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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]
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (also known simply as Peter Rabbit 2) is a 2021 adventure comedy film directed and produced by Will Gluck, who co-wrote the screenplay with Patrick Burleigh. The film is a sequel to Peter Rabbit (2018). Produced by Sony Pictures Animation, and is based on the stories of Peter Rabbit created by Beatrix Potter.
On 2 May 1945, she went to stay in a small country estate called Anneville located just south of Breda with Juliana and adjuncts Peter Tazelaar, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema and fellow Engelandvaarder Rie Stokvis. [23] Anneville was the scene of a number of processions where the residents of Breda and the surrounding communities came to greet their ...
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 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.
Princess Emma (2 August 1858 – 20 March 1934), who married King William III of the Netherlands. Via this marriage, George Victor is an ancestor to the Dutch royal family . Princess Helen (17 February 1861 – 1 September 1922), who married British Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany .
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 ...