Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

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)
Hanover
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
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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 head of the Princely House of Schaumburg-Lippe.

## Biography[edit]

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[edit]

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 (1940)

## Ancestry[edit]

Ancestors of Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

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| Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe|

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| Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont

| Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe|

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| George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

| Princess Hermine of Waldeck-Pyrmont|

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| Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

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| Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

| Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg|

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| Marie Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

| Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg|

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| Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

| Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen|

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| Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel

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Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

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Born: 19 April 1887 Died: 15 June 1962

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