Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen | |||||
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Princess of Prussia | |||||
Adelheid in 1914, the year of her marriage.
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Born |
Kassel |
16 August 1891||||
Died | 25 April 1971 La Tour-de-Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland |
(aged 79)||||
Burial | 30 April 1971 Vassin Cemetery, La Tour-de-Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland |
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Spouse | Prince Adalbert of Prussia | ||||
Issue | Princess Victoria Marina Princess Victoria Marina Prince Wilhelm Victor |
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House | Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
Father | Prince Friedrich Johann of Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
Mother | Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld |
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German: Adelheid Erna Karoline Marie Elisabeth |
Princess Adelaide "Adi" of Saxe-Meiningen (Adelaide Erna Caroline Marie Elisabeth; later Princess Adalbert of Prussia; 16 August 1891 – 25 April 1971) was a daughter of Prince Frederick John of Saxe-Meiningen and his wife Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld.
Adelaide (original German: Adelheid)'s father Prince Frederick was a younger son of George II of Saxe-Meiningen by his second wife Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. She had five siblings, including Prince George, a prisoner of war killed during World War II, and Prince Bernard.
Adelaide's mother, also named Adelaide, was the eldest child of Ernst, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, who was the Regent of the principality of Lippe for seven years (1897–1904).
On 3 August 1914, at the beginning of World War I, Adelaide married Prince Adalbert of Prussia at Wilhelmshaven, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was the third son of Kaiser William II of Germany. Adelaide's father would die within a month, on 23 August 1914. Less than a month after their marriage, Prince Adalbert was reported to have been killed in battle in Brussels. This was only a rumor however, and the prince had been unharmed. In March 1915, he was promoted to Captain in the navy and Major in the army.