, reign = 28 September 189021 January 1919 , succession = Princess consort of Bentheim and Steinfurt , house =

Waldeck and Pyrmont The County of Waldeck (later the Principality of Waldeck and Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and its successors from the late 12th century until 1929. In 1349 the county gained Imperial immediacy and in 1 ...

, spouse =

Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt , reign = 28 September 1890 –21 January 1919 , succession = Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt , successor = Viktor Adolf , predecessor = Ludwig Wilhelm , house = House of Bentheim and Steinfurt , spouse = Princess Pauline of Waldeck ...

(m. 1881; died 1919) , issue = Prince Eberwyn
Viktor Adolf, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt
Prince Karl Georg
Princess Elisabeth
Princess Viktoria
Princess Emma
Prince Alexis Rainer
Prince Friedrich , image = Pauline av Waldeck och Pyrmont.jpg , image_size = , birth_date = , birth_place =

Arolsen Bad Arolsen (, until 1997 Arolsen, ''Bad'' being the German name for ''Spa'') is a small town in northern Hesse, Germany, in Waldeck-Frankenberg district. From 1655 until 1918 it served as the residence town of the Princes of Waldeck-Pyrmont and t ...

, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont , death_date = , death_place = Castle Wittgenstein,

Bad Laasphe Bad Laasphe () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district. Geography Location The town of Bad Laasphe lies in the upper Lahn Valley, near the stately home of :de:Schloss Wittgenstein, Wittgenstein Castle ( ...

German Reich German ''Reich'' (lit. German Realm, German Empire, from german: Deutsches Reich, ) was the constitutional name for the German nation state that existed from 1871 to 1945. The ''Reich'' became understood as deriving its authority and sovereignty ...

, father =

George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont George Victor (14 January 1831 – 12 May 1893) was the 3rd sovereign Prince of the German state of Waldeck and Pyrmont. He was born in Bad Arolsen the son of George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg- ...

, mother =

Princess Helena of Nassau Princess Helena of Nassau (german: Prinzessin Helene Wilhelmine Henriette Pauline Marianne von Nassau-Weilburg; 18 August 183127 October 1888) was a daughter of William, Duke of Nassau, and consort of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont ...

Princess ''Pauline'' Emma Auguste Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont (german: Pauline Emma Auguste Hermine Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont; 19 October 18553 July 1925) was a member of the

House of Waldeck and Pyrmont A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...

and a Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Through her marriage to

, Pauline was also a member of the Princely House of Bentheim and Steinfurt and Princess consort of Bentheim and Steinfurt from 28 September 1890 to 21 January 1919.

Early life

Pauline was born in

, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont on 19 October 1855 and was the second-eldest child and daughter of

and his first wife

. Pauline was an elder sister of Marie, Crown Princess of Württemberg, Emma, Queen of the Netherlands, Helena, Duchess of Albany,

Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (''Friedrich Adolf Hermann Fürst zu Waldeck und Pyrmont''; 20 January 1865 – 26 May 1946) was the last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 12 May 1893 to 13 November 1918. Family He was th ...

, and Elisabeth, Princess of Erbach-Schönberg.

Marriage and issue

Pauline married Alexis, Hereditary Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt, fourth child and eldest son of

Ludwig Wilhelm, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt ''Louis William'' , reign = 3 November 186628 September 1890 , succession = Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt , successor = Alexis , predecessor = Alexius , house = House of Bentheim and Steinfurt , spouse = Landgravine Bertha of Hesse-Philip ...

and his wife

Landgravine Landgrave (german: Landgraf, nl, landgraaf, sv, lantgreve, french: landgrave; la, comes magnus, ', ', ', ', ') was a noble title used in the Holy Roman Empire, and later on in its former territories. The German titles of ', ' ("margrave"), ...

Bertha of

Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld This is a list of rulers of Hesse (german: Hessen) during the history of Hesse on west-central Germany. These rulers belonged to a dynasty collectively known as the House of Hesse and the House of Brabant,''Burke's Royal Families of the World ...

, on 7 May 1881 in

, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Pauline and Alexis had eight children: *Prince Eberwyn of Bentheim and Steinfurt (10 April 1882 – 31 July 1949) : ∞ 1906–1914 Pauline Langenfeld (1884–1970) : ∞ 1918–1919 Ellen Bischoff-Korthaus (1894–1936), who later remarried

Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (23 February 1883 – 26 March 1936) was the last ruler of the small Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe. Biography Adolf was born in Stadthagen to the then hereditary Prince Georg (1846–1911) and Princess M ...

: ∞ 1920 Anne-Louise Husser (1891–1951) *Viktor Adolf, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt (18 July 1883 – 4 June 1961) : ∞ 1920 Princess Stephanie of

Schaumburg-Lippe Schaumburg-Lippe, also Lippe-Schaumburg, was created as a county in 1647, became a principality in 1807, a free state in 1918, and was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bück ...

(1899–1925) : ∞ 1931 Princess Rosa Helene of

Solms-Hohensolms-Lich Solms-Hohensolms-Lich was at first a County and later Principality with Imperial immediacy in what is today the federal Land of Hessen, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Solms, originally from Solms. Grafschaft The county was o ...

(1901–1963) *Prince Karl Georg of Bentheim and Steinfurt (10 December 1884 – 14 February 1951) : ∞ 1914 Princess Margarete of Schönaich-Carolath (1888–1980) *Princess Elisabeth of Bentheim and Steinfurt (12 July 1886 – 8 May 1959) *Princess Viktoria of Bentheim and Steinfurt (18 August 1887 – 30 January 1961) *Princess Emma of Bentheim and Steinfurt (19 February 1889 – 25 April 1905) *Prince Alexis Rainer of Bentheim and Steinfurt (16 December 1891 – 30 June 1923) *Prince Friedrich of Bentheim and Steinfurt (27 May 1894 – 17 May 1981)

Ancestry

References

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