Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
| Adolf I | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Adolf I in military uniform | |
| Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe | |
| Reign | 21 November 1860 – 8 May 1893 |
| Predecessor | George William |
| Successor | George |
| Born | 1 August 1817 Bückeburg, Lower Saxony |
| Died | 8 May 1893 (aged 75) Bückeburg, Lower Saxony |
| Spouse |
Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont
(m. 1844) |
| Issue | |
| 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
He was born in Bückeburg to Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife, 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
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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 and his wife, Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. 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. They had one son and five daughters.
- Prince Otto Heinrich of Schaumburg-Lippe (1854–1935); married morganatically Anna von Köppen (1860–1932), created Countess von Hagenburg, daughter of Heinrich von Köppen and his wife Fanny Rosenkrantz, members of the lesser German nobility.[1] Anna was relative of Carl Köppen. Together, they had two sons and one daughter.
- 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. No issues
- Princess Emma of Schaumburg-Lippe (1865–1868).
Orders and decorations
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Kingdom of Prussia:[2]
- Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st Class, 18 January 1850
- Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle, 18 January 1872
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Baden:[3]
- Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1885
- Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, 1885
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Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 1885[4]
United Kingdom: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (civil division), 16 May 1892[5]
Ancestry
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References
- ^ https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00103752&tree=LEO
- ^ "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
{{citation}}: 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.