| Princess Adelaide | |||||
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| Duchess consort of Saxe-Altenburg | |||||
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22 September 1875 Ratibořice, Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Died | 27 January 1971 (aged 95) Ballenstedt, East Germany |
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| Spouse | Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (m. 1898; div. 1920) |
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| Issue |
Charlotte, Princess Sigismund of Prussia Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg Princess Elisabeth Prince Frederick |
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| House |
House of Lippe (by birth) House of Saxe-Altenburg (by marriage) |
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| Father | Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe | ||||
| Mother | Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau | ||||
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| German: Friederike Adelheid Marie Luise Hilda Eugenie |
Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (German: Prinzessin Friederike Adelheid Marie Luise Hilda Eugenie zu Schaumburg-Lippe; 22 September 1875 – 27 January 1971) was daughter of Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe and consort of the last reigning Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Ernst II.
Adelaide was born at Ratiboritz, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Ratibořice, seventh child and third 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). In 1891, her sister Charlotte became Queen Consort of William II of Württemberg.
Adelaide married 17 February 1898 at Bückeburg to Prince Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg (1871–1955), son of Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, and his wife, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen. The marriage ended in divorce on 17 January 1920.