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 (1747-05-06)6 May 1747
Arolsen, Waldeck
Died 9 September 1813(1813-09-09) (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:

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 232. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.
George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Cadet branch of the House of Waldeck
Born: 6 May 1747 Died: 9 September 1813
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Friedrich Karl August
Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
24 September 1812 – 9 September 1813
Succeeded by
George II
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