Princess Feodora of Denmark
Princess Feodora of Denmark was a Danish princess as a daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark and granddaughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark.
As the wife of Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe she became a Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe by marriage.
Early life
Princess Feodora was born on 3 July 1910 at the Jægersborghus country house in Gentofte north of Copenhagen, Denmark.She was the first child and daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark, son of King Frederik VIII of Denmark and Princess Louise of Sweden. Her mother was Princess Helena of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, daughter of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.
Marriage and issue
Feodora married her first cousin, Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe on 9 September 1937 at Fredensborg Palace, Zealand, Denmark. Prince Christian was a son of Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Louise of Denmark who was a sister of Feodora's father, Prince Harald. Prince Christian was the head of a junior line of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe which resided at Náchod in Bohemia.Feodora and Christian had four children:
- Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe ; married in 1970 Ilona Freiin Hentschel von Gilgenheimb
- * Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe ; married in 2009 Lena Giese.
- * Princess Desiree of Schaumburg-Lippe ; married Michael Iuel and has three children.
- Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe.He married four times. They had one daughter:
- * Princess Eleonore-Christine Eugenie Benita Feodora Maria of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Princess Marie-Louise of Schaumburg-Lippe. Died unmaried without issue.
- Prince Harald of Schaumburg-Lippe. Never married without issue.