Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe

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Princess Bathildis
Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Born(1873-05-21)21 May 1873
Ratibořice, Kingdom of Bohemia
Died6 April 1962(1962-04-06) (aged 88)
Arolsen, West Germany
Spouse
(m. 1895; died 1946)
Issue
Names
German: Bathildis Marie Leopoldine Anna Auguste
HouseLippe
FatherPrince William of Schaumburg-Lippe
MotherPrincess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau

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.

Early life[edit]

Bathildis was born at Ratibořice, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic), the sixth 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 Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel).

Marriage[edit]

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:

  • Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (13 May 1896 – 30 November 1967)
  • Prince Maximilian William Gustav Herman of Waldeck and Pyrmont (13 September 1898 – 23 February 1981). Married Gustava, Countess of Hallermund (b. 7 December 1899, Segeberg, Germany - d. 27 October 1986) on 12 September 1929. They had four children.
  • Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (22 December 1899 – 18 February 1948)
  • Prince Georg Wilhelm Karl Victor of Waldeck and Pyrmont (10 March 1902 – 14 November 1971)

Ancestry[edit]

Notes and sources[edit]

  • The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: 28
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