Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont Index

Friedrich, last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, reigned 1893-1918; Credit – Wikipedia

The County of Waldeck was a county within the Holy Roman Empire since 1180.  In 1625, the much smaller County of Pyrmont became part of the much larger County of Waldeck through inheritance and the combined territory was known as the County of Waldeck-Pyrmont. In 1712,  Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Count of Waldeck-Pyrmont was elevated to Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont by Holy Emperor Karl VI.

Friedrich, the last Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont, was the brother of Marie, the first wife of King Wilhelm II of Württemberg, Emma who married King Willem III of the Netherlands, and Helena, the wife Queen Victoria’s hemophiliac son Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany and the mother of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Friedrich abdicated on November 13, 1918, and negotiated an agreement with the government that gave him and his descendants the ownership of the family home Arolsen Castle and Arolsen Forest. Today the territory that encompassed the Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont is located in the German states of Hesse and Lower Saxony

The Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont within the German Empire. The small northern territory is Pyrmont and the southern territory is Waldeck; Credit – By Milenioscuro – Own work based on: File:Deutsches Reich (Karte) Waldeck.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35265409

Below is an indexed listing with links to biographical articles about the Princely Family of Waldeck and Pyrmont. If it says “Notable Issue” before a name, that means not all of the children for the parent of that person are listed. Also listed below are links to the Waldeck and Pyrmont  Content Areas. Note that not all wives of the Princes of Waldeck-Pyrmont have articles due to the lack of information.

House of Waldeck and Pyrmont: Counts and Princes of Waldeck, Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1180 – 1918)

Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1712-1918)

Family of Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

  • Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Count of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 1706 – 1712, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 1712 – 1728)
  • Luise of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont (wife of Friedrich Anton Ulrich)
    • Notable Issue: Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (see below)

Family of Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Family of Georg I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Family of Georg II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Family of Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Family of Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Pretenders to the Throne

Waldeck and Pyrmont Weddings

Content Areas/Miscellaneous