Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Princess Hermine
Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Princess consort of Schaumburg-Lippe
Reign	21 November 1860 – 8 May 1893
Born	(1827-09-29)29 September 1827
Died	16 February 1910(1910-02-16) (aged 82)
Spouse	Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
House	House of Waldeck
Father	George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Mother	Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont (born: 29 September 1827; died: 16 February 1910) was a German princess. She was the second daughter of George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. She was an aunt of the Dutch Queen Emma.

Marriage and issue

On 25 October 1844 at Arolsen, she married her cousin, Adolf I George of Schaumburg-Lippe. His mother was a sister of her father. They had eight children:

• Princess Hermine of Schaumburg-Lippe (1845–1930); married Duke Maximilian of Württemberg, only son of Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg.
• Prince Georg of Schaumburg-Lippe (1846–1911); succeeded his father as Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe; married Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg.
• Prince Hermann of Schaumburg-Lippe (1848–1928).
• Princess Emma of Schaumburg-Lippe (1850–1855).
• Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe (1852–1891); married Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz.
• Prince Otto Heinrich of Schaumburg-Lippe (1854–1935); married Anna von Koppen.
• Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe (1859–1917); married Princess Viktoria of Prussia, daughter of Frederick III, German Emperor and Victoria, Princess Royal, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria.
• Princess Emma of Schaumburg-Lippe (1865–1868).

Two of their daughters were named Emma; both died young.

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