Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe (1898–1974)


Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe was a German prince and head of the Náchod branch of the princely house of Schaumburg-Lippe.
He was born in Sopron, Hungary, the only son and second child of Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe and his first wife Princess Louise of Denmark, younger sister of King Christian X of Denmark.

Marriage and issue

In 1927, his engagement to Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, a daughter of Constantine I of Greece was announced. Nothing ever came of these plans, however. She later married Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta.
On 9 September 1937, he married his cousin, Princess Feodora, daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark, a younger brother of King Christian X and Princess Louise, at Fredensborg Palace, Zealand, Denmark; they had four children.
He died at Bückeburg, a year before his wife. His four children live in Germany and Denmark.

Ancestry