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| Prince Waldemar |
H.S.H. Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe died on 11 August 2020 in the United States. The prince was seventy-nine years-old. Prince Waldemar was a second cousin of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
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| The 1937 wedding of Princess Feodora of Denmark and Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe |
Prince Waldemar Stephan Ferdinand Wolrad Friedrich Karl of Schaumburg-Lippe was born at Glienicke on 19 December 1940. Waldemar was the second child of Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe (1898-1974) and Princess Feodora of Denmark (1910-1975), who married in 1937. Waldemar had one older brother, Prince Wilhelm (b.1939), and two younger siblings: Princess Marie-Louise (b.1945) and Prince Harald (b.1948).
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| Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Prince Henrik, and Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe. |
On 10 September 1977, Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe married Anne-Lise Johansen (Copenhagen 8 August 1946-Dronningmole, Denmark 27 July 1994). Waldemar and Anne-Lise had one daughter, Princess Eleonore (b.1978). The couple divorced in 1991, and Anne-Lise died three years later. In 2001, Prince Waldemar married Karin Grundmann; the union was short-lived, ending in divorce in 2002. In 2002, Waldemar married Ruth Schneidewind; this marriage was dissolved in 2003. Lastly, in 2008, the prince married Gertraud Antonia Wagner-Schöppl.
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| Prince Friedrich of Schaumburg-Lippe |
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| Princess Louise of Denmark |
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| Prince Harald of Denmark |
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| Princess Helena of Schleswig-Holstein |
Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe was the paternal grandson of Prince Friedrich of Schaumburg-Lippe (1868-1945) and Princess Louise of Denmark (1875-1906). Waldemar was the maternal grandson of Prince Harald of Denmark (1876-1949; brother of aforementioned Princess Louise) and Princess Helena of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1888-1962).
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| Prince Albert II of Monaco with Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe |
May the Prince Rest in Peace.
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