Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (original) (raw)

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Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Adolf I
Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Reign	21 November 1860 – 8 May 1893
Predecessor	George William
Successor	George
Born	(1817-08-01)1 August 1817Bückeburg, Lower Saxony
Died	8 May 1893(1893-05-08) (aged 75)Bückeburg, Lower Saxony
Spouse	Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont ​ ​(m. 1844)​
Issue	Hermine, Duchess Maximilian of Württemberg George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Ida, Princess Reuss of Greiz Prince Adolf
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.

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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Prince Adolf with his wife Princess Hermine, 1862

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 issue.
• Princess Emma of Schaumburg-Lippe (1865–1868).

Orders and decorations

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1. ^ https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00103752&tree=LEO
2. ^ "Königlich Preussische Ordensliste", Preussische Ordens-Liste (in German), 1, Berlin: 7, 29, 1886
3. ^ "Großherzogliche Orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden, Karlsruhe, 1892, pp. 62, 76{{[citation](/wiki/Template:Citation "Template:Citation")}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
4. ^ "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Shaw, William Arthur (1906). The Knights of England. Vol. 1. London: Sharrett & Hughes. p. 213.