Duchess Elsa of Württemberg

Full name
	German: Elsa Mathilde Marie

Duchess Elsa of Württemberg
Duchess Elsa of Württemberg
	Princess Albert of Schaumburg-Lippe
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Born	1 March 1876; Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg
Died	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.; Pfaffstätt, Austria
Spouse	Prince Albert of Schaumburg-Lippe
Issue	Prince Max; Prince Franz Josef; Prince Alexander; Bathildis, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe
Full name
	German: Elsa Mathilde Marie
House	House of Württemberg; House of Schaumburg-Lippe
Father	Duke Eugen of Württemberg
Mother	Grand Duchess Vera Constantinovna of Russia

Duchess Elsa of Württemberg (Elsa Mathilde Marie; 1 March 1876 – 27 May 1936) was a daughter of Duke Eugen of Württemberg and Grand Duchess Vera Constantinovna of Russia. She married Prince Albert of Schaumburg-Lippe.

Early life and family

Duchess Elsa was born at Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg, the elder twin daughter of Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1846–1877) (son of Duke Eugen of Württemberg and Princess Mathilde of Schaumburg-Lippe) and his wife, Grand Duchess Vera Constantinovna of Russia (1854–1912) (daughter of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg). Her younger twin sister was Duchess Olga of Württemberg (1876–1932).

Failed engagement

On January 28, 1895, the British Court Circular published the following: “We are informed that a marriage has been arranged between his Royal Highness Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, only son of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and grandson of her Majesty, and her Royal Highness the Duchess Elsa Matilda Marie, elder twin daughter of the late Duke William Eugene of Württemberg by his marriage with his cousin the Grand Duchess Vera of Russia.” The marriage never occurred.

Marriage and issue

On 6 May 1897, in Stuttgart, she married Prince Albert of Schaumburg-Lippe (1869–1942), son of Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau. They had four children:

Prince Max of Schaumburg-Lippe (28 March 1898 – 4 February 1974), married in 1933 to Helga Lee Roderbourg, no issue;
Prince Franz Josef of Schaumburg-Lippe (1 September 1899 – 7 July 1963), married in 1959 to Maria Theresia Peschel, no issue;
Prince Alexander of Schaumburg-Lippe (20 January 1901 – 26 November 1923);
Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (11 November 1903 – 29 June 1983), married in 1925 to Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, had issue.