Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

Princess Adelheid
Duchess Paul Frederick Augustus of Oldenburg
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Born	(1800-02-23)23 February 1800 Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate
Died	Oldenburg
Spouse	Duke Paul Frederick Augustus of Oldenburg
Issue	Amalia, Queen of Greece Friederike, Baroness Jakob von Washington
House	House of Ascania (birth) House of Oldenburg (marriage)
Father	Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Mother	Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg

Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (German: Prinzessin Adelheid von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym; 23 February 1800 – 13 September 1820) was a princess of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym by birth as a daughter of Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. As the wife of Duke Paul Frederick Augustus of Oldenburg she became a Duchess of Oldenburg by marriage.

Birth and family

Princess Adelheid was born on 23 February 1800 at Schaumburg Castle. She was the second daughter of Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Princess Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg. Adelheid had three sisters: Hermine, Emma, and Ida. She grew up with her sisters in Hoym in Anhalt.

Marriage

Adelheid married Duke Paul Frederick Augustus of Oldenburg on 24 July 1817 at Schaumburg Castle. The princess was just 17 years old when she married the 34-year-old duke. Duke Paul Frederick Augustus was the eldest son of Duke Peter of Oldenburg, heir to the Duchy of Oldenburg, and was thus second in line of succession after his father.

Adelheid and Augustus had two daughters; Amalia, who was born in 1818 an later married Prince Otto of Bavaria, the elected King of Greece, and thus became Queen consort of Greece; and Frederica, who was born in 1820 and later married Maximilian Emanuel von Washington, the son of Jakob von Washington, a distant relative of the first President of the United States George Washington.

Death

At the age of 20 and after three years of marriage, Princess Adelheid died suddenly on 13 September 1820 at Oldenburg.

In 1825, after five years of widowhood, Augustus married Adelheid's younger sister, Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. Augustus became Grand Duke of Oldenburg in 1829.

Ancestry and descent

Ancestry

Family of Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

16. Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym               8. Victor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym                       17. Charlotte of Nassau-Dillenburg               4. Karl Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym                             18. William Maurice, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein               9. Charlotte Louise of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein                       19. Anna Amalia of Isenburg-Büdingen               2. Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym                                   20. William Maurice, Count of Solms-Braunfels               10. Frederick William I, Prince of Solm-Braunfels                       21. Magdalene Sophie of Hesse-Homburg               5. Amalie Eleonore of Solm-Braunfels                             22. Carl Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach               11. Sophie of Solm-Laubach                       23. Louise Albertine of Schönburg-Waldenburg               1. Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym                                         24. John Ernest, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg               12. Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg                       25. Maria Polyxena of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg               6. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg                             26. George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein               13. Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Idstein                       27. Henriette Dorothea of Oettingen-Oettingen               3. Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg                                   28. John William Friso, Prince of Orange               14. William IV, Prince of Orange                       29. Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel               7. Carolina of Orange-Nassau                             30. George II of Great Britain               15. Anne of Great Britain                       31. Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Duchess Amalia	21 December 1818	20 May 1875	married Otto of Bavaria, the elected King of Greece, and thus became Queen consort of Greece.
Duchess Frederica	8 June 1820	20 March 1891	married Jakob von Washington, a distant relative of the first President of the United States George Washington.