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{{Short description|Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1681-1728)}}
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[[Image:Friedrich Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe.jpg|thumb|Friedrich Christian, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
'''Friedrich Christian, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe''' (16 August 1655 – 13 June 1728) was the second ruler of the [[County]] of [[Schaumburg-Lippe]].
==Biography==
He was born in [[Bückeburg]], the son of [[Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe]] and [[Landgravine Sophie of Hesse-Kassel]] (or Hesse-Cassel) (1615–1670).
He became Count on his father's death on 10 April 1681, and reigned until his death at [[Bückeburg]]. He was succeeded by his elder surviving son [[Albert Wolfgang, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe|Albert Wolfgang]].
==Marriage and children==
He was married on 4 January 1691 at [[Langenburg]] to [[Countess Johanna Sophia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]] (1673–1743). They divorced in 1723. They had six children:
*Count Friedrich August (1693–1694)
*Count Wilhelm Ludwig (1695–1695)
*Countess Sophie Charlotte (1696–1697)
*Count Philipp (1698–1698)
*Count [[Albert Wolfgang, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe|Albert Wolfgang]] (1699–1748)
*Count Friedrich (1702–1776)
On 3 December 1725 at [[Brixen]], he subsequently married his mistress, Maria Anna Victoria von Gall (1707–1760), daughter of Johann Michael von [[:File:Wappen_Freiherrn_von_Gall.jpg|Gall]] and his wife, Maria Anna von [[:File:Wappen_für_Georg_Enzenberg_von_Freienthurm_1578.png|Enzenberg]].
==External links==
*[http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/NSAC/SLP/nobility.html Schaumburg-Lippe Nobility]
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