Ernst Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (19 April 1887 – 15 June 1962) was a head of the Princely House of Schaumburg-Lippe.
Biography
He was born at Stadthagen the fourth son of Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg (1864–1918). He succeeded his brother Prince Adolf II as head of the Princely House following his death in a plane crash in Mexico on the 26 March 1936. Following his death at Hanover he was succeeded as head of the Princely House by his second son Philipp-Ernst.
Marriage and children
He was married at Simbach am Inn in April 1925 to his second cousin Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (1903–1983), only daughter of Prince Albert of Schaumburg-Lippe and Duchess Elsa of Württemberg.
They had four children.
- Adolf Friedrich Georg-Wilhelm Wolrad Hans-Werner, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1926–1945)
- Eredrich August Philipp-Ernst Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1928–2003)
- Prince Konstantin Karl-Eduard Ernst-August Stephan Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe (born 1930)
- Princess Elsa Viktoria Luise Marie Barbara Elisabeth Bathildis Wera of Schaumburg-Lippe (born 1945)
Ancestry
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