Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 1939)
Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe is the head of the Nachod branch of the princely house of Schaumburg-Lippe. Wilhelm is the son of Prince Christian Nicholas of Schaumburg-Lippe, and the great-grandson of Frederick VIII of Denmark.He married Ilona Hentschel Baronin von Gilgenheimb on 17 January 1971. They had two children:
- Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe ; married Lena Giese in 2009.
- Princess Desiree of Schaumburg-Lippe ; married Michael Iuel and have three children.
He is in the line of succession to the British throne as a descendant of George II of the United Kingdom's daughter Queen Caroline Matilda of Denmark and Norway.Ancestry