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House
  
Schaumburg-Lippe


Name
  
Wolrad, of

Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born
  
19 April 1887 Stadthagen, Schaumburg-Lippe (
1887-04-19
)

Died
  
15 June 1962(1962-06-15) (aged 75)

Spouse
  
Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe

Issue
  
Georg-Wilhelm, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Philipp-Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Prince Konstantin Princess Viktoria Luise

Father
  
Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Mother
  
Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg

Ernst Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (19 April 1887 – 15 June 1962) was a head of the Princely House of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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Biography

He was born at Stadthagen, the fourth son of Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife, Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg (1864–1918). He succeeded his brother Prince Adolf II as head of the Princely House following his death in a plane crash in Mexico on 26 March 1936. Following his death at Hanover, he was succeeded as head of the Princely House by his second son, Philipp-Ernst.

Marriage and children

He was married at Simbach am Inn in April 1925 to his second cousin, Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (1903–1983), only daughter of Prince Albert of Schaumburg-Lippe and Duchess Elsa of Württemberg. They had four children:

  • Adolf Friedrich Georg-Wilhelm Wolrad Hans-Werner, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1926–1945)
  • Friedrich August Philipp-Ernst Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1928–2003)
  • Prince Konstantin Karl-Eduard Ernst-August Stephan Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe (1930-2008)
  • Princess Elsa Viktoria Luise Marie Barbara Elisabeth Bathildis Wera of Schaumburg-Lippe (born 1945)

    • References

    Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Wikipedia
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