Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg

For other people called Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, see Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg.

Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg (14 March 1864 – 3 May 1918) was the consort of Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe.^{[citation needed]} As the eldest daughter of Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, and the sister of Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Marie Anne was a member of the Ducal House of Saxe-Altenburg.^{[citation needed]}

Princess Marie Anne
Princess consort of Schaumburg-Lippe
Marie Anne, c. 1885
Born	(1864-03-14)14 March 1864 Altenburg
Died	3 May 1918(1918-05-03) (aged 54) Bückeburg
Burial	Bückeburg Mausoleum
Spouse	Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe ​ ​ (m. 1882; died 1911)​
Issue	Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Prince Moritz Georg Prince Peter Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Prince Stephan Prince Heinrich Princess Margaretha Prince Friedrich Christian Princess Elisabeth
House	House of Saxe-Altenburg (by birth) House of Lippe (by marriage)
Father	Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg
Mother	Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen

Marriage and issue

On 16 April 1882 at Altenburg, Marie Anne married Georg, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe.^{[citation needed]} He was the eldest son of Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, and succeeded as Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe in 1893.^{[citation needed]}

The couple had nine children together:

• Prince Adolf II (1883–1936); married Ellen von Bischoff-Korthaus
• Prince Moritz Georg (1884–1920)
• Prince Peter (1886–1886)
• Prince Wolrad (1887–1962); married Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, a distant cousin
• Prince Stephan (1891–1965); married Duchess Ingeborg of Oldenburg, daughter of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
• Prince Heinrich (1894–1952); married Countess Marie-Erika von Hardenberg
• Princess Margaretha (1896–1897)
• Prince Friedrich Christian (1906–1983); married Countess Alexandra Hedwig Johanna Bertha Marie zu Castell-Rüdenhausen
• Princess Elisabeth (1908–1933); married Baron Johann Herring von Frankensdorff

Silver wedding anniversary

On the occasion of their silver wedding anniversary in 1907, Emperor Wilhelm II presented to Georg and Marie Anne the family ancestral seat, Castle Schaumburg.^[1] The castle had been controlled by the Hohenzollerns ever since Georg's grandfather sided with the Austrians in the 1866 Austro-Prussian War.^[1] The gift was also meant to be in recognition of Georg's support in the dispute over the succession to the Lippe-Detmold throne.^[1]

Prince George died on 29 April 1911. Princess Marie Anne died seven years later, on 3 May 1918 at age 54.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of consorts of Lippe

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg

8. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 4. Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 9. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 2. Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg 10. Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 5. Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11. Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia 1. Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg 12. George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 6. Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 13. Princess Louise Eleanore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 3. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen 14. William II, Elector of Hesse 7. Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel 15. Princess Augusta of Prussia