Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe

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Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe

Prince Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe , full name Wilhelm Karl August zu Schaumburg-Lippe (* December 12, 1834 in Bückeburg , † April 4, 1906 at Schloss Ratiborschitz near Nachod ) was a German nobleman from the house of Schaumburg-Lippe , kuk general of Cavalry . From 1857 he owned Sekundogenitur the rule Nachod - Chwalkowitz he made in 1873 with the approval of Emperor Franz Joseph I. a Familienfideikommiss built.

Life

Prince Wilhelm was the third son of Prince Georg Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1784–1860) and his wife Ida (1796–1869), née Princess zu Waldeck and Pyrmont .

He attended the University of Bonn from 1854 to 1856 and joined the Austrian army in 1859. In 1857 his father gave him the reign of Nachod , which he had established as a secondary school for Wilhelm. As a result, Wilhelm became the founder of the family branch of the Schaumburg-Lippe family. In 1861 he ended his military career in order to be able to devote himself to the management of his estates. As early as 1861 the city of Náchod made him an honorary citizen .

On 30 May 1862 he married in Dessau Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau (1837-1902), second daughter of Prince Friedrich August of Anhalt-Dessau and his wife Marie of Hesse-Kassel . The couple moved into Náchod Castle and , after the renovation, Ratiborschitz Castle .

In 1866, Prince Wilhelm took part in the German War in the Austrian army. He was appointed major by Emperor Franz Joseph I and received the Military Cross of Merit with war decoration . After the peace treaty in Copenhagen, Princess Bathildis returned to Ratiborschitz, where both of them hosted the emperor on November 2nd of that year. In 1867 Wilhelm was made a hereditary member of the Austrian manor house . In 1871 he acquired Mesletsch . In 1875 he was decorated with the Order of the Iron Crown, First Class, and in 1876 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. In 1879 he was a colonel in the Windischgrätz Dragoons regiment . In 1885 he became major general and in 1890 Lieutenant Field Marshal . In 1899 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Leopold Order and in 1901 Prince Wilhelm was promoted to General of the Cavalry .

Wilhelm not only had a sense of the practical tasks that the management of the Nachod rule placed on him, but his interest also extended to science and art, as he demonstrated through the reorganization of the Nachod Palace Archives and the Ratiborschitz Library. He tried to adapt both to practical needs. He had the economic files in the archive tidied up and added to the library mainly works that related to the economic interests of the rulers and that civil servants could study with benefit. In addition, he completed the library with military books, whereas the aesthetic literature was limited to occasional purchases.

Wilhelm showed a keen interest in all matters of public life, which he encouraged through advice and action, but also through personal sacrifices. Through his participation in the deliberations of the Austrian Imperial Council and his attentive follow-up of the deliberations of the Bohemian Landtag, he was also in constant contact with politics. Through his connections with the emperor, the government and politics, he sought help, advice and support. As an Austrian patriot loyal to the emperor, he condemned unilateral political endeavors; the Czech national one-sidedness as well as the destructive tendencies of the Pan-Germans . He tried to meet the legitimate demands of both ethnic groups. He campaigned for the equality of both languages, but did not allow the German language to be unjustifiably supplanted by the Czech language.

In his reign Nachod Wilhelm took care of a yield increase by raising of livestock, land improvement and the use of artificial fertilizer . In 1869/70 he had a steam sawmill set up in Skalitz , alongside forest maintenance and the expansion of the road network between 1873 and 1885. In addition to cattle breeding, fish farming was carried out in 17 ponds, and in 1878 the first trout breeding facility was set up near Miskoles . The Wiesenmelioration was in Wiesenbaukursen made to 1886 to the public and special Wies guards trained. In recognition of his services, the French government awarded him the Ordre du Mérite agricole in 1888 , the first order for merit in agriculture. After a flood disaster in July 1897, Wilhelm got involved in the construction of dams.

After the death of his wife in 1902 and his youngest son Maximilian in 1904, Wilhelm died just a few hours after his daughter-in-law Louise on April 4, 1906 at Ratiborschitz Castle. Prince Max, who was a cavalry captain in the Royal Württemberg Uhlan Regiment, King Wilhelm I. No. 20 in Ludwigsburg, developed a heart condition, probably the result of a serious illness that he had suffered as a boy. Prince Wilhelm was buried with military honors on April 9 in the cemetery at the white cross in Nachod next to his wife. In addition to the Württemberg royal couple and other princely relatives, the representatives of Emperor Franz Joseph I and the King of Denmark were also present.

progeny

Wedding of Pauline von Württemberg in Stuttgart in 1898 - Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe is on the far right

From the marriage of Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe with Bathildis von Anhalt-Dessau, nine children emerged:

⚭ 1896 Princess Louise of Denmark (1875–1906)
⚭ 1909 Princess Antoinette von Anhalt (1885–1963)
  • Albrecht (1869–1942)
⚭ 1897 Duchess Elsa of Württemberg (1876–1936)
  • Maximilian (1871-1904)
⚭ 1898 Duchess Olga von Württemberg (1876–1932)
⚭ 1895 Prince Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont
  • Son (* / † 1874)
  • Adelheid (1875–1971)
⚭ 1898–1920 Duke Ernst II of Saxony-Altenburg
  • Alexandra (1879–1949)

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aleš Fetters, Eva Koudelková: Zanechali stopu ... Osobnosti kultury v Náchodě . Liberec 2013, ISBN 978-80-87607-23-7 , p. 17.
  2. ^ Elster: Wilhelm, Prince zu Schaumburg-Lippe , pp. 68/69.
  3. ^ Elster: Wilhelm, Prinz zu Schaumburg-Lippe , p. 119.
  4. ^ Elster: Wilhelm, Prinz zu Schaumburg-Lippe , p. 99.
  5. ^ Elster: Wilhelm, Prinz zu Schaumburg-Lippe , p. 102.
  6. ^ Elster: Wilhelm, Prinz zu Schaumburg-Lippe , p. 85.
  7. ^ Elster: Wilhelm, Prinz zu Schaumburg-Lippe , p. 130.
personal data
SURNAME Schaumburg-Lippe, Wilhelm zu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schaumburg-Lippe, Wilhelm Karl August zu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman, prince from the house of Schaumburg-Lippe
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Buckeburg
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 1906
Place of death Ratibořice Castle near Nachod