Adolf I, Prince Of Schaumburg-Lippe
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Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (''Adolf Georg''; 1 August 1817 – 8 May 1893) was a ruler of the
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of
Schaumburg-Lippe Schaumburg-Lippe, also called Lippe-Schaumburg, was created as a county in 1647, became a principality in 1807 and 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 capi ...
.


Biography

He was born in Bückeburg to Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife, Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1796–1869). He succeeded as Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe following the death of his father, Prince Georg Wilhelm on 21 November 1860. In 1866, Schaumburg-Lippe signed a military treaty with
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, and in 1867 entered a military union, where Schaumburgers served in the Prussian military. Also in 1867, Schaumburg-Lippe became a member of the
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, and later in 1871 became a member state of the
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on its founding. He died at Bückeburg and was succeeded by his son Georg.


Marriage and children

On 25 October 1844 at Arolsen, Adolf was married to his cousin, Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1827–1910), a daughter of George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife, Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. His mother was a sister of her father. The couple had eight children: * Princess Hermine of Schaumburg-Lippe (1845–1930); married Duke Maximilian of Württemberg, only son of
Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg Duke Friedrich ''Paul Wilhelm'' of Württemberg (; 25 June 1797, in Pokój, Opole Voivodeship, Bad Carlsruhe, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia – 25 November 1860, in Bad Mergentheim, Mergentheim, Kingdom of Württemberg) was a member of the List of ...
. * Prince Georg of Schaumburg-Lippe (1846–1911); succeeded his father as Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe; married Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg. * Prince Hermann of Schaumburg-Lippe (1848–1928). * Princess Emma of Schaumburg-Lippe (1850–1855). * Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe (1852–1891); married Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz. They had one son and five daughters. * Prince Otto Heinrich of Schaumburg-Lippe (1854–1935); married morganatically Anna von Köppen (1860–1932), created Countess von Hagenburg, daughter of Heinrich von Köppen and his wife Fanny Rosenkrantz, members of the lesser
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. Anna was relative of
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. Together, they had two sons and one daughter. *
Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe (; 20 July 1859 – 9 July 1916) was a German prince of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe and a Prussian General of the Cavalry. He was regent of the Principality of Lippe from 1895 to 1897 due to the incapacit ...
(1859–1917); married
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, daughter of
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and
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, eldest daughter of
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. No issues * Princess Emma of Schaumburg-Lippe (1865–1868).


Orders and decorations

*
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: ** Knight of the
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, 1st Class, ''18 January 1850'' ** Knight of the
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, ''18 January 1872'' * : ** Knight of the
House Order of Fidelity The House Order of Fidelity () is a dynastic order of the Margraviate of Baden. It was established by Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach as a reward for merit and to mark the laying of the foundation stone of his residence at Kar ...
, ''1885'' ** Knight of the
Order of Berthold the First The Order of Berthold the First () was a dynastic order in the Grand Duchy of Baden The Grand Duchy of Baden () was a German polity on the east bank of the Rhine. It originally existed as a sovereign state from 1806 to 1871 and later as par ...
, ''1885'' *
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: Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, ''1885''"A Szent István Rend tagjai"
* : Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable
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(civil division), ''16 May 1892''


Ancestry


References

1817 births 1893 deaths People from Bückeburg House of Lippe People from Schaumburg-Lippe Princes of Schaumburg-Lippe Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath {{Germany-royal-stub