Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau


Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau was a Princess of Anhalt-Dessau and member of the House of Ascania by birth. As the wife of Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe she was a Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe by marriage. She was a younger sister of Grand Duchess Adelaide of Luxembourg.

Early life

Bathildis was born at Dessau, Anhalt, as the second child of Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau and his wife Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel,.

Marriage

On 30 May 1862 at Dessau, Bathildis married Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, seventh child and third son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife, Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
They had eight children:
Princess Bathildis died on 10 February 1902 at Nachod Castle, Kingdom of Bohemia.

Ancestry