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Issue Prince WilhelmPrince WaldemarPrincess MariePrince Harald House House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (by birth)House of Lippe (by marriage) Mother Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg Children Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe Parents Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg Grandchildren Princess Eleonore of Schaumburg-Lippe, Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe Similar People Prince Waldemar of Schau, Prince Gorm of Denmark, Princess Caroline‑Mathilde of Denmark, Frederick VIII of Denmark, Louise of Sweden | ||
Princess Feodora of Denmark (Feodora Louise Caroline-Mathilde Viktoria Alexandra Frederikke Johanne) (3 July 1910 – 17 March 1975) was a Danish princess as a daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark and granddaughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark.
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As the wife of Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe she became a Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe by marriage.
Early life
Princess Feodora was born on 3 July 1910 at the Jægersborghus country house in Gentofte north of Copenhagen, Denmark.
She was the first child and daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark, son of King Frederick VIII of Denmark and Princess Louise of Sweden. Her mother was Princess Helena of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, daughter of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.
Marriage and issue
Feodora married her first cousin, Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe on 9 September 1937 at Fredensborg Palace, Zealand, Denmark. Prince Christian was a son of Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Louise of Denmark who was a sister of Feodora's father, Prince Harald. Prince Christian was the head of a junior line of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe which resided at Náchod in Bohemia.
Feodora and Christian had four children:
Later life
Prince Christian died in 1974. Princess Feodora died on 17 March the following year in Bückeburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.