Profiles: Princes and Consorts of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Friedrich Anton Ulrich
Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Born: November 27, 1676 in Bad Arolsen, Waldeck
Parents: Christian Ludwig, Count of Waldeck and Countess Anna Elisabeth of Rappoltstein
Married: October 22, 1700 to Countess Luise of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Children:
– Prince Christian (1701)
– Princess Friederike (1702)
– Princess Henriette (1703)
– Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1704)
– Princess Ernestine (1705)
– Prince Ludwig (1707)
– Prince Johann (1708)
– Princess Sofie (1711)
– Princess Franziska (1712)
– Princess Luise (1714)
– Prince Josef (1715)
REIGN: January 6, 1712 – January 1, 1728
Died: January 1, 1728 in Bad Arolsen
Buried: St. Nicholas Chapel at the Marienthal Monastery in Waldeck

Luise of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Born: October 28, 1678
Parents: Christian II, Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein
Married: October 22, 1700 to Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Children:
– Prince Christian (1701)
– Princess Friederike (1702)
– Princess Henriette (1703)
– Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1704)
– Princess Ernestine (1705)
– Prince Ludwig (1707)
– Prince Johann (1708)
– Princess Sofie (1711)
– Princess Franziska (1712)
– Princess Luise (1714)
– Prince Josef (1715)
Died: May 3, 1753
Buried: St. Nicholas Chapel at the Marienthal Monastery in Waldeck

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Karl August
Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Born: September 24, 1704 in Hanau, Waldeck
Parents: Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Luise of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Married: August 19, 1741 to Countess Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Children:
– Prince Karl (1742)
– Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1743)
– Prince Christian (1744)
– Georg I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1747)
– Princess Karoline (1748)
– Princess Luise (1751)
– Prince Ludwig (1752)
REIGN: January 1, 1728 – August 29, 1763
Died: x (date, place)
Buried: Stadtkirche, Bad Wildungen

Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Born: November 16, 1725 in Rappoltsweiler, Germany (now Ribeauvillé, France)
Parents: Christian III, Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
Married: August 19, 1741 to Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Children:
– Prince Karl (1742)
– Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1743)
– Prince Christian (1744)
– Georg I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1747)
– Princess Karoline (1748)
– Princess Luise (1751)
– Prince Ludwig (1752)
Died: February 11, 1816 at Arolsen Castle, Bad Arolsen
Buried: Mausoleum in the Princely Cemetery in Rhoden

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Friedrich Karl August
Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Born: October 25, 1743 in Zweibrücken
Parents: Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Countess Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
REIGN: August 29, 1763 – September 24, 1812
Died: September 24, 1812
Buried: St. Nicholas Chapel at the Marienthal Monastery in Waldeck

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Georg I
Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Born: May 6, 1747 in Bad Arolsen
Parents: Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Countess Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Married: September 12, 1784 to Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Children:
– Princess Christiane (1787)
– Prince Karl (1788)
– Georg II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1789)
– Prince Friedrich (1790)
– Prince Christian (1792)
– Princess Auguste (1793)
– Prince Johann (1794)
– Princess Ida (1796)
– Prince Wolrad (1798)
– Princess Mathilde (1801)
– Prince Karl Christian (1803)
– Princess Karoline (1804)
– Prince Hermann (1809)
REIGN: September 24, 1812 – September 9, 1813
Died: September 9, 1813 in Rhoden, Prussia
Buried: Mausoleum, Princely Cemetery in Rhoden

Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Born: 1768
Parents: August II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Christine Elisabeth of Anhalt-Bernburg
Married: September 12, 1784 to Georg I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Children:
– Princess Christiane (1787)
– Prince Karl (1788)
– Georg II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1789)
– Prince Friedrich (1790)
– Prince Christian (1792)
– Princess Auguste (1793)
– Prince Johann (1794)
– Princess Ida (1796)
– Prince Wolrad (1798)
– Princess Mathilde (1801)
– Prince Karl Christian (1803)
– Princess Karoline (1804)
– Prince Hermann (1809)
Died: 1849
Buried: Mausoleum, Princely Cemetery in Rhoden

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Georg II
Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Born: September 20, 1789 in Weil am Rhein, Baden
Parents: Georg I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Married: June 26, 1823 to Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Children:
– Princess Auguste (1824)
– Prince Josef (1825)
– Princess Hermine (1827)
– Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1831)
– Prince Wolrad (1833)
REIGN: September 9, 1813 – May 15, 1845
Died: May 15, 1845 in Bad Arolsen
Buried: Mausoleum, Princely Cemetery in Rhoden

Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Born: May 20, 1802 at Schaumburg Castle
Parents: Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym and Princess Amalie of Nassau-Weilburg
Married: June 26, 1823 to Georg II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Children:
– Princess Auguste (1824)
– Prince Josef (1825)
– Princess Hermine (1827)
– Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1831)
– Prince Wolrad (1833)
Died: August 1, 1858 in Pyrmont
Buried: Mausoleum, Princely Cemetery in Rhoden

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Georg Viktor
Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Born: January 14, 1831 in Bad Arolsen
Parents: Georg II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Married(1): September 26, 1853 to Princess Helena of Nassau
Children:
– Princess Sophie (1854)
– Princess Pauline (1855)
– Princess Marie (1857)
– Princess Emma (1858)
– Princess Helena (1861)
– Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1865)
– Princess Elisabeth (1873)
Married(2): April 29, 1891 to Princess Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Children:
– Prince Wolrad (1892)
REIGN: May 15, 1845 – May 12, 1893
Died: May 12, 1893 in Marienbad, Bohemia
Buried: Princely Cemetery in Rhoden

Helena of Nassau
Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Born: August 18, 1831 in Wiesbaden, Nassau
Parents: Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau and Princess Pauline of Württemberg
Married(1): September 26, 1853 to Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Children:
– Princess Sophie (1854)
– Princess Pauline (1855)
– Princess Marie (1857)
– Princess Emma (1858)
– Princess Helena (1861)
– Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1865)
– Princess Elisabeth (1873)
Died: October 28, 1888 in Pyrmont
Buried: Princely Cemetery in Rhoden

Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Born: January 6, 1858 at Schloss Luisenlund, Kiel
Parents: Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
Married: April 29, 1891 to Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Children:
– Prince Wolrad (1892)
Died: July 2, 1936 in Marburg an der Lahn, Germany
Buried: Princely Cemetery in Rhoden

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Friedrich
Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Born: January 20, 1865 in Bad Arolsen
Parents: Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Helena of Nassau
Married: August 9, 1895 to Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe
Children:
– Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1896)
– Prince Maximilian (1898)
– Princess Helena (1899)
– Prince Georg (1902)
REIGN: May 12, 1893 – November 13, 1918
Died: May 26, 1946 in Bad Arolsen
Buried: Princely Cemetery in Rhoden

Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe
Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Born: May 21, 1873 in Ratibořice, Bohemia
Parents: Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau
Married: August 9, 1895 to Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Children:
– Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1896)
– Prince Maximilian (1898)
– Princess Helena (1899)
– Prince Georg (1902)
Died: April 6, 1962 in Bad Arolsen
Buried: Princely Cemetery in Rhoden

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