Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe was daughter of Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe

Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe

Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe was son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and member of the House of Lippe.-Early life:William was born at Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, seventh child and third son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe , and his wife, Princess...

 and consort of the last reigning Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Saxe-Altenburg

Saxe-Altenburg was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia.-History:The duchy originated from the medieval Burgraviate of Altenburg in the Imperial Pleissnerland , a possession of the Wettin Margraves of Meissen since 1243...

 Ernst II.

Early life

Adelaide was born at Ratiboritz

Ratibořské Hory

Ratibořské Hory is a village and municipality in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 747 ....

, Kingdom of Bohemia

Kingdom of Bohemia

The Kingdom of Bohemia was a country located in the region of Bohemia in Central Europe, most of whose territory is currently located in the modern-day Czech Republic. The King was Elector of Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, whereupon it became part of the Austrian Empire, and...

 (now Ratibořské Hory

Ratibořské Hory

Ratibořské Hory is a village and municipality in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 747 ....

, seventh child and third daughter of Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe

Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe

Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe was son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and member of the House of Lippe.-Early life:William was born at Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, seventh child and third son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe , and his wife, Princess...

 (1834–1906), (son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe was a Count and later Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe.-Biography:...

 and Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Princess Ida Caroline of Waldeck and Pyrmont was a member of the House of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Through her marriage to George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ida was also a member of the House of Lippe and Princess consort of Schaumburg-Lippe.-Early...

) and his wife, Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau (1837–1902), (daughter of Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau

Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau

Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau , was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Dessau branch.-Birth and family:...

 and Landgravine Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel). In 1891, his sister Charlotte

Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe

Princess Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe was the daughter of Prince Wilhelm Karl August of Schaumburg-Lippe, and his wife, Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau. As the second wife of King William II of Württemberg she became Queen Charlotte of Württemberg...

 became Queen Consort of William II of Württemberg

William II of Württemberg

William II was the fourth King of Württemberg, from 6 October 1891 until the abolition of the kingdom on 30 November 1918...

.

Marriage

Adelaide married 17 February 1898 at Bückeburg

Bückeburg

Bückeburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, on the border with North Rhine Westphalia. It was once the capital of the tiny principality of Schaumburg-Lippe and is today located in the district of Schaumburg close to the northern slopes of the Weserbergland ridge...

 to Prince Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg (1871–1955), son of Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, and his wife, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen

Princess Augusta Louise Adelaide Caroline Ida of Saxe-Meiningen was the daughter of Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his wife Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel. She was the mother of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.-Family and early life:Augusta was the only daughter of the Duke and...

. The marriage ended in divorce in 17 January 1920.

They had four children:

• Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg
  Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg
  Princess Charlotte Agnes of Saxe-Altenburg was the eldest child of Ernst II, the last reigning duke of Saxe-Altenburg.-Marriage and family:...
  
   (4 March 1899 – 16 February 1989), married on 11 July 1919 to Prince Sigismund of Prussia, had issue.
• Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg
  Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg
  Wilhelm Georg Moritz Ernst Albert Frederick Karl Konstantin Eduard Max, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg was the last head of the ducal house of Saxe-Altenburg and nominal duke of Saxe-Altenburg...
  
   (13 May 1900 – 13 February 1991)
• Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (6 April 1903 – 30 January 1991)
• Prince Frederick of Saxe-Altenburg (15 May 1905 – 23 February 1985)

Titles and styles

• 22 September 1875 – 17 February 1898: Her Serene Highness Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe
• 17 February 1898 – 7 February 1908: Her Highness Princess Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg
• 7 February 1908 – 17 January 1920: Her Highness The Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg
• 17 January 1920 – 27 January 1971: Her Serene Highness Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe

Ancestry