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Emma was born a princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont on 2 August 1858 in Arolsen Castle in Arolsen, the capital of the small German principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont. She was the fourth daughter of Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Princess Helena of Nassau-Weilburg.
After her husband's death in 1852, she ruled Waldeck and Pyrmont as Regent for her minor son George Victor. Among her first acts was a reform of the Waldeck contingent of the federal army, implemented in 1845 by Prussian officers. [2] The Revolutions of 1848 took place during Emma's reign; in Waldeck they led to a new parliament being convened. [3]
The title Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont and the use of the style "Serene Highness" has generally been restricted to the following persons: the spouse of the head of the Princely House of Waldeck and Pyrmont; the legitimate male-line female descendants of a head of the Princely House of Waldeck and Pyrmont
After Sophie's death in 1877 he married Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont in 1879 and they had one daughter Wilhelmina, who succeeded William to the Dutch throne. Meanwhile, being the last agnatic dynastic descendant of Otto I, Count of Nassau , the throne of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg passed to his patrilineal seventeenth cousin once removed (and ...
Princess Pauline Olga Helene Emma of Württemberg (19 December 1877 – 7 May 1965) was the only child of William II of Württemberg and Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont to reach adulthood. Pauline was the wife of William Frederick, Prince of Wied , and worked for many years as the regional director of the German Red Cross in western Germany.
As a result, it continues to serve as a residence of the former ruling family of the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont. It was the birthplace of Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont , who became the Queen consort of the Netherlands during the late 19th century.
He married Emma, daughter of Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Princess Amalie of Nassau-Weilburg, in Schaumburg on 26 June 1823 . [1] They had three sons and two daughters: Princess Augusta of Waldeck and Pyrmont (21 July 1824 – 4 September 1893), married Alfred, Prince of Stolberg-Stolberg, had issue.
Coat of arms of the counts of Waldeck (1349–1712) Government bond of the Principality Waldeck and Pyrmont, issued 1 January 1863 The noble family of the Counts of Waldeck [] and the later Princes of Waldeck and Pyrmont were male line descendants of the Counts of Schwalenberg [] (based at Schwalenberg Castle), ultimately descendent from Widekind I of Schwalenberg [] (reigned 1127–1136/7).