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.
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.
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: