Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau
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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| | | | | | | | | 16. Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau | | | | | | | 8. Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau | | | | | | | | | | 17. Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen | | | | | | | 4. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau | | | | | | | | | | | | 18. Frederick Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt | | | | | | | 9. Margravine Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt | | | | | | | | | | 19. Leopoldine Marie of Anhalt-Dessau | | | | | | | 2. Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. Frederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg | | | | | | | 10. Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg | | | | | | | | | | 21. Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels | | | | | | | 5. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg | | | | | | | | | | | | 22. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | | | | | | | 11. Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt | | | | | | | | | | 23. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken | | | | | | | 1. Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel | | | | | | | 12. Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel | | | | | | | | | | 25. Princess Mary of Great Britain | | | | | | | 6. Prince William of Hesse-Kassel | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. Charles William, Prince of Nassau-Usingen | | | | | | | 13. Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen | | | | | | | | | | 27. Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg | | | | | | | 3. Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28. Frederick V of Denmark | | | | | | | 14. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark | | | | | | | | | | 29. Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | | | | | | | 7. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark | | | | | | | | | | | | 30. Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | | | | | | | 15. Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | | | | | | | | | | 31. Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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