Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe
| Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe | |
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| Queen consort of Württemberg | |
Charlotte von Schaumburg-Lippe, Queen of Württemberg
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| Tenure | 6 October 1891 – 30 November 1918 |
| Born |
10 September 1864 Schloss Ratiborschitz, Bohemia |
| Died | 16 July 1946 (aged 81) Bebenhausen |
| Spouse | William II of Württemberg |
| House |
House of Lippe (birth) House of Württemberg (marriage) |
| Father | Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe |
| Mother | Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau |
| Religion | Calvinism |
Princess Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe (10 October 1864–16 July 1946) was the daughter of Prince Wilhelm Karl August of Schaumburg-Lippe, and his wife, Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau. As the second wife of King William II of Württemberg she became Queen Charlotte of Württemberg. She was not only the last queen of Württemberg, but the last surviving queen of any German state.
Charlotte was born in Schloss Ratiborschitz, Bohemia (now Ratibořice, Česká Skalice, Czech Republic), and grew up on the princely estate at Náchod. Besides general cultural interests such as music and art she was also very keen on sporting pursuits such as swimming, tennis, cycling and - unusually for a woman of the time - skiing. She also had an extraordinary passion for hunting.
On 8 April 1886 she married the heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Württemberg, Crown Prince Wilhelm, who succeeded in 1891 as King William II of Württemberg (Wilhelm II. von Württemberg). She was his second wife, and like her predecessor Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont was held to be of no political consequence. If the marriage had taken place for reasons of state - Wilhelm had no male heir - it was a miscalculation, as Charlotte produced no children.
As a princess of Württemberg she lived initially in Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart, but as queen in the Wilhelmspalais in Stuttgart. From June to October the royal couple moved to their residence at Friedrichshafen. Finally in November/December Wilhelm and Charlotte regularly took a two-week hunting holiday in Schloss Bebenhausen (the former Bebenhausen Abbey) at Bebenhausen near Tübingen, which after the revolution of 1918 became Charlotte's permanent home.
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