Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Ernst Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe was a head of the Princely House of Schaumburg-Lippe.Biography
He was born at Stadthagen, the fourth son of Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife, Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg. He succeeded his brother Prince Adolf II as head of the Princely House following his death in a plane crash in Mexico on 26 March 1936. Following his death at Hanover, he was succeeded as head of the Princely House by his second son, Philipp-Ernst.He was married at Simbach am Inn in April 1925 to his second cousin, Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, only daughter of Prince Albert of Schaumburg-Lippe and Duchess Elsa of Württemberg.
They had four children:
- Adolf Friedrich Georg-Wilhelm Wolrad Hans-Werner, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Friedrich August Philipp-Ernst Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Prince Konstantin Karl-Eduard Ernst-August Stephan Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Princess Elsa Viktoria Luise Marie Barbara Elisabeth Bathildis Wera of Schaumburg-Lippe
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