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Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe

Ratibořice, 22 Sep 1875 – Ballenstedt, 27 Jan 1971

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A life in time

  1. 22 Sep 1875

    Born in Ratibořice

  2. 1899–1905

    4 children are born

  3. 27 Jan 1971

    Dies in Ballenstedt, aged 95

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 4

During her lifetime

She lived through 11 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Ratibořice.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1870s · Princess is born in Ratibořice

In the news1873

The financial crash of 1873

The financial crash of 1873 led to a severe economic depression and was followed by 152 registered suicides.

What people wore

Weekday skirts for women

Working-class women often wore blue-dyed linen or cotton skirts on weekdays, frequently embellished with white printed patterns known as moäraeck.

Getting around

Easier travel across borders

Administrative barriers to travel were significantly reduced when a decree in 1857 abolished the requirement for passports for travel within the Austrian monarchy. By 1865, passport controls were also removed at the external borders of the monarchy.

Italy is unified. Garibaldi, Cavour and Victor Emmanuel joined the Italian states into one kingdom, with Rome its capital from 1871.In Europe · 1859–1871

Italy is unified. Garibaldi, Cavour and Victor Emmanuel joined the Italian states into one kingdom, with Rome its capital from 1871.

Baldassare Verazzi (1819-1886) · public domain

In the news1871

The German Empire is proclaimed

The German Empire was proclaimed in 1871, uniting various states under Kaiser Wilhelm I.

Music

Paying for music at feasts

In the mid-19th century, musicians often played for money, with one song costing six kreutzers. If dancers avoided paying, fights frequently broke out at feast parties.

Daily life

Scarce hot water and shared baths

Hot water was so scarce that in 1875, a single bucket of hot water brought from a brewery cost 4 krejcary. Families often bathed in the same water in a portable tub in the kitchen.