Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Tenure24 October 1878 27 November 1885
Born(1821-03-09)9 March 1821
Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe
Died30 July 1899(1899-07-30) (aged 78)
Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
SpouseFriedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
IssueAuguste, Princess William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Louise, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Princess Marie
Prince Albrecht
HouseHouse of Lippe
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
FatherGeorge William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
MotherPrincess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe (9 March 1821 30 July 1899) was a member of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe and a Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe by birth. Through her marriage to Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Adelheid was a sister-in-law of Christian IX of Denmark and Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg from 14 October 1878 to 27 November 1885.

Family

Adelheid was the second-eldest daughter of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Adelheid was a younger sister of Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe.

Marriage and issue

Adelheid married Prince Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (later Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg), the second-eldest son of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel, on 16 October 1841 in Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe. Friedrich and Adelheid had five children:

Ancestry

References

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