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Princess Calixta of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Princess Calixta
Princess Waldemar of Prussia
Born (1895-10-14)14 October 1895
Potsdam, German Empire
Died 15 December 1982(1982-12-15) (aged 87)
Schloss Reinhartshausen, Erbach, Hesse, Germany
Burial Erbach, Hesse, Germany
Spouse Prince Waldemar of Prussia
Full name
German: Calixta Agnes Adelaide Irmgard Helene Caroline Elise Emma
House House of Lippe (by birth)
House of Hohenzollern (by marriage)
Father Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Mother Countess Gisela Berta of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Meerholz
Full name
German: Calixta Agnes Adelaide Irmgard Helene Caroline Elise Emma

Princess Calixta Agnes Adelaide Irmgard Helene Caroline Elise Emma of Lippe (14 October 1895 - 15 December 1982) was the wife of Prince Waldemar of Prussia, eldest son of Prince Henry of Prussia.

Countess Calixta of Lippe-Biesterfeld was born in Potsdam as the eldest child of Count Friedrich Wilhelm of Lippe-Biesterfeld (son of Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld) and his wife Countess Gisela Berta Adelheid Klothilde Emma Klementine of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Meerholz. Her father was a colonel with the Prussian army. In 1905, her father assumed princely rank, causing Calixta to be granted the rank of princess with the style Her Serene Highness.

Princess Calixta was a first cousin of Princess Marie Adelheid of Lippe, as their fathers were brothers. Calixta and Marie Adelheid were also first cousins-once removed of Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, consort of Juliana of the Netherlands.

On 14 August 1919 at Hemmelmark, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Calixta married Prince Waldemar of Prussia, the eldest son of Prince Henry of Prussia. As such, he was a nephew of Emperor Wilhelm II.

Prince Waldemar suffered from haemophilia, and consequently there were no children. He spent much of his life in a hospital, and surprised many by choosing to marry.

Calixta and Waldemar resided in Bavaria for most of World War II but were at castle in Kamenz in Silesia as the war ended. In the spring of 1945, the couple fled to Tutzing from approaching Russian troops, as Calixta was unwilling to leave him at the mercy of the Red Army, despite Waldemar being in the throes of an attack of haemophilia. After a long and painfully debilitating journey through Prague, they finally reached Tutzing, a few miles south of Munich, where Waldemar received a blood transfusion. The American army overran the area the following day, and diverted all medical resources and supplies to treat nearby concentration camp victims. Consequently, these actions prevented Waldemar's German doctor from treating him. There, Waldemar died on 2 May 1945 from blood loss, due to a lack of blood transfusion facilities.


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