Ernst Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (19 April 1887 – 15 June 1962) was a head 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 Bü ...

Biography

He was born at

Stadthagen Stadthagen () is the capital of the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km east of Minden and 40 km west of Hanover. The city consists of the districts Brandenburg, Enzen-Hobbensen, Hörkamp-L ...

, the fourth son of

Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (10 October 1846 – 29 April 1911) was a ruler of the small Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe. Biography He was born in Bückeburg to Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Hermine of Waldeck ...

and his wife,

Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg (14 March 1864 – 3 May 1918) was the consort of Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. As the eldest daughter of Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg and his wife Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, and a siste ...

(1864–1918). He succeeded his brother Prince Adolf II as head of the Princely House following his death in a plane crash in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...

on 26 March 1936. Following his death at

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

, he was succeeded as head of the Princely House by his second son, Philipp-Ernst.

Marriage and children

He was married at

Simbach am Inn Simbach am Inn ( en, Simbach on the Inn) is a town on the river Inn in the Rottal-Inn district of Bavaria, Germany. The Austrian city Braunau am Inn lies on the opposite side of the river from Simbach. History Simbach was one of the first places ...

in April 1925 to his second cousin, Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (1903–1983), only daughter of Prince Albert of Schaumburg-Lippe and Duchess Elsa of Württemberg. They had four children: *Adolf Friedrich ''Georg-Wilhelm'' Wolrad Hans-Werner, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1926–1945) * Friedrich August ''Philipp-Ernst'' Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1928–2003) *Prince ''Konstantin'' Karl-Eduard Ernst-August Stephan Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe (1930-2008) *Princess Elsa ''Viktoria Luise'' Marie Barbara Elisabeth Bathildis Wera of Schaumburg-Lippe (1940)

Ancestry

References

1887 births 1962 deaths People from Stadthagen House of Lippe Pretenders to the throne of Schaumburg-Lippe {{Germany-royal-stub