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Born 21 May 1873
Ratiboritz, Kingdom of Bohemia ( 1873-05-21 ) Issue Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Prince Maximilian
Helena, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
Prince Georg House House of Lippe (birth)
House of Waldeck and Pyrmont (marriage) Father Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe Mother Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau Died April 6, 1962, Bad Arolsen, Germany Spouse Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (m. 1895) Children Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont Parents Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau, Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe Grandchildren Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Cousins Princess Hilda of Nassau, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | ||
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.
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Early life
Bathildis was born at Ratiboritz, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Ratibořské Hory, 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
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: