Philipp-Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe explained

Philipp-Ernst
Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Reign:15 June 1962 – 28 August 2003
Reign-Type:Tenure
Predecessor:Prince Wolrad
Successor:Prince Alexander
House:Lippe
Father:Prince Wolrad
Mother:Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe
Spouse:Eva-Benita von Tiele-Winckler
Birth Date:26 July 1928
Birth Place:Hagenburg
Death Date:28 August 2003
Death Place:Bückeburg

Philipp-Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (Friedrich August Philipp-Ernst Wolrad; 26 July 1928 – 28 August 2003) was a head of the Princely House of Schaumburg-Lippe.

Biography

He was born in Hagenburg, the second son of Prince Wolrad of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (1903–1983). Following the death of his uncle Prince Adolf II in a plane crash in 1936, Philipp-Ernst's father Wolrad became the new head of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe.

After his older brother, Hereditary Prince Georg-Wilhelm, was killed in action at Nössige, Saxony, on 29 April 1945 during the second world war, Philipp-Ernst became the new heir apparent to the House of Schaumburg-Lippe. Philipp-Ernst succeeded to the headship of the house on the death of his father on 15 June 1962, and he remained head until his death at Bückeburg, when he was succeeded by his only surviving son, Alexander.

Marriage and children

He was married to Eva-Benita Freiin von Tiele-Winckler (1927–2013) at Bückeburg on 3 October 1955. She was the daughter of Hans-Werner Graf von Tiele-Winkler and wife Elisabeth Gräfin von Bassewitz. They had two sons, with the elder Georg-Wilhelm dying in a motorcycle accident in 1983.