Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe

Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (German: Prinzessin Friederike Adelheid Marie Luise Hilda Eugenie zu Schaumburg-Lippe; 22 September 1875 – 27 January 1971) was daughter of Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe and consort of the last reigning Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Ernst II.

Early life

Adelaide was born at

Adelaide married 17 February 1898 at Bückeburg to Prince Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg (1871–1955), son of Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, and his wife, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen. The marriage ended in divorce on 17 January 1920.

They had four children:

• Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (4 March 1899 – 16 February 1989), married on 11 July 1919 to Prince Sigismund of Prussia, had issue.
• Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg (13 May 1900 – 13 February 1991)
• Princess Elisabeth Karola of Saxe-Altenburg (6 April 1903 – 30 January 1991)
• Prince Frederick Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg (15 May 1905 – 23 February 1985)

Ancestry

Notes and sources

• thePeerage.com - Friederike Adelheid Marie Luise Hilda Eugenie Prinzessin zu Schaumburg-Lippe
• L'Allemagne dynastique, Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: II 295
• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1961