Philipp-Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Philipp Ernst zu Schaumburg -Lippe ( born July 26, 1928 in Hagen castle; † 28 August 2003 Biickeburg ) was a German entrepreneur.

Friedrich August Philipp Ernst Wolrad Prince of Schaumburg -Lippe (full baptismal name ) succeeded his father Wolrad zu Schaumburg -Lippe in 1962 according to traditional guidelines of the German nobility Legal Committee as a "boss" of the house of Schaumburg -Lippe after, making him the winner of the traditional title of " Prince " made ​​. He was generally known ever since under the name of Philipp Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg -Lippe, although since the abolition of the privileges of the aristocracy in 1919, only the title " Prince" ( / "Princess " ), but not the Erstgeburtstitel heretofore granted in primogeniture " Prince " is part of the civil name.

Biography

Philipp Ernst was born in 1928 as the second son of Wolrad of Schaumburg -Lippe ( 1887-1962 ) and his wife Bathildis born Princess of Schaumburg -Lippe ( 1903-1983 ). Prince Adolf II, an uncle of Philipp Ernst, 1936, in a plane crash, so his brother, Philipp Ernst's father Wolrad, the new head of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe was.

When Philip Ernst's elder brother came in Nössige (Saxony ) on 29 April 1945 killed, Philipp Ernst became the new heir to the house of Schaumburg -Lippe. In 1962 he became head of the House of Schaumburg -Lippe. After his death, his son Alexander zu Schaumburg -Lippe became his successor.

Marriage and children

He married on October 3, 1955 in Biickeburg Eva- Benita Baroness von Tiele - Winckler ( 1927-2013 ). They had two sons:

  • Georg Wilhelm (1956-1983), died in 1983 in a motorcycle accident
  • Alexander ( born 1958), head of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe since 2003

Economic activity

By 1993, Philipp Ernst was head of the Princely Court Chamber Biickeburg, the private wealth management family of Schaumburg-Lippe Schaumburg-Lippe. Among other things, there is Bückeburg Castle, the residence of the family, owned by the Exchequer.

  • House of Schaumburg-Lippe
  • German
  • Born in 1928
  • Died in 2003
  • Hagen castle
  • Person ( Biickeburg )
  • Man
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