Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld [SEP] mother
Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld (22 June 1870 – 3 September 1948) was the eldest child of Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld and Countess Karoline of Wartensleben.
Family and early life.
Adelaide was born on 22 June 1870 to Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld and his wife Countess Karoline of Wartensleben.
After the death of Woldemar, Prince of Lippe in 1895, her parents were involved in a regency and succession dispute to the principality of Lippe
Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (; 30 June 1901 – 4 October 1984) was the head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen from 1946 until his death.
Prince of Saxe-Meiningen.
Bernhard was born in Köln the third son of Prince Frederick Johann of Saxe-Meiningen and Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld. His father was the second son of Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his mother a daughter of Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld.