Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen

Princess Anna
Princess Consort of Lippe
Reign 26 April 1922 – 30 December 1949
Coronation 26 April 1922
Predecessor Landgravine Bertha of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
Successor Traute Becker
Spouse Count Ernst of Lippe-Weissenfeld
Leopold IV of Lippe
Issue Princess Eleonore of Lippe-Weissenfeld
Prince Armin, Prince of Lippe
Full name
Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen
House House of Ysenburg-Büdingen
House of Lippe
Father Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen
Mother Countess Bertha of Castell-Rüdenhausen
Born 10 February 1886
Büdingen
Died 8 February 1980 (aged 93)
Detmold

Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen[1][2] (10 February 1886, Büdingen[1][2] 8 February 1980, Detmold[1][2]) was the youngest child[1][2] of Bruno, 3rd Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen and his wife Countess Bertha of Castell-Rüdenhausen.[1][2] Through her marriage to Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe, Anna was Princess consort of Lippe.[1][2]

Marriage and issue

Anna married firstly to Count Ernst of Lippe-Weissenfeld, sixth child and youngest son of Count Franz of Lippe-Weissenfeld and his wife Baroness Marie of Beschwitz, on 21 November 1911 at Schloss Büdingen in Büdingen.[1][2] Anna and Ernst had one daughter before Ernst was killed at Goldap on the Eastern Front during World War I on 11 September 1914:[1][2]

∞ Sweder, Count of Rechteren-Limpurg (1910-1972) on 19 May 1935 in Detmold, divorced in 1944
  • Adolph Roderik Ernst Leopold, Count of Rechteren-Limpurg (born 25 November 1938)
  • Anna Pia Amalaswintha, Countess of Rechteren-Limpurg (born 27 September 1940)
∞ Count Hans Günter of Solms-Laubach (born 26 June 1927 in Munich) , had two issue

Anna married secondly to Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe, second eldest child of Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld and his wife Countess Karoline of Wartensleben, on 26 April 1922 in Büdingen.[1][2] Anna and Leopold had one son:[1][2]

∞ Traute Becker (born 16 February 1925 in Hänigsen) on 27 March 1953 in Göttingen
∞ Countess Maria of Solms-Laubach (born 12 August 1968 in Frankfurt am Main) on 13 October 1994, had five issue

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Ancestry

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 Darryl Lundy (10 May 2003). "Anna Prinzessin zu Ysenburg und Büdingen". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 Paul Theroff. "ISENBURG". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen
Cadet branch of the House of Ysenburg
Born: 10 February 1886 Died: 8 February 1980
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Landgravine Bertha of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
 TITULAR 
Princess consort of Lippe
26 April 1922 - 30 December 1949
Reason for succession failure:
Principality abolished in 1918
Succeeded by
Traute Becker