Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (Adolf Georg; 1 August 1817 – 8 May 1893) was a ruler of the Principality 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	(1817-08-01)1 August 1817 Bückeburg, 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

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

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

Orders and decorations

• 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
• Baden:^[3]
  • Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1885
  • Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, 1885
• 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

Ancestors of Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

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