Princess Sophie of Baden
Princess Sophie of Baden, was a Princess of Baden by birth and the Princess consort of Lippe by marriage.Life
Sophie was the second daughter of Prince William of Baden and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg, daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg. Her paternal grandparents were Charles Frederick, the first Grand Duke of Baden, and his second wife, Louise Caroline Geyer von Geyersberg, Countess of Hochberg. She grew up in Karlsruhe, together with her two younger sisters, Elizabeth and Leopoldine.Marriage
Sophie was married to Woldemar, Prince of Lippe second son of Leopold II, Prince of Lippe and Princess Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen on 9 November 1858 in Karlsruhe. The marriage was childless, leading to a dispute that lasted two decades between the two lines of the House of Lippe to inherit the principality after the death of Woldemar, in 1895.Titles and styles
