Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe explained

Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe should not be confused with Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe.

Consort:yes
Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
Reign:24 October 1878  - 27 November 1885
Succession:Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
House:House of Lippe
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Issue:Auguste, Princess William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Louise, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Princess Marie
Prince Albrecht
Birth Date:9 March 1821
Birth Place:Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe
Death Place:Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Father:George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Mother:Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe (9 March 1821  - 30 July 1899)[1] was a member of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe and a Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe by birth. Through her marriage to Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Adelheid was the sister-in-law of Christian IX of Denmark 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 and Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Adelheid was the younger sister of Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe.

Marriage and issue

Adelheid married Prince Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (later Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg), the second-eldest son of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel, on 16 October 1841 in Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe. Friedrich and Adelheid had five children:

Notes and References

  1. Book: Almanach de Gotha . Almanach de Gotha . 1998 . 0953214206 . Pike . Charlotte . 1 . 135. Almanach de Gotha .