Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe


Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe is the head of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe, which ruled the sovereign principality of the same name within the German Empire until 1918.
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Biography

He was born in Düsseldorf, the second son of Philipp-Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife Baroness Eva-Benita von :de:Tiele-Winckler|Tiele-Winckler. At the time of the death of his grandfather, Prince Wolrad in 1962, Alexander was unlikely to succeed to the headship of the princely house. However following the death of his older brother Hereditary Prince Georg-Wilhelm in a motorcycle accident on 31 July 1983, Alexander became the heir apparent and new Hereditary Prince. He succeeded as head of the princely house following his father's death on 28 August 2003.
He studied law at Göttingen and moved into Bückeburg Palace upon his succession, managing the properties of the House. He is also known as a devoted jazz pianist, and has occasionally given concerts together with his friend Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern, a saxophonist.

Marriage and children

Alexander married Princess Marie Luise "Lilly" of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg at Bückeburg on 27 August 1993; they had one son before divorcing in 2002:
Alexander married Nadja Anna Zsoeks civilly at Bückeburg on June 28, 2007 and religiously at Bückeburg two days later, June 30. They officially announced that they had separated on March 27, 2015. Nadja is an attorney in Munich. The couple has two daughters:
The marriage was divorced in June 2018. His current fiancée is Persian pianist Mahkameh Navabi.

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