Adolf II, last reigning Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, reigned 1911-1918; Credit – Wikipedia
In 1647, the County of Schaumburg-Lippe was formed through the division of the County of Schaumburg by treaties between the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and the Count of Lippe. In 1808, the County of Schaumburg-Lippe was raised to a Principality and Georg Wilhelm, Count of Schaumburg became the first Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe.
At the end of World War I, Adolf II, the last Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, was forced to abdicate on November 15, 1918 and lived out his life in exile. In 1936, Adolf and his wife were killed in an airplane crash in Mexico.
Today the territory that encompassed the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe is in the German state of Lower Saxony.
The Principality of Schaumberg-Lippe within the German Empire; Credit – By Milenioscuro – Own work based on: File:Deutsches Reich (Karte) Schaumburg-Lippe.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35265400
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Below is an indexed listing with links to biographical articles and information about the Princely Family of Schaumburg-Lippe. If it says “Notable Issue” before a name, that means not all of the children for the parent of that person are listed. Also listed below are links to the Schaumburg-Lippe Content Areas.
House of Schaumburg-Lippe – Counts and Princes of Schaumburg-Lippe (1647 – 1918)
Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe (1807-1918)
Family of Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (Count of Schaumburg-Lippe
1787–1807, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe 1807 – 1860) - Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe (wife of Georg Wilhelm)
- Notable Issue: Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (see below)
Family of Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (reigned 1860 – 1893)
- Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe (wife of Adolf I)
- Notable Issue: Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (see below)
- Notable Issue: Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess Reuss of Greiz
- Notable Issue: Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe
Family of Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (reigned 1893 – 1911)
- Marie Anna of Saxe-Altenburg, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe (wife of Georg))
- Notable Issue: Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (see below)
Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (reigned 1911 – 1918, monarchy abolished)
- Ellen Bischoff-Korthaus (no children)
Pretenders to the Throne
- LAST REIGNING: Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Former: Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Former: Philipp-Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Current: Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Other Schaumberg-Lippe Royals
- Margarete Gertrud von der Schulenburg (wife of the future Albrecht Wolfgang, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe)
- Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe, Queen of Württemberg (granddaughter of Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe)
- Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (granddaughter of Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe)
- Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont (granddaughter of Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe)
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