| Prince Christian | |
| Birth Date: | 20 February 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Sopron (Ödenburg), Hungary, Transleithania, Austria-Hungary |
| Death Place: | Bückeburg, Lower Saxony, West Germany |
| Full Name: | German: Christian Nikolaus Wilhelm Friedrich Albert Ernst |
| House: | Lippe |
| Father: | Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe |
| Mother: | Princess Louise of Denmark |
Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe (German: Christian zu Schaumburg-Lippe; 20 February 1898 - 13 July 1974) was a German prince and head of the Náchod branch of the princely house of Schaumburg-Lippe.
He was born on 20 February 1898 in Sopron, Hungary as the only son and second child of Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe (1868–1945) and his first wife Princess Louise of Denmark, younger sister of King Christian X of Denmark.
In 1927, his engagement to Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, a daughter of Constantine I of Greece was announced.[1] However, nothing went as planned. She later married Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta.
He was also briefly considered as a marriage candidate for Princess Juliana, the heiress to the Dutch throne. They had met each other in 1932 in Mecklenburg, home of Juliana’s paternal relations. Although his reputation as a womanizer, his previous called off engagement and his German heritage did not make him a popular choice, he was reconsidered after other candidates were rejected by the Queen or Juliana herself.These plans, however, did not prove fruitful either.
On 9 September 1937, he married his cousin, Princess Feodora, daughter of his maternal uncle Prince Harald of Denmark who was a younger brother of King Christian X and Princess Louise, at Fredensborg Palace, Zealand, Denmark;[2] [3] [4] they had four children.
He died aged 76 on 13 July 1974 at Bückeburg, a year before his wife.
His four children live in Germany and Denmark.
See also: Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark.