Ernst Wolrad | |||||
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Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe | |||||
Ernst Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
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Stadthagen, Schaumburg-Lippe |
19 April 1887||||
Died | 15 June 1962 | (aged 75)||||
Spouse | Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe | ||||
Issue | Georg-Wilhelm, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Philipp-Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Prince Konstantin Princess Viktoria Luise |
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House | Schaumburg-Lippe | ||||
Father | Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe | ||||
Mother | Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg |
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Ernst Wolrad |
Ernst Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (19 April 1887 – 15 June 1962) was a head of the Princely House of Schaumburg-Lippe.
He was born at Stadthagen, the fourth son of Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and his wife, Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg (1864–1918). 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 (1903–1983), only daughter of Prince Albert of Schaumburg-Lippe and Duchess Elsa of Württemberg. They had four children: