Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
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Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe | |
Reign | 21 November 1860 – 8 May 1893 |
Predecessor | George William |
Successor | George |
Born | Bückeburg, Lower Saxony | 1 August 1817
Died | 8 May 1893 Bückeburg, Lower Saxony | (aged 75)
Spouse | Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont (m. 1844) |
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House | Schaumburg-Lippe |
Father | George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe |
Mother | Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont |
Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (Adolf Georg; 1 August 1817 – 8 May 1893) was a ruler of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Bückeburg to Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1796–1869).
He succeeded as Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe following the death of his father, Prince Georg Wilhelm on 21 November 1860. In 1866, Schaumburg-Lippe signed a military treaty with Prussia, and in 1867 entered a military union, where Schaumburgers served in the Prussian military. Also in 1867, Schaumburg-Lippe became a member of the North German Confederation, and later in 1871 became a member state of the German Empire on its founding. He died at Bückeburg and was succeeded by his son Georg.
Marriage and children
[edit]On 25 October 1844 at Arolsen, Adolf was married to his cousin, Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1827–1910), a daughter of George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. His mother was a sister of her father. The couple had eight children:
- Princess Hermine of Schaumburg-Lippe (1845–1930); married Duke Maximilian of Württemberg, only son of Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg.
- Prince Georg of Schaumburg-Lippe (1846–1911); succeeded his father as Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe; married Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg.
- Prince Hermann of Schaumburg-Lippe (1848–1928).
- Princess Emma of Schaumburg-Lippe (1850–1855).
- Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe (1852–1891); married Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz.
- Prince Otto Heinrich of Schaumburg-Lippe (1854–1935); married Anna von Köppen (1860–1932), created Countess von Hagenburg, daughter or relative of Carl Köppen.
- Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe (1859–1917); married Princess Viktoria of Prussia, daughter of Frederick III, German Emperor and Victoria, Princess Royal, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria.
- Princess Emma of Schaumburg-Lippe (1865–1868).
Orders and decorations
[edit]Kingdom of Prussia:[1]
- Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st Class, 18 January 1850
- Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle, 18 January 1872
Baden:[2]
- Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1885
- Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, 1885
Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 1885[3]
United Kingdom: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (civil division), 16 May 1892[4]
Ancestry
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References
[edit]- ^ "Königlich Preussische Ordensliste", Preussische Ordens-Liste (in German), 1, Berlin: 7, 29, 1886
- ^ "Großherzogliche Orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden, Karlsruhe, 1892, pp. 62, 76
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Shaw, William Arthur (1906). The Knights of England. Vol. 1. London: Sharrett & Hughes. p. 213.