Albert Wolfgang, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe
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Albrecht Wolfgang, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (27 April 1699 – 24 September 1748) was a ruler of the County of Schaumburg-Lippe.
Biography[edit]
He was born in Bückeburg the son of Friedrich Christian, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe and his first wife, Countess Johanna Sophia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1673–1743). He succeeded his father as Count on 13 June 1728. In 1743, he joined Maria Theresa of Austria and Schaumburg-Lippe led during the War of the Austrian Succession. He died at Bückeburg and was succeeded as Count by his son Wilhelm.
Marriages and children[edit]
He was married firstly to Countess Margarete Gertrud of Oeynhausen (1701–1726), an illegitimate daughter of George I of Great Britain and his mistress Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, on 30 October 1721 at London. They had two children:
He was married secondly to Princess Charlotte of Nassau-Siegen (1702–1785) on 26 April 1730 at Varel. She was the eldest daughter of Frederick William Adolf, Prince of Nassau-Siegen and his wife, Landgravine Elisabeth Juliana Francisca of Hesse-Homburg.
He had one legitimate son
- Johann Christoph
at least two illegitimate sons:
- August Wolfrath von Campen (1730-1779), who married Countess Wilhelmine von Anhalt, morganatic daughter of Prince William Gustav of Anhalt-Dessau
- Wolfradine von Campen (1773-1794), married Count Adolf Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg (1759-1825)
- Karl Wilhelm Wolfgang von Donop (1740-1813), illegitimate son with Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg
References[edit]
- ^ Kahl, Wilhelm (1896). Ebenbürtigkeit und Thronfolgerecht der Grafen zur Lippe-Biesterfeld (in German). Strauß. p. 55. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
Georg Wilhelm Schaumburg-Lippe 1742.
- ^ Gottsched, Louise Adelgunde Victorie; Aldenburg, Charlotte Sophie Bentinck-Von; Gottsched, Johann Christoph (2009). Adieu Divine Comtesse (in German). Königshausen & Neumann. p. 11. ISBN 9783826040986.
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