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Marie of Waldeck-Pyrmont, Princess of Württemberg; Credit – Wikipedia
Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont was the first wife of Prince Wilhelm of Württemberg, who later reigned as King Wilhelm II of Württemberg. She was born Georgine Henriette Marie on May 23, 1857, in Arolsen, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont, now in Hesse, Germany, the third daughter of Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Helena of Nassau. Marie had six siblings:
- Princess Sophie of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1854-1869) – died of tuberculosis at fifteen
- Princess Pauline of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1855-1925) – married Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt, had issue
- Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1858-1934) – married King Willem III of the Netherlands, had issue
- Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861-1922) – married Prince Leopold of the United Kingdom, Duke of Albany, had issue
- Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1865-1946) – married Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, had issue
- Princess Elisabeth of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1873-1961) – married Alexander, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg, had issue
Marie had one half-brother from her father’s second marriage to Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg:
- Prince Wolrad of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1892–1914), killed in action in World War I
Wilhelm of Württemberg. source: Wikipedia
On February 15, 1877, in Arolsen, Marie married Prince Wilhelm of Württemberg, the future King Wilhelm II of Württemberg, who was the son of Prince Friedrich of Württemberg and Princess Katherina of Württemberg (a daughter of King Wilhelm I). They had two children:
- Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1877-1965) – married Wilhelm Friedrich, Prince of Wied, had issue
- Prince Ulrich of Württemberg (1880) – died in infancy
Princess Marie’s grave at the Old Cemetery, Ludwigsburg Palace. photo: Von peter schmelzle – Eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18585848
On April 24, 1882, Marie gave birth to her third child, a stillborn daughter, and suffered serious complications from childbirth. She died six days later, on April 30, 1882, at Ludwigsburg Palace in Ludwigsburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, now in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is buried in the Old Cemetery on the grounds of Ludwigsburg Palace.
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