Victor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

Victor I Amadeus Adolph, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (b. Schaumburg, 7 September 1693 - d. Schaumburg, 15 April 1772), was a German prince member of the House of Ascania in the branch of Anhalt-Bernburg and ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.

He was the eldest son of Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym by his first wife Charlotte, daughter of Prince Adolph of Nassau-Dillenburg and heiress of the County of Holzappel through her mother Elisabeth Charlotte Melander.

Life

The death of his mother in 1700 made Victor Amadeus Adolph in the heir apparent of Holzappel and Schaumburg under the terms of a contract made between his paternal grandfather and namesake Prince Victor Amadeus of Anhalt-Bernburg and his maternal grandmother Countess Elisabeth Charlotte. When the Countess died in 1707, Victor Amadeus Adolph succeeded her as Count of Holzappel and Schaumburg.

When his father died in 1727, Victor Amadeus Adolph succeeded him as Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym, but shortly after he change the name of his principality to Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.

Marriages and Issue

In Birstein on 22 November 1714 Victor Amadeus Adolph married firstly with Charlotte Louise (b. Büdingen, 31 July 1680 - d. Schaumburg, 2 January 1739), daughter of William Maurice, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein. She was fourteen years older that him; nevertless, the union produced six children:

1. Victoria Charlotte (b. Schaumburg, 25 September 1715 - d. Schaumburg, 4 February 1792), married on 26 April 1732 to Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. They divorced in 1764.
2. Louise Amalie (b. Schaumburg, 10 October 1717 - d. Lich, 1 September 1721).
3. Lebrecht (b. Schaumburg, 26 August 1718 - d. Schaumburg, 5 October 1721).
4. Christian, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (b. Schaumburg, 30 June 1720 - d. Schaumburg, 13 April 1758).
5. Karl Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (b. Schaumburg, 16 May 1723 - d. Schaumburg, 20 August 1806).
6. Franz Adolph (b. Schaumburg, 7 July 1724 - d. Halle an der Saale, 22 April 1784).