Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Princess William of Württemberg

Marie of Waldeck and Prymont

Princess William of Württemberg
Born| (1857-05-23)23 May 1857
Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont
Died| 30 April 1882(1882-04-30) (aged 24)
Ludwigsburg, Württemberg
Spouse|

Prince William of Württemberg

(m. 1877)​

Issue| Pauline, Princess of Wied
Prince Ulrich
| Names

Georgine Henriette Marie
House| Waldeck and Pyrmont
Father| George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Mother| Princess Helena of Nassau

Princess Georgine Henriette Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont (23 May 1857 - 30 April 1882) was the third daughter of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife, Princess Helena of Nassau, younger half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

## Family

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Marie was born in Arolsen, then part of the German Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Her younger brother, Friedrich, was the last reigning prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Two of her younger sisters, Emma and Helena, married her third cousin once removed William III of the Netherlands and Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (youngest son of Queen Victoria), respectively.

## Marriage

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On 15 February 1877 at Arolsen, Marie married, Prince William of Württemberg (later King William II of Württemberg).

They had three children:

* Princess Pauline (19 December 1877 - 7 May 1965), married William Frederick, Prince of Wied (1872–1945)
* Prince Ulrich (28 July 1880 - 28 December 1880)
* stillborn daughter (24 April 1882)

## Death

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Marie died on 30 April 1882 in Stuttgart, from complications resulting from the birth of her third child. William married again in 1886 to Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe.

## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8\. George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

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| 4\. George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|

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| 9\. Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

| 2\. George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|

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| 10\. Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

| 5\. Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|

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| 11\. Princess Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg

| 1\. Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont|
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| 12\. Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

| 6\. William, Duke of Nassau|

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| 12\. Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg

| 3\. Princess Helena of Nassau|

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| 14\. Prince Paul of Württemberg

| 7\. Princess Pauline of Württemberg|

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| 15\. Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen

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## References

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* Sönke Lorenz, Dieter Mertens, Volker Press (Hrsg.): Das Haus Württemberg. Ein biographisches Lexikon. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4, p. 335
* Hansmartin Decker-Hauff: Frauen im Hause Württemberg DRW-Verlag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen 1997, ISBN 3-87181-390-7, p. 266

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Princesses of Waldeck and Pyrmont by birth

2nd Generation|

* Caroline, Duchess of Courland

3rd Generation|

* Ida, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe
* Mathilde, Duchess of Württemberg

4th Generation|

* Augusta, Princess of Stolberg-Stolberg
* Hermine, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe

5th Generation|

* Pauline, Princess of Bentheim and Steinfurt
* Marie, Princess William of Württemberg
* Emma, Queen of the Netherlands
* Helen, Duchess of Albany
* Elisabeth, Princess of Erbach-Schönberg

6th Generation|

* Helena, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg

9th Generation|

* none

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Princesses of Württemberg by marriage

Generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as King of Württemberg in 1805.

1st generation|

* Princess Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
* Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia
* Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen

2nd generation|

* Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia
* Princess Catherine of Württemberg1

3rd generation|

* Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont
* Princess Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe

1also a princess of Württemberg by birth

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
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National|

* Germany

People|

* Deutsche Biographie
* DDB

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