Friedrich Christian, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (16 August 1655 – 13 June 1728) was the second ruler of the

County A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

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 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. Bückeburg ha ...

, the son of Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe and Landgravine Sophie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (1615–1670). He became Count on his father's death on 10 April 1681, and reigned until his death at

. He was succeeded by his elder surviving son Albert Wolfgang.

Marriage and children

He was married on 4 January 1691 at

Langenburg Langenburg () is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on a hill above the river Jagst, 18 km northeast of Schwäbisch Hall. It is also the place where Wibele - small, sweet, biscuit-l ...

to Countess Johanna Sophia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1673–1743). They divorced in 1723. They had six children: *Count Friedrich August (1693–1694) *Count Wilhelm Ludwig (1695–1695) *Countess Sophie Charlotte (1696–1697) *Count Philipp (1698–1698) *Count Albert Wolfgang (1699–1748) *Count Friedrich (1702–1776) On 3 December 1725 at

Brixen Brixen (; , ; or , ) is a town and communes of Italy, commune in South Tyrol, northern Italy, located about north of Bolzano. Geography Brixen is the third-largest city and oldest town in the province, with a population of nearly twenty-three t ...

, he subsequently married his mistress, Maria Anna Victoria von Gall (1707–1760), daughter of Johann Michael von

Gall Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to benign tumors or war ...

and his wife, Maria Anna von Enzenberg.

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Schaumburg-Lippe Nobility
1655 births 1728 deaths People from Bückeburg Counts of Lippe House of Lippe People from Schaumburg-Lippe {{Germany-noble-stub