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Princess Feodora of Denmark
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Princess Feodora of Denmark

Princess Feodora of Denmark (Feodora Louise Caroline-Mathilde Viktoria Alexandra Frederikke Johanne) (3 July 1910 – 17 March 1975) was a Danish princess as a daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark and granddaughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark.

Key Information

As the wife of Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe she became a Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe by marriage.

Early life

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Princess Feodora's birthplace Jægersborghus in 1909

Princess Feodora was born on 3 July 1910 at the Jægersborghus country house in Gentofte north of Copenhagen, Denmark.

She was the first child and daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark, son of King Frederik VIII of Denmark and Princess Louise of Sweden. Her mother was Princess Helena of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, daughter of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

Marriage and issue

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Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe

Feodora married her first cousin, Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe on 9 September 1937 at Fredensborg Palace, Zealand, Denmark. Prince Christian was a son of Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Louise of Denmark who was a sister of Feodora's father, Prince Harald. Prince Christian was the head of a junior line of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe which resided at Náchod in Bohemia.

Feodora and Christian had four children:

  • Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 19 August 1939); married in 1970 Ilona Freiin Hentschel von Gilgenheimb (1940-2023)
    • Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 1971); married in 2009 Lena Giese.
    • Princess Desiree of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 1974); married Michael Iuel and has three children.
  • Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 19 December 1940 - d. 11 August 2020).
    • Princess Eleonore-Christine Eugenie Benita Feodora Maria of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 22 December 1978)
  • Princess Marie-Louise of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 27 December 1945).
  • Prince Harald of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 27 March 1948).

Later life

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Prince Christian died in 1974. Princess Feodora died on 17 March the following year in Bückeburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Ancestry

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