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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
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).
He finally decided to marry Pauline's younger sister Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Some politicians were quite angry, as she was 41 years the king's junior. Emma showed herself, however, as a cordial woman. William asked permission from parliament, this was easily granted. The couple were quickly married in Bad Arolsen on 7 January 1879.
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 Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. [1]
The rabbits in Potter's stories are anthropomorphic and wear human clothes: Peter wears a blue jacket with brass buttons and shoes. Peter, his widowed mother, Mrs. Rabbit, as well as his younger sisters, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail (with Peter the eldest of the four little rabbits) live in a rabbit hole that has a human kitchen, human furniture, as well as a shop where Mrs. Rabbit sells ...
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.