Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (Ernst August Alexander Christian Viktor Hubert; born 25 December 1958) is the head of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe.

Biography He was born in Düsseldorf, the second son of Philipp-Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1928-2003) and his wife Baroness Eva-Benita von Tiele-Winckler (1927-2013). At the time of the death of his grandfather, Prince Wolrad in 1962, Alexander was unlikely to succeed to the headship of the princely house. However following the death of his older brother Hereditary Prince Georg-Wilhelm in a motorcycle accident on 31 July 1983, Alexander became the heir apparent and new Hereditary Prince. They officially announced that they had separated on 27 March 2015. Before their divorce in June 2018, the couple had two daughters.

At Bückeburg Palace, the family seat, Alexander married Iranian pianist Mahkameh Navabi (born 18 March 1981) on 12 September 2020, in a small gathering due to the health measures relating to the COVID-19 pandemic,

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