Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe


Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe was a ruler of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe.

Biography

He was born in Bückeburg to Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife, Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
He succeeded as Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe following the death of his father, Prince Georg Wilhelm on 21 November 1860. In 1866, Schaumburg-Lippe signed a military treaty with Prussia, and in 1867 entered a military union, where Schaumburgers served in the Prussian military. Also in 1867, Schaumburg-Lippe became a member of the North German Confederation, and later in 1871 became a member state of the German Empire on its founding. He died at Bückeburg and was succeeded by his son Georg.

Marriage and children

[file:Prince Adolf I (1817-93) and Princess Hermine (1827-1910) of Schaumburg-Lippe.jpg|left|thumb|210px|Prince Adolf with his wife Princess Hermine, 1862.]
On 25 October 1844 at Arolsen, Adolf was married to his cousin, Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont, daughter of George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. His mother was a sister of her father. The couple had eight children:

Orders and decorations