Religion Lutheranism Name Princess of | Place of burial Dessau, Germany | |
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Born 3 March 1885
Schloss Georgium, near Dessau, Anhalt ( 1885-03-03 ) Issue Prince Leopold
Prince William House House of Ascania (by birth)
House of Lippe (by marriage) Father Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt Died April 3, 1963, Dessau, Germany Spouse Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe (m. 1909–1945) Parents Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt Children Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe Grandmothers Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg | ||
Princess Antoinette of Anhalt (German: Antoinette Anna Alexandra Marie Luise Agnes Elisabeth Auguste Friederike; 3 March 1885 – 3 April 1963) was a Princess of Anhalt by birth. As the wife of Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, she became a Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe by marriage.
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Early life
Princess Antoinette was born on 3 March 1885 at Schloss Georgium near Dessau in Anhalt. Her parents were Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Kassel (1861-1955).
Less than one year after the birth of his daughter, Leopold died unexpectedly in Cannes on 2 February 1886. Princess Elisabeth never remarried and survived her husband by almost 70 years. She died in Dessau on 7 January 1955.
Marriage and issue
Princess Antoinette married Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe as his second wife in Dessau on 26 May 1909. They had two sons:
Death
Princess Antoinette died in Dessau, then in the German Democratic Republic, on 3 April 1963. She was buried at the Ziebigk cemetery in Dessau next to her mother.