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Issue Charlotte, Queen of WurttembergPrince Franz JosephPrince FriedrichPrince AlbrechtPrince MaximilianBathildis, Princess of Waldeck and PyrmontAdelaide, Duchess of Saxe-AltenburgPrincess Alexandra Died April 4, 1906, Ratiborice, Ceska Skalice, Czech Republic Children Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe Parents Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont, George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Grandchildren Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont | ||
Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe (German: Prinz Wilhelm Karl August zu Schaumburg-Lippe; 12 December 1834 – 4 April 1906) was son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and member of the House of Lippe.
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Early life
William was born at Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, seventh child and third son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1784–1860), (son of Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe and Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal) and his wife, Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1796–1869), (daughter of George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen).
Marriage
William married 30 May 1862 at Dessau to Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau (1837–1902), daughter of Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, and his wife, Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel.
They had eight children:
He and his daughter-in-law Princess Louise of Denmark died five hours apart at the family castle in Nachod, Bohemia.