Albert Wolfgang, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe
Albrecht Wolfgang, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe was a ruler of the County of Schaumburg-Lippe.Biography
He was born in Bückeburg the son of Friedrich Christian, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe and his first wife, Countess Johanna Sophia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He succeeded his father as Count on the 13 June 1728. In 1743, he joined Maria Theresa of Austria and Schaumburg-Lippe led during the War of the Austrian Succession. He died at Bückeburg and was succeeded as Count by his son Wilhelm.Marriages and children
He was married firstly to Countess Margarete Gertrud of Oeynhausen, an illegitimate daughter of George I of Great Britain and his mistress Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, on the 30 October 1721 at London. They had two children:
He was married secondly to Princess Charlotte of Nassau-Siegen on the 26 April 1730 at Varel. She was the eldest daughter of Frederick William Adolf, Prince of Nassau-Siegen.
He had at least two illegitimate sons: August Wolfrath von Campen, who married Countess Wilhelmine von Anhalt, morganatic daughter of Prince William Gustav of Anhalt-Dessau; and, with Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg, Karl Wilhelm Wolfgang von Donop, father of historian Georg von Donop.
