Princess Antoinette of Anhalt explained

Princess Antoinette
Princess Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe
Full Name:German: Antoinette Anna Alexandra Marie Luise Agnes Elisabeth Auguste Friederike
Issue:Prince Leopold
Prince Wilhelm
House:Ascania
Father:Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt
Mother:Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Kassel
Birth Date:3 March 1885
Birth Place:Schloss Georgium, Dessau, Anhalt
Death Place:Dessau, East Germany
Place Of Burial:Ziebigk cemetery, Dessau

Princess Antoinette of Anhalt (German: Antoinette Anna Alexandra Marie Luise Agnes Elisabeth Auguste Friederike; 3 March 1885  - 3 April 1963) was a Princess of Anhalt by birth. As the wife of Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, she became a Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe by marriage.

Early life

Princess Antoinette was born on 3 March 1885 at Schloss Georgium near Dessau in Anhalt. Her parents were Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Kassel (1861-1955).

Less than one year after the birth of his daughter, Leopold died unexpectedly in Cannes on 2 February 1886. Princess Elisabeth never remarried and survived her husband by almost 70 years. She died in Dessau on 7 June 1955.

Marriage and issue

Princess Antoinette married Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe as his second wife in Dessau on 26 May 1909. They had two sons:

Prince Wilhelm Friedrich died in 1938 at the age of 25, when his bomber aircraft crashed during military exercises at Neubrandenburg.[1]

Death

Princess Antoinette died in Dessau, then in the German Democratic Republic, on 3 April 1963. She was buried at the Ziebigk cemetery in Dessau next to her mother.

Notes and References

  1. News: 7 March 1938 . German Prince Killed – Bomber Crashes Near Berlin . 2024-02-25 . Liverpool Daily Post . Newspapers.com.