Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe

Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe
Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Spouse Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Issue
Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Prince Maximilian
Helena, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
Prince Georg
Full name
German: Bathildis Marie Leopoldine Anna Auguste
House House of Lippe
House of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Father Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe
Mother Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau
Born 21 May 1873(1873-05-21)
Ratiboritz, Kingdom of Bohemia
Died 6 April 1962(1962-04-06) (aged 88)
Arolsen, West Germany

Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (German: Prinzessin Bathildis Marie Leopoldine Anna Auguste zu Schaumburg-Lippe; 21 May 1873 – 6 April 1962) was daughter of Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, and consort of Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

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Early life

Bathildis was born at Ratiboritz, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Ratibořské Hory, Czech Republic), the sixt child and second daughter of Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe (1834–1906), (son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont) and his wife, Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau (1837–1902), (daughter of Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau and Landgravine Marie Louise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel).

Marriage

Bathildis married on 9 August 1895 in Náchod, her second cousin, Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1865–1946), sixth child and elder son of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his first wife, Princess Helena of Nassau.

They had four children:

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Ancestry

Notes and sources

Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe
Born: 21 May 1873 Died: 6 April 1962
German royalty
Vacant
Title last held by
Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
9 August 1895 – 13 November 1918
Monarchy abolished
Titles in pretence
Loss of title
Monarchy abolished
— TITULAR —
Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
13 November 1918 – 26 May 1946
Reason for succession failure:
Grand Duchy abolished in 1918
Succeeded by
Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg