George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

George I
Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Reign	24 September 1812 – 9 September 1813
Predecessor	Friedrich Karl August
Successor	George II
Born	6 May 1747 Arolsen, Waldeck
Died	9 September 1813 (aged 66) Rhoden, Kingdom of Prussia
Spouse	Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Issue	Princess Christiane Prince Karl George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Prince Friedrich Prince Christian Princess Augusta Prince Johann Ida, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe Prince Wolrad Princess Mathilde Prince Karl Christian Princess Karoline Prince Hermann
House	House of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Father	Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Mother	Christiane Henriette, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken

George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (German: Georg Fürst zu Waldeck und Pyrmont; 6 May 1747 – 9 September 1813) was Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 1812 to 1813.

He was the son of Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Christiane Henriette, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken.

Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

The principality was divided 1805, Pyrmont was given to George, and his brother Friedrich Karl August stayed with Waldeck. In 1807, Waldeck joined the Confederation of the Rhine.

After the death of his brother in 1812, George took over the government in Waldeck.

Marriage and children

He married Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, daughter of August II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Princess Christine of Anhalt-Bernburg, in Otterwisch on 12 September 1784.^[1] They had nine sons and four daughters:

• Princess Christiane of Waldeck and Pyrmont (23 March 1787 – 16 March 1806)
• Prince Karl of Waldeck and Pyrmont (7 July 1788 – 3 October 1795)
• George II (20 September 1789 – 15 May 1845), married Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, had issue
• Prince Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont (3 November 1790 – 1 February 1828), married Countess Ursula Polle of Waldeck, had issue.
• Prince Christian of Waldeck and Pyrmont (19 June 1792 – 8 July 1795)
• Princess Augusta of Waldeck and Pyrmont (7 August 1793 – 29 April 1794)
• Prince Johann of Waldeck and Pyrmont (25 September 1794 – 8 October 1814)
• Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont (26 September 1796 – 12 April 1869), married George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, had issue.
• Prince Wolrad of Waldeck and Pyrmont (23 April 1798 – 24 August 1821)
• Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont (10 Apr 1801 – 13 Apr 1825), married Duke Eugen of Württemberg, had issue.
• Prince Karl Christian of Waldeck and Pyrmont (12 April 1803 – 19 Jul 1846), married Countess Amalie of Lippe-Biesterfeld, had issue.
• Prince Karoline Christian of Waldeck and Pyrmont (17 November 1804 – 3 March 1806)
• Prince Hermann of Waldeck and Pyrmont (12 October 1809 – 6 October 1876), married Countess Agnes Teleki de Szék, no issue.

Ancestry

Ancestors of George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

16. Philip VII, Count of Waldeck               8. Christian Louis, Count of Waldeck                       17. Countess Anna Katharina of Sayn-Wittgenstein               4. Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont                             18. Georg Friedrich, Count of Rappoltstein               9. Countess Anna Elisabeth of Rappoltstein                       19. Countess Elisabeth Charlotte of Solms-Sonnenwalde               2. Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont                                   20. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler               10. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld                       21. Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken               5. Countess Palatine Louise of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld                             22. Count Johann Jakob of Rappoltstein               11. Countess Catharine Agathe of Rappoltstein                       23. Countess Anna Claudia of Salm-Kyrburg, Wild- & Rheingräfin               1. George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont                                         24. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (= 20)               12. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (= 10)                       25. Countess Palatine Magdalene Catharine of Zweibrücken (= 21)               6. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                             26. Count Johann Jakob of Rappoltstein (= 22)               13. Countess Catharine Agathe of Rappoltstein (= 11)                       27. Countess Anna Claudia of Salm-Kyrburg, Wild- & Rheingräfin (= 23)               3. Christiane Henriette, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken                                   28. Count Gustav Adolph, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken               14. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken                       29. Countess Eleonora Clara of Hohenlohe               7. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken                             30. Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg               15. Countess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg                       31. Countess Juliane Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen

Notes and sources

1. C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 232. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.

• Genealogics - Leo van de Pas - Georg, Fürst zu Waldeck und Pyrmont
• thePeerage.com - Georg I Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont
• http://www.documentarchiv.de/nzjh/1807/rheinbund_akzessionsvertrag-waldeck.html (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.