Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg

Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg (14 March 1864 – 3 May 1918) was the consort of Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. As the eldest daughter of Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg and his wife Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, and a sister of Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Marie Anne was a member of the Ducal House of Saxe-Altenburg. Marriage and issue On 16 April 1882 at Altenburg, Marie Anne married Georg, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. He was the eldest son of Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, and succeeded as Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe in 1893. The couple had nine children together: Prince Adolf II (1883–1936); married Ellen von Bischoff-Korthaus Prince Moritz Georg (1884–1920) Prince Peter (1886-1886) Prince Wolrad (1887–1962); married Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, a distant cousin Prince Stephan (1891–1965); married Duchess Ingeborg of Oldenburg, daughter of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg Prince Heinrich (1894–1952); married Countess Marie-Erika von Hardenberg Princess Margaretha (1896–1897) Prince Friedrich Christian (1906–1983); married Countess Alexandra Hedwig Johanna Bertha Marie zu Castell-Rüdenhausen Princess Elisabeth (1908–1933); married Baron Johann Herring von Frankensdorff