Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau
Prince Franz Joseph
Prince Friedrich
Prince Albrecht
Prince Maximilian
Bathildis, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Adelaide, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg
Princess Alexandra
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German: Bathildis Amalgunde |
Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau (German: Prinzessin Bathildis Amalgunde von Anhalt-Dessau; 29 December 1837 – 10 February 1902) was a Princess of Anhalt-Dessau and member of the House of Ascania by birth. As the wife of Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe she was a Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe by marriage. She was a younger sister of Grand Duchess Adelaide of Luxembourg.
Early life
Bathildis was born at Dessau, Anhalt-Dessau, as the second child of Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau (son of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau and Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg) and his wife Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, (daughter of Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Charlotte of Denmark).
Marriage
On 30 May 1862 at Dessau, Bathildis married Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, seventh child and third son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife, Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
They had eight children:
- Princess Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe (10 October 1864 – 16 July 1946), married in 1886 to William II of Württemberg, no issue.
- Prince Franz Joseph of Schaumburg-Lippe (8 October 1865 – 4 September 1881)
- Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe (30 January 1868 – 12 December 1945), married in 1896 to Princess Louise of Denmark, had issue.
- Prince Albrecht of Schaumburg-Lippe (24 October 1869 – 25 December 1942), married in 1897 to Duchess Elsa of Württemberg, had issue.
- Prince Maximilian of Schaumburg-Lippe (13 March 1871 – 1 April 1904), married in 1898 to Duchess Olga of Württemberg, had issue.
- Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (21 May 1873 – 6 April 1962), married in 1895 to Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, had issue.
- Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (22 September 1875 – 27 January 1971), married in 1898 to Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, had issue, divorced in 1920.
- Princess Alexandra of Schaumburg-Lippe (9 June 1879 – 5 January 1949)
Later life
Princess Bathildis died on 10 February 1902 at Náchod Castle, Kingdom of Bohemia (now the Czech Republic).
Ancestry
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- Elisabeth Albertine, Duchess of Saxe-Weisselfels-Barby
- Henriette Amalie, Princess of Nassau-Dietz
- Johanna Charlotte, Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt
- Louise, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg
- Princess Anna Wilhelmine
- Leopoldine Marie, Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt
- Princess Henriette Amalie
- Auguste, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg
- Agnes, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg
- Maria Anna, Princess of Prussia
- Adelheid-Marie, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
- Bathildis, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Princess Hilda