Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

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Princess Adelheid
Duchess Paul Frederick Augustus of Oldenburg
Born(1800-02-23)23 February 1800
Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate
Died13 September 1820(1820-09-13) (aged 20)
Oldenburg
Spouse
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(m. 1817)​
IssueAmalia, Queen of Greece
Friederike, Baroness von Washington
HouseAscania
FatherVictor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
MotherAmelia of Nassau-Weilburg

Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (German: Prinzessin Adelheid von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym; 23 February 1800 – 13 September 1820) was a princess of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym by birth as a daughter of Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. As the wife of Duke Paul Frederick Augustus of Oldenburg she became a Duchess of Oldenburg by marriage.

Birth and family[edit]

Princess Adelheid was born on 23 February 1800 at Schaumburg Castle. She was the second daughter of Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Princess Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg. Adelheid had three sisters: Hermine, Emma and Ida. She grew up with her sisters in Hoym in Anhalt.

Marriage[edit]

Adelheid married Duke Paul Frederick Augustus of Oldenburg on 24 July 1817 at Schaumburg Castle.[1] The princess was just 17 years old when she married the 34-year-old duke. Duke Paul Frederick Augustus was the eldest son of Duke Peter of Oldenburg, heir to the Duchy of Oldenburg, and was thus second in line of succession after his father.

Princess Adelheid in 1819
Princess Adelheid in 1819, by an unknown painter

Adelheid and Augustus had two daughters; Amalia, who was born in 1818, and Friederike, who was born in 1820.

Death and aftermath[edit]

At the age of 20, and after three years of marriage, Princess Adelheid died suddenly on 13 September 1820 at Oldenburg. She was buried at the Ducal Mausoleum, at Saint Gertrude’s Cemetery in Oldenburg.[1]

Augustus married Adelheid's younger sister, Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, in 1825 upon Adelheid’s death. Augustus became Grand Duke of Oldenburg in 1829.

Ancestry and descent[edit]

Ancestry[edit]

Issue[edit]

Name Birth Death Notes
Duchess Amalia 21 December 1818 20 May 1875 Married Otto of Bavaria, the elected King of Greece, and thus became Queen consort of Greece.
Duchess Frederica 8 June 1820 20 March 1891 Married the son of Jakob von Washington, a distant relative of the first President of the United States George Washington.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Scott (1 April 2018). "Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, 1st wife of Grand Duke August I of Oldenburg". Unofficial Royalty. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

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