Friedrich zu Schaumburg-Lippe

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Prince Friedrich in 1894

Friedrich zu Schaumburg-Lippe , full name Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Bruno zu Schaumburg-Lippe (born January 30, 1868 in Ratiborschitz Castle ; † December 12, 1945 in Sackisch ) was a German prince from the house of Schaumburg-Lippe and until 1945 the last owner of the Secondogenitur Náchod .

Life

Prince Friedrich was the son of Prince Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Bathildis (1837–1902), the second daughter of Prince Friedrich August von Anhalt-Dessau and his wife Marie von Hessen-Kassel. On May 5, 1896, he married Princess Louise of Denmark (1875-1906), daughter of King Frederick VIII of Denmark . His wife Louise died as a result of meningitis . Three years later, on May 26, 1909, Prince Friedrich married Princess Antoinette of Anhalt (1885–1963), daughter of Hereditary Prince Leopold of Anhalt and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Kassel.

Nachod Castle

Prince Friedrich, the last owner of Nachod, was deported as a German citizen after the end of the Second World War on May 12, 1945 across the nearby state border to Sackisch in Glatzer Land , which fell to Poland after the end of the war in 1945 . There he died on December 12, 1945 in the "Vier Linden" inn. After consultation between the Polish and Czech authorities, his body was transferred to Nachod and quietly buried in the old military cemetery ( cemetery on the white cross in Nachod ) near the castle.

Marriage and offspring

Friedrich and Louise had two daughters and a son:

  • Marie Luise zu Schaumburg-Lippe (February 10, 1897 - October 1, 1938)
⚭ 1916 Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia (1891–1927)
  • Christian zu Schaumburg-Lippe (born February 20, 1898 - † July 13, 1974)
⚭ 1937 Feodora of Denmark (1910–1975)
  • Stephanie zu Schaumburg-Lippe (December 19, 1899 - May 2, 1925)
⚭ 1921 Viktor Adolf zu Bentheim and Steinfurt (1883–1961)

Friedrich and Antoinette had two sons:

  • Leopold zu Schaumburg-Lippe (born February 21, 1910 - † January 25, 2006)
  • Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe (* August 24, 1912 - † March 4, 1938)

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eva Semotanová a kol .: Kladsko - Historickogeograficky lexicon , Historický ustav Praha - Kłodzko - Wrocław 2015, ISBN 978-80-7286-240-5 , pp 135
  2. ↑ Lydia Baštecká, Ivana Ebelová: Náchod , Náchod 2004, ISBN 80-7106-674-5 , p. 245.
  3. ↑ Adolf von Deitenhofen: foreign prince in the Habsburg army 1848-1898 , the self-publishers, Vienna 1898, p 589th

literature

  • Otto Elster : Wilhelm Prince zu Schaumburg-Lippe - A picture of his life and work . Neustadt an der Mettau 1906 ( online version )
  • Adolf von Deitenhofen: Foreign princes in the Habsburg army 1848–1898 , Im Selbstverlage, Vienna 1898, p. 589. ( digitized version )
  • Heinrich Prinz zu Schaumburg-Lippe: "Reparation must be ...". Diary 1938 / 1945–1947 , MatrixMedia GmbH Verlag - Göttingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-932313-90-5 , p. 45, p. 139 and p. 250.
personal data
SURNAME Schaumburg-Lippe, Friedrich zu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schaumburg-Lippe, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Bruno zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prince
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Ratiborschitz Castle
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1945
Place of death Sacky