Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (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 Princess Ida of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1796-1869).

He succeeded as Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe following the death of his father, Prince Georg Wilhelm on the 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

Adolf was married to Princess Hermine of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1827–1910) at Arolsen on 25 October 1844, they had eight children.

*Princess Hermine (1845–1930)
*Prince Georg (1846–1911)
*Prince Hermann (1848–1928)
*Princess Emma (1850–1855)
*Princess Ida (1852–1891)
*Prince Otto Heinrich (1854–1935)
*Prince Adolf (1859–1917)
*Princess Emma (1865–1868)

Ancestry

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1= 1. Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
2= 2. George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
3= 3. Princess Ida of Waldeck-Pyrmont
4= 4. Philip II Ernest, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe
5= 5. Princess Juliana of Hesse-Philippsthal
6= 6. Georg I, Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont
7= 7. Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
8= 8. Friedrich Ernst, Count Schaumburg-Lippe-Alverdissen
9= 9. Elisabeth Philippine von Friesenhausen
10= 10. William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
11= 11. Princess Ulrike Eleonore of Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
12= 12. Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
13= 13. Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
14= 14. August II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
15= 15. Princess Christina of Anhalt-Bernburg
16= 16. Philipp Ernst, Count of Lippe-Alverdissen
17= 17. Duchess Dorothea Amalia of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
18= 18. Philipp Sigismund von Friesenhausen
19= 19. Sophie Elisabeth von Ditfurth
20= 20. Karl I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
21= 21. Duchess Carolina Christine of Saxe-Eisenach
22= 22. Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
23= 23. Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
24= 24. Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
25= 25. Countess Palatine Luise of Birkenfled-Bichwiller
26= 26. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
27= 27. Countess Carolina of Nassau-Sarrebrücken
28= 28. August I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
29= 29. Princess Charlotte Sophie of Anhalt-Bernburg
30= 30. Viktor Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
31= 31. Margravine Albertine of Brandenburg-Schwedt

External links

* [http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/NSAC/SLP/index.html Schaumburg-Lippe]