George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (; 20 September 178915 May 1845) was Prince of

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, ruling from 1813 to 1845.

Early life and ancestry

Born into the main Pyrmont line of an ancient German

House of Waldeck 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 ...

, he was the third child and eldest surviving son of

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and his wife,

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. His mother was third child and second daughter of August II, Prince of

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(1738-1806) and his wife, Princess Christine of Anhalt-Bernburg.

Marriage and children

He was married in

Schaumburg Schaumburg is a district (''Landkreis'') of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (clockwise from the north) the districts of Nienburg, Hanover and Hameln-Pyrmont, and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (districts of Lippe and Minden-Lübb ...

on 26 June 1823, to his distant cousin,

Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (20 May 1802 – 1 August 1858) was a German princess who was the consort of George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Life Emma was one of the four daughters of the prince Victor II, Prince of ...

, member of the House of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, collateral younger branch of the

House of Ascania The House of Ascania () was a dynasty of German rulers. It is also known as the House of Anhalt, which refers to its longest-held possession, Principality of Anhalt, Anhalt. The Ascanians are named after Ascania (or Ascaria) Castle, known as ' ...

. She was third daughter of

Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym Victor II Karl Frederick of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym ( Schaumburg, 2 November 1767Schaumburg, 22 April 1812), was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Bernburg branch and a ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Scha ...

and his wife, Princess Amalie of

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(1776-1841). They had three sons and two daughters: *Princess Augusta of Waldeck and Pyrmont (21 July 1824 – 4 September 1893), married Alfred, Prince of

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(1820-1903), had issue. *Prince Josef of Waldeck and Pyrmont (24 November 1825 – 27 December 1829) * Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont (29 September 1827 – 16 February 1910), married

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, had issue. *

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. George Victor was born in Bad Arolsen the son of George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Princess Emma of ...

(14 January 1831 – 12 May 1893), married (1)

Princess Helena of Nassau Princess Helena of Nassau (; 18 August 183127 October 1888) was a daughter of William, Duke of Nassau, and consort of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Early life Helena was born at Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau. She was the ninth chi ...

, had issue, (2) married Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, had issue. *Prince Wolrad of Waldeck and Pyrmont (24 January 1833 – 20 January 1867)

Death

Prince George II of Waldeck and Pyrmont died in

Arolsen Bad Arolsen (, until 1997 Arolsen, 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 (state), Waldeck-Pyr ...

on 15 May 1845, at the age of 55. His body was buried in a family mauseleum in Rhoden,

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. His wife, Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, survived him by 13 years and was buried alongside her husband in 1858.http://www.royaltyguide.nl/families/fam-U-V-W/waldeck/waldeck4.htm

Ancestry

Notes and sources

Georg Heinrich zu Waldeck und Pyrmont
(German) *Karl Theodor Menke: Pyrmont und seine Umgebung. Hameln, Pyrmont, 1840, S.65 *L. Curtze: Geschichte und Beschreibung des Fürstentums Waldeck. Arolsen, 1850, S.619f. 1789 births 1845 deaths People from Lörrach (district) People from Waldeck (state) Princes of Waldeck and Pyrmont House of Waldeck and Pyrmont {{Germany-noble-stub