Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe
William of Schaumburg-Lippe
Born(1834-12-12)12 December 1834
Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, German Confederation
Died4 April 1906(1906-04-04) (aged 71)
Ratibořice, Bohemia, Cisleithania, Austria-Hungary
Spouse
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(m. 1862; died 1902)​
IssueCharlotte, Queen of Württemberg
Prince Franz Joseph
Prince Friedrich
Prince Albrecht
Prince Maximilian
Bathildis, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Adelaide, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg
Princess Alexandra
Names
German: Wilhelm Karl August
HouseHouse of Lippe
FatherGeorge William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
MotherPrincess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe (German: Prinz Wilhelm Karl August zu Schaumburg-Lippe; 12 December 1834 – 4 April 1906) was son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and member of the House of Lippe.

Early life

Prince William in uniform, c. 1860s

William was born at Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe on 12 December 1834. He was the seventh child, and third son, of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1784–1860), and Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1796–1869). Among his siblings were Prince Adolphus I (reigning Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe) and Princess Adelheid (wife of Friedrich, reigning Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg).[1]

His paternal grandparents were Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe and Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal. His maternal grandparents were George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.[1]

The closest person to him was his mother, Princess Ida, and little Prince William also attached himself to her with deep love, a familiar, close relationship that lasted until the princess's death.[2]

Several trips with his royal parents had pleasantly interrupted the young prince's years of teaching and service. The related princely courts were visited and Prince William (as well as the other princely children) accompanied his parents several times to Nachod and Ratibořice Castle, which Prince Georg Wilhelm had purchased from Count Octavio zur Lippe in 1842. Prince William was last in Ratibořitz with his parents and Princesses Ida and his sister, Elisabeth in the summer and autumn of 1853. Princess Ida traveled back to Bückeburg in August, the others still stayed in Ratibořitz and had to postpone their departure because first, his father, George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe himself fell ill with a fever, which soon passed, but then Prince William became seriously ill with rheumatic fever, which degenerated into a malignant nervous fever.[3]

Career

Prince William was an officer in the Austrian Army.[4]

Personal life

Portrait of Princess Bathildis, c. 1860s

On 30 May 1862, William was married to Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau (1837–1902) at Dessau. The Princess was a daughter of Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, and his wife, Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel. Together, they were the parents of eight children:

Prince William and his daughter-in-law, Princess Louise of Denmark, died five hours apart at the family castle in Náchod, Bohemia. His cause of death was from heart trouble while hers was from meningitis.[4]

Honours

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Raineval, Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et; Raineval, Melville Henry Massue Marquis of Ruvigny and (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe. Burke's Peerage. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-85011-028-9. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  2. ^ Wilhelm, Prinz zu Schaumburg-Lippe. UNIKUM. 25 February 2013. p. 2. ISBN 9783845701295.
  3. ^ Wilhelm, Prinz zu Schaumburg-Lippe. UNIKUM. 25 February 2013. p. 5. ISBN 9783845701295.
  4. ^ a b "PRINCE AND PRINCESS DEAD.; William of. Schaumburg-Lippe and Daughter-in-Law Die at Nahod". The New York Times. 5 April 1906. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  5. ^ "CURRENT FOREIGN TOPICS". The New York Times. 13 January 1886. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  6. ^ Times, the New York Times Company By Wireless To the New York (21 September 1920). "GERMAN EX-DUKE TO WED OPERA SINGER; Ernst II. of Saxe-Altenburg Scandalizes Monarchists by His Engagement to Helena Thomas". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  7. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Herzogtum Anhalt (1867) "Herzoglicher Haus-orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 17
  8. ^ Staats- und Adreß-Handbuch des Herzogthums Nassau (1866), "Herzogliche Orden" p. 9
  9. ^ "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen". Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Mecklenburg-Strelitz: 1878 (in German). Neustrelitz: Druck und Debit der Buchdruckerei von G. F. Spalding und Sohn. 1878. p. 11.
  10. ^ "Ritter-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1906, pp. 58, 72, retrieved 7 September 2020
  11. ^ Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1890), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 46
  12. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1896), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 62, 77
  13. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1886/7), "Königliche Orden" p. 23

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