County/Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Simplified country name: Schaumburg-Lippe
- Nation: Lippian Germany
- Predecessor: County of Schaumburg
- Chronology
- 1647: Created upon resolution of dispute over former lands of the County of Schaumburg
- 1681: Spun off Schaumburg-Lippe-Alverdissen
- 1709: Claimed the territory of Lippe-Brake after its line became extinct
- 1748: Formally acquired Amt Blomberg and Amt Schieder from the Brake territory, but relinquished claims to Amt Barntrup and Amt Brake
- 1756: Transferred Amt Schieder to Schaumburg-Lippe-Alverdissen to compensate for the loss of Amt Lipperode (returned to Lippe-Detmold in 1748)
- 1777: Inherited by Schaumburg-Lippe-Alverdissen, but retains only Amt Alverdissen with Schieder returning to Lippe-Detmold
- 1807: Promoted to a principality
- 1812: Relinquished Amt Alverdissen to Lippe-Detmold
- 1838: Relinquished Amt Blomberg to Lippe-Detmold
- 1871: Admitted to the German Empire/end of database
- Spin-offs
- County of Schaumburg-Lippe-Alverdissen (1681-1777)
Subdivisions of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Amt Arensburg1647 - 1871
- Amt and Stadt Bückeburg1647 - 1871
- Amt Hagenburg1647 - 1871
- Amt and Stadt Stadthagen1647 - 1871
- Amt Alverdissen1647 - 1681
- ___and later1777 - 1812
- Amt Lipperode1647 - 1681
- Amt Blomberg1748 - 1838
- Amt Schieder1748 - 1756
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