaumburg-Lippe; 21 May 18736 April 1962) was daughter of

, and consort of

Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (''Friedrich Adolf Hermann Fürst zu Waldeck und Pyrmont''; 20 January 1865 – 26 May 1946) was the last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 12 May 1893 to 13 November 1918. Family He was th ...

Early life

Bathildis was born at Ratibořice,

(now

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), the sixth child and second 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 ...

Marriage

Bathildis married on 9 August 1895 in

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, her second cousin,

(1865–1946), sixth child and elder son of

George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont George Victor (14 January 1831 – 12 May 1893) was the 3rd sovereign Prince of the German state of Waldeck and Pyrmont. He was born in Bad Arolsen the son of George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg- ...

and his first wife,

Princess Helena of Nassau Princess Helena of Nassau (german: Prinzessin Helene Wilhelmine Henriette Pauline Marianne von Nassau-Weilburg; 18 August 183127 October 1888) was a daughter of William, Duke of Nassau, and consort of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont ...

. They had four children: *

Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (german: Josias Georg Wilhelm Adolf Erbprinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont) (13 May 1896 – 30 November 1967) was the heir apparent to the throne of the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a genera ...

(13 May 1896 – 30 November 1967) *Prince Maximilian William Gustav Herman of Waldeck and Pyrmont (13 September 1898 – 23 February 1981). Married Gustava, Countess of Hallermund (b. 7 December 1899,

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- d. 27 October 1986) on 12 September 1929. They have four children: **Marie Luise Bathildis Elfrida Olga, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 3 November 1930). Married Albrecht-Karl III, Prince of Castell-Castell (b. 13 August 1925 - d. 9 May 2016) on 23 May 1951. They have eight children: ***Philippa Emma, Countess of Castell-Castell (b. 23 January 1952). Married Michael Alfred Wolfgang Dietrich Hendrik Antonius Maria, Prince of Salm-Salm (b. 16 January 1953) on 27 May 1977. They have six children: ****Christina, Princess of Salm-Salm (b. 9 June 1978). Married Raphael, Count of Hoensbroech (b. 21 April 1977,

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, Japan) on 12 October 2002. They have five children: *****Gabriel, Countess of Hoensbroech (b. 1 July 2004,

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) *****Florentin, Count of Hoensbroech (b. 15 November 2005, Munich, Germany) *****Jacobus, Count of Hoensbroech (b. 6 Oct 2007) *****Balthasar, Count of Hoensbroech (b. 10 Nov 2009) *****Helena, Countess of Hoensbroech (b. 2014) ****Constantin, Prince of Salm-Salm (b. 9 June 1980). Married Friederike Stephanie Gumberz Edle of Rhonthal (b. 3 November 1983) on 3 December 2005. They have four children: *****Carlotta, Princess of Salm-Salm (b. 23 June 2009) *****Casper, Prince of Salm-Salm (b. 24 September 2010) *****Casimir, Prince of Salm-Salm (b. 10 Nov 2012) *****Mathilda, Princess of Salm-Salm (b. 14 Nov 2015) ****Marie-Anna, Princess of Salm-Salm (b. 22 February 1986). Married Dominik, Count of Neipperg (b. 27 July 1981) on 4 August 2012. He is the grandson of

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and Regina von Habsburg. They have two children: *****Florentina, Countess of Neipperg (b. 4 March 2015) *****Xenia, Countess of Neipperg (b. 2016) ****Antonia, Princess of Salm-Salm (b. 5 December 1987) ****Cecily, Princess of Salm-Salm (b. 4 December 1989); married Ludwig Benecke on 7 July 2012. ***Johanna Bathildis, Countess of Castell-Castell (b. 23 January 1952). Married Johannes, Prince of Lobkowicz (b. 22 August 1954) on 2 September 1977. They have five children: ****Nikolaus, Prince of Lobkowicz (b. 25 September 1978) ****Marie-Sophia, Princess of Lobkowicz (b. 6 January 1980) ****Maximilian, Prince of Lobkowicz (b. 4 January 1982) ****Maria Lioba, Princess of Lobkowicz (b. 23 September 1985,

). Married Christian Schneider (b. 9 October 1978,

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) on 30 September 2007. They have one daughter: *****Philomena Schneider (b. March 2008) ****Wenzel, Prince of Lobkowicz (b. 4 December 1986) *

Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont (later Duchess of Albany; 17 February 1861 – 1 September 1922) was a member of the British royal family by marriage. She was the fifth daughter and child of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, ...

(22 December 1899 – 18 February 1948) *Prince Georg Wilhelm Karl Victor of Waldeck and Pyrmont (10 March 1902 – 14 November 1971)

Ancestry

Notes and sources

*The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: 28 , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Bathildis Of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess 1873 births 1962 deaths People from Česká Skalice People from the Kingdom of Bohemia German Bohemian people House of Lippe Princesses of Schaumburg-Lippe House of Waldeck and Pyrmont Princesses of Waldeck and Pyrmont