Princess Bathildis | |||||
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Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe | |||||
Born |
Dessau, Anhalt |
29 December 1837||||
Died | 10 February 1902 Nachod Castle, Kingdom of Bohemia |
(aged 64)||||
Spouse | Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe | ||||
Issue |
Charlotte, Queen of Württemberg Prince Franz Joseph Prince Friedrich Prince Albrecht Prince Maximilian Bathildis, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont Adelaide, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg Princess Alexandra |
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House | Ascania | ||||
Father | Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau | ||||
Mother | Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel |
Full name | |
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German: Bathildis Amalgunde |
Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau (German: Prinzessin Bathildis Amalgunde von Anhalt-Dessau; 29 December 1837 – 10 February 1902) 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.
Bathildis was born at Dessau, Anhalt, as the second child of Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau (son of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau and Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg) and his wife Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, (daughter of Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Charlotte of Denmark).
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: