Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Ernst Wolrad
Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Ernst Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Born (1887-04-19)19 April 1887
Stadthagen, Schaumburg-Lippe
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
Full name
Ernst Wolrad
House Schaumburg-Lippe
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.

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:

Ancestry

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Princess Hermine of Waldeck-Pyrmont
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marie Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Born: 19 April 1887 Died: 15 June 1962
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Prince Adolf II
 TITULAR 
Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
1936–1962
Succeeded by
Prince Philipp-Ernst


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