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Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (10 October 1846 – 29 April 1911) was the ruler of the small
Principality of
Schaumburg-Lippe within the German Empire from 1893 to 1911, succeeding his father Adolf I, and being succeeded by his son Adolf II.
George in 1862 at 16 years old
Biography
Stephan Albrecht Georg was born at
Bückeburg Castle [
de ] , in
Bückeburg , Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe as the eldest of four sons to
Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and
Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1827–1910). George had seven siblings, but only five of them survived childhood.
He succeeded as Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe on the8 death of his father on 8 May 1893 and reigned until his death on 29 April 1911 at
Bückeburg and was succeeded by his son who became
Adolphus II .
Family
George was married on 16 April 1882 at
Altenburg to
Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg , a daughter of
Prince Maurice of Saxe-Altenburg .
They had nine children:
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,
Schaumburg Castle .
[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]
Orders and decorations
Ancestry
Ancestors of George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe 16. Friedrich Ernst, Count of Lippe-Alverdissen 8.
Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe 17. Elisabeth Philippine von Friesenhausen 4.
George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe 18.
William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal 9.
Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal 19. Landgravine Ulrike Eleonore of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld 2.
Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe 20.
Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont 10.
George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont 21.
Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 5.
Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont 22. Prince August of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 11.
Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 23. Princess Christine of Anhalt-Bernburg 1. Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe 24.
Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (=20) 12.
George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont ( = 10) 25.
Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (=21) 6.
George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont 26. Prince August of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (=22) 13.
Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (= 11) 27. Princess Christine of Anhalt-Bernburg (=23) 3.
Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont 28.
Charles Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym 14.
Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym 29. Countess Amalie Eleonore of Solms-Braunfels 7.
Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym 30.
Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg 15.
Princess Amelie of Nassau-Weilburg 31.
Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
References
^
a
b
c "Kaiser Rewards Prince", The New York Times , 21 April 1907
^
a
b
"Königlich Preussische Ordensliste" , Preussische Ordens-Liste (in German), 1 , Berlin:
32 ,
1049 , 1886
^ "Schwarzer Adler-orden",
Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.) (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1886, p.
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^ "Königliche Orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg , Stuttgart: Landesamt, 1907, p.
29
^
"Großherzogliche Orden" , Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden , Karlsruhe, 1896, pp.
63 ,
77 {{
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^ "Königliche Orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Bayern , 1906, p.
8
^ Sachsen (1901). "Königlich Orden". Staatshandbuch für den Königreich Sachsen: 1901 . Dresden: Heinrich. p.
5 – via hathitrust.org.
^ Jørgen Pedersen (2009).
Riddere af Elefantordenen, 1559–2009 (in Danish). Syddansk Universitetsforlag. p. 469.
ISBN
978-87-7674-434-2 .
^
"A Szent István Rend tagjai"
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