State · 1643 – 1918
Schaumburg-Lippe
A state of 1643 – 1918 — 275 years in Europe. It was replaced by Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe. Its line of rulers holds 3 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 275 years
- 1643 – 1918
- Rulers
- 3
- the Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
After it
- Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe · replaced by
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George William I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe | 1787 – 1860 | 73 years | ending not on record | |
| George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe | 1893 – 1911 | 18 years | ending not on record | grandchild |
| Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe | 1911 – 1918 | 7 years | ending not on record | child |
3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1787 – 1918. Median reign 18 years. 0 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

flag, undatedFlagge Fürstentum Schaumburg-Lippe · Public domain 
coat of arms, undatedCoat of Arms of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Glasshouse using elements by Sodacan
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood275 years
stood longer than 71% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 43% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median18 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 57% of 1,083 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 44% of 2,060 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1615 – 1946, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1781, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q310650 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.