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Schaumburg-Lippe

American  
[shoum-boork-lip-uh] / ˈʃaʊm bʊərkˈlɪp ə /

noun

  1. a former state in NW Germany.


Schaumburg-Lippe British  
/ ˈʃaumbʊrkˈlɪpə /

noun

  1. a former state of NW Germany, between Westphalia and Hanover: part of Lower Saxony since 1946

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In 1927 he created an international scandal by marrying the Kaiser's sister, Princess Victoria of Schaumburg-Lippe, 61.

From Time Magazine Archive

But when presented to Victoria, eleven years after the death of her husband Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, Alexander Subkoff seemed personable, a gentleman, an "interesting" young man of 27.

From Time Magazine Archive

The reigning Prince is, as you have perhaps forgotten, the present proprietor of one of your estates,—the Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe.

From Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 from Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso by Bache, Constance

Yet another brother-in-law of the kaiser who is a conspicuous figure at the Court of Berlin, is Prince Adolphus of Schaumburg-Lippe, married to Princess Victoria, the least attractive and least popular of William's sisters.

From The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I. (of 2) by Fontenoy, Mme. la Marquise de

Prince Adolph, of Schaumburg-Lippe, although nominally stationed at Bonn, is also accustomed to spend the entire season at Berlin, with his wife, Princess Victoria of Prussia, a sister of the kaiser.

From The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I. (of 2) by Fontenoy, Mme. la Marquise de

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