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Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe | |
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Regent of Lippe | |
Regent of Lippe | |
Reign | 1895–1897 As Regent of Lippe |
Predecessor | New position |
Successor | Count Ernst |
Born | Schloss Bückeburg, Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe | 20 July 1859
Died | 9 July 1916 Bonn, German Empire | (aged 56)
Burial | 16 July 1916 |
Spouse | |
House | House of Lippe |
Father | Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe |
Mother | Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont |
Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe (German: Adolf Wilhelm Viktor; 20 July 1859 – 9 July 1916) was a German prince of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe and a Prussian General of the Cavalry. He was regent of the Principality of Lippe from 1895 to 1897 due to the incapacity of his distant relative, Alexander, Prince of Lippe.[citation needed]