Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe

Princess Bathildis
Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Born	21 May 1873 Ratiboritz, Kingdom of Bohemia
Died	6 April 1962 (aged 88) Arolsen, West Germany
Spouse	Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Issue	Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Prince Maximilian Helena, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg Prince Georg
Full name German: Bathildis Marie Leopoldine Anna Auguste
House	Lippe
Father	Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe
Mother	Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau

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.

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:

• Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (13 May 1896 – 30 November 1967)
• Prince Maximilian William Gustav Herman of Waldeck and Pyrmont (13 September 1898 – 23 February 1981)
• Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (22 December 1899 – 18 February 1948)
• Prince Georg Wilhelm Karl Victor of Waldeck and Pyrmont (10 March 1902 – 14 November 1971)

Titles and styles

• 21 May 1873 – 9 August 1895: Her Serene Highness Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe
• 9 August 1895 – 26 May 1946: Her Serene Highness The Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
• 26 May 1946 – 6 April 1962: Her Serene Highness The Dowager Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe

16. Frederick Ernest, Count of Lippe-Alverdissen               8. Philip II Ernest, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe                       17. Elisabeth Philippine von Friesenhausen               4. George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe                             18. William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal               9. Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal                       19. Landgravine Ulrica Eleonore of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld               2. Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe                                   20. Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont               10. George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont                       21. Countess Palatine Christiane of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld               5. Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont                             22. August II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen               11. Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen                       23. Princess Christine of Anhalt-Bernburg               1. Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe                                         24. Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau               12. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau                       25. Margravine Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt               6. Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau                             26. Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg               13. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg                       27. Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt               3. Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau                                   28. Prince Frederick of Hesse-Cassel               14. Prince William of Hesse-Kassel                       29. Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen               7. Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel                             30. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark and Norway               15. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark                       31. Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Notes and sources

• thePeerage.com - Bathildis Prinzessin zu Schaumburg-Lippe
• Genealogics - Leo van de Pas - Princess Bathildis zu Schaumburg-Lippe
• The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: 28