Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe (9 March 1821 – 30 July 1899) was a 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 ...
and a Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe by birth. Through her marriage to
Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Adelheid was a sister-in-law of
Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX (8 April 181829 January 1906) was King of Denmark from 1863 until his death in 1906. From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg.
A younger son of Frederick William, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein- ...
and
Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg from 14 October 1878 to 27 November 1885.
Family
Adelheid was the second-eldest daughter 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 ...
. Adelheid was a younger sister of
Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (''Adolf Georg''; 1 August 1817 – 8 May 1893) was a ruler of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe.
Biography
He was born in Bückeburg to Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Ida of W ...
.
Marriage and issue
Adelheid married
Prince Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (later
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg), the second-eldest son of
and
Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (; 28 September 1789 – 13 March 1867) was the consort of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and the matriarch of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksbu ...
, on 16 October 1841 in
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 ...
,
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 ...
. Friedrich and Adelheid had five children:
*Princess Marie Karoline ''Auguste'' Ida Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (27 February 1844 – 16 September 1932), married
Prince William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (3 October 1831 – 17 January 1890), was a German prince of the Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld branch of the House of Hesse, and '' Konteradmiral'' (counter admiral) of the Prussian and Imperial German Nav ...
.
*
''Friedrich Ferdinand'' Georg Christian Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (12 October 1855 – 21 January 1934).
*
Princess ''Luise'' Karoline Juliane of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (6 January 1858 – 2 July 1936), married
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- ...
.
*Princess ''Marie'' Wilhelmine Luise Ida Friederike Mathilde Hermine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (31 August 1859 – 26 June 1941).
*Prince
''Albrecht'' Christian Adolf Karl Eugen of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (15 March 1863 – 23 April 1948).
Ancestry
References
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1821 births
1899 deaths
People from Bückeburg
House of Lippe
Princesses of Schaumburg-Lippe
Princesses of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg