Editing Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right" size="500px"
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! colspan="2" |HSH The Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Schaumburg-Lippe_Alexander.png|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|Prince of [[Schaumburg-Lippe]]
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|'''Reign'''
|28 August 2003 - present
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|'''Predecessor'''
|[[Philipp Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe|Philipp Ernst]]
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|'''Heir'''
|[[Heinrich Donatus, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
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|'''Born'''
|25 December 1958

Buckeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
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|'''Spouse'''
|[[Princess Marie Luise of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
(m. 1993)
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|'''Issue'''
|[[Heinrich Donatus, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe|Heinrich Donatus, Hereditary Prince]]
[[Princess Felipa of Schaumburg-Lippe|Princess Felipa]]<br>
[[Princess Philomena of Schaumburg-Lippe|Princess Philomena]]
|-
|'''Name'''
|Ernst August Alexander Christian Viktor Hubert
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|'''House'''
|Lippe
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|'''Father'''
|[[Philipp Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
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|'''Mother'''
|[[Eva Benita von Tiele-Winkler]]
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|'''Religion'''
|Roman Catholic
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'''Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe''' (born ''Prince Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe'' on 25 December 1958) is the current reigning Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. He is also a member of the Danish Royal Family as the nephew-in-law of '''[[Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark]]'''. 

==Life==
Alexander was born the second son of '''Philipp Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe''' and '''Eva Benita von Tiele-Winkler'''. He became heir to the throne upon the death of his elder brother, '''[[Hereditary Prince George Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe|Georg Wilhelm]]''', in 1983.

==Marriage and Issue==
On 27 August 1993 in Buckeburg, Alexander married '''Princess Marie Luise of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg'''. The couple have three children, '''Heinrich Donatus, Felipa,''' and '''Philomena'''. Felipa and Philomena were born after Alexander and Marie Luise reconciled after an unofficial separation. 
{| class="wikitable"
!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
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|[[File:Lippe Heinrich Donatus.png|frameless|149x149px]]
|[[Heinrich Donatus, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe|Heinrich Donatus, Hereditary Prince]]
|13 May 1994
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|[[Countess Sophie of Rechberg]] (m. 2023); no issue
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|[[File:Lippe Felipa.png|frameless|149x149px]]
|[[Princess Felipa of Schaumburg-Lippe|Princess Felipa]]
|1 December 2008
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|[[File:Lippe Philomena.png|frameless|149x149px]]
|[[Princess Philomena of Schaumburg-Lippe|Princess Philomena]]
|10 July 2011
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==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Residences Schaumburg-Lippe Buckeburg Palace.png|Buckeburg Palace; Main Residence (March-May; September-November)
File:Stadthagen Castle.png|Stadthagen Castle; Winter Residence (December-February)
File:Hagenburg Castle.png|Hagenburg Castle; Summer Residence (June-August)
</gallery>

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1958-1983'''   Prince Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe
* '''1983-2003'''   Alexander, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
* '''2003-present'''   Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Lippe_House_Order_of_the_Honour_Cross.gif|frameless|75x75px]] House Order of the Honour Cross (1976)

===Foreign Honours===
[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Black_Eagle.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Black Eagle (2004) (Germany)

[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Red_Eagle.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Red Eagle (1987) (Germany)

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
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|[[Philipp Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
|[[Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
[[Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
|[[George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
[[Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg]]

[[Prince Albert of Schaumburg-Lippe]]

[[Princess Elsa of Wurttemberg]]
|[[Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
[[Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]

[[Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg]]

[[Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen]]

[[Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe]]

[[Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau]]

[[Prince Eugen of Wurttemberg]]

[[Grand Duchess Vera Constantinovna of Russia]]
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|[[Eva Benita von Tiele-Winkler]]
|[[Baron Hans Werner Tiele-Winkler]]
[[Countess Elisabeth of Bassewitz]]
|[[Baron Hans Werner Tiele-Winkler]]
[[Anna von Ernsthausen]]

[[Gerd, Count of Bassewitz]]

[[Victoria von Bedaulieu-Marconnay]]
|[[Hubert von Tiele-Winkler]]
[[Valeska von Winkler]]

N/A

N/A

[[Heinrich Ludwig, Count of Bassewitz]]

[[Charlotte von Bulow]]

[[Baron Karl Bedaulieu-Marconnay]]

[[Anna von Fritsch]]
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==Lines of Succession==
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! colspan="3" |Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
House of Lippe 

Born: 25 December 1958 
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| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
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|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Schaumburg-Lippe]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
|-
|<center><small>Incumbent</small>
'''<small>preceded by</small>'''
[[Philipp Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe|'''<small>Philipp Ernst</small>''']]</center>
|<center>Incumbent</center>
|<center>[[Heinrich Donatus, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]]</center>
|}
== Notes ==
Face: Kevin Bacon
[[Category:Schaumburg-Lippe]]
[[Category:House Lippe]]
[[Category:Monarchs of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
[[Category:Monarchs]]