Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg -Lippe ( born December 25, 1958 in Dusseldorf ) is a German entrepreneur and agriculture and forestry. Following family tradition, he calls himself since 2003, Prince of Schaumburg -Lippe.
Life
Background, education and occupation
Alexander is the second son of Philipp Ernst zu Schaumburg -Lippe (1928-2003) and his wife Eva- Benita, born Baroness von Tiele - Winckler ( 1927-2013 ). Since his older brother Georg Wilhelm was in 1983 was killed in a motorcycle accident, he was his heir after the death of his father. He studied political science and musicology with career goal journalism at the University of Munich. After his brother's death, Prince Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe began at the University Göttingen, the law degree, which he completed in 1989. Soon after his first marriage in 1993, he became General Manager of the Princely Court Chamber Biickeburg, the private wealth management of the family.
Ernst-August Christian Alexander Victor Hubert, Prince of Schaumburg -Lippe (full baptismal name ) succeeded his father Philipp Ernst zu Schaumburg -Lippe 2003 in accordance with the traditional guidelines of the German nobility Rights Committee by a " boss" of the house of Schaumburg -Lippe. Commonly known it since then under the name of Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg -Lippe, which since the abolition of the privileges of the aristocracy in 1919 generally only the former title " Prince" ( / "Princess " ), but not the anterior usually acquired in primogeniture titles " Prince ", part of the civil name is.
Private life
From his marriage with Marie -Louise " Lilly " Princess of Sayn -Wittgenstein- Berleburg Alexander zu Schaumburg -Lippe a son, born 1994. Closed in 1993 The marriage ended in divorce in 2002. His liaison with the designer Jette Joop attracted considerable media interest. Since 30 June 2007, it is in a second marriage with the Munich lawyer Nadja Anna Zsöks (* 1975) married. With her he had two daughters.
Non-work activities
As patron or other function is active Alexander Schaumburg-Lippe for several German and German -Israeli non-profit organizations. He is a member of the FDP, for which he is engaged in newspaper articles and election campaigns. He was an alternate member of the 14th Federal Assembly on 30 June 2010 and a member of the 15th federal assembly. Thus, he took part in the election of the German President on March 18, 2012.
Dispute over rights to the name and on their market rights
To view the domain www.schaumburg - lippe.de he led a long-running legal dispute. His lament for naming rights against Mario -Max Prince Schaumburg -Lippe (since 2009 Mario -Max Prince Schaumburg- Lippe), the son of the former Salzburg Landtag Gertraud Wagner- Schöppl, lasted several years.
Drive up
∞ 1882 Duchess Maria Anna of Saxe- Altenburg (1864-1918)