Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1899–1948)

For her aunt, the Duchess of Albany, see Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
Princess Helena
Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
Born (1899-12-22)22 December 1899
Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont
Died 18 February 1948(1948-02-18) (aged 48)
Rastede, West Germany
Spouse Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Issue Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg
Duchess Rixa
Duke Peter
Duchess Eilika, Dowager Princess of Leiningen
Duke Eigilmar
Duke Friedrich August
Duchess Altburg, Baroness of Erffa
Duke Huno
Duke Johann
Full name
German: Helene Bathildis Charlotte Maria Friederike
House House of Waldeck and Pyrmont (birth)
House of Holstein-Gottorp (marriage)
Father Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Mother Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe
Religion Lutheranism

Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (German: Prinzessin Helene Bathildis Charlotte Maria Friederike zu Waldeck und Pyrmont; 22 December 1899  18 February 1948) was the only daughter of Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and wife of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg.

Early life

Helena was born at Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont the third child and first daughter of Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1865–1946), and his wife, Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (1873–1962), daughter of Wilhelm Karl August, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. She was a first cousin of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. She was named after her aunt Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (1861–1922) who married Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, youngest son of Queen Victoria.

Marriage and family

Helena married on 26 October 1921 in Arolsen, Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1897–1970), third child and first son of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.[1]

They had nine children:

She died at the age of 48, her husband married again, two years after her death in 1950 to Anne-Marie von Schutzbar genannt Milchling.

Titles and styles

Ancestry

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 206. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.
Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1899–1948)
Cadet branch of the House of Waldeck
Born: 22 December 1899 Died: 18 February 1948
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 TITULAR 
Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
24 February 1931 – 18 February 1948
Reason for succession failure:
Grand Duchy abolished in 1918
Vacant
Title next held by
Anne-Marie von Schutzbar gennant Milchling
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