- Cecilie, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
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Cecilie of Goëss-Saurau Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont Spouse Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Issue Prince Carl-Anton
Prince Josias
Prince JohannesFull name German: Cäcilie Antoinette Maria Philippine House House of Goëss-Saurau
House of Waldeck and PyrmontFather Count Carl-Anton of Goëss-Saurau Mother Baroness Maria Mayr of Melnhof Born 23 August 1956
Frohnleiten, AustriaCountess Cecilie of Goëss-Saurau (German: Gräfin Cäcilie von Goeß-Saurau; born 23 August 1956) is the wife of Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, current head of the Princely House of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
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Early life
Cecilia was born at Frohnleiten, Austria, the fifth child and second daughter of Count Carl-Anton of Goëss-Saurau (born 1921), and his wife, Baroness Maria Mathilde Mayr of Melnhof (1921–1996).
Marriage
Cecilie married on 19 May 1988 in Frohnleiten, to Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 1936), fourth child and only son of Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (son Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe) and his wife, Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg (youngest daughter of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin).
They have three sons.
- Prince Carl-Anton of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 3 December 1991)
- Prince Josias of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 8 September 1993)
- Prince Johannes of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 8 September 1993)
Titles and styles
- 23 August 1956 – 19 May 1988: Countess Cecilie of Goëss-Saurau
- 19 May 1988 – present: Her Serene Highness The Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Ancestry
Ancestors of Cecilie, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont 16. Count Peter Karl of Goëss 8. Count Leopold of Goëss 17. Countess Maria Welser of Welsersheimb 4. Count Johann Zeno of Goëss 18. Count Duclas of Thurn and Valsassina-Como-Vercelli 9. Countess Marianne of Thurn and Valsassina-Como-Vercelli 19. Countess Gabriele of Bray-Steinburg 2. Count Carl-Anton of Goëss-Saurau 10. Count Zeno Welser of Welsersheimb 5. Countess Emma Welser of Welsersheimb 22. Baron Franz Carl Roden of Hirzenau 11. Baroness Karoline Roden of Hirzenau 23. Countess Juliana Hadik de Futak 1. Countess Cecilie of Goëss-Saurau 12. Baron Franz Mayr of Melnhof 6. Baron Franz Mayr of Melnhof 26. Baron Karl of Tinti 13. Baroness Mathilde of Tinti 27. Baroness Mathilde of Lederer-Trattnern 3. Baroness Maria Mayr of Melnhof 28. Prince Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 14. Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 29. Princess Marie of Sayn-Wittgenstein 7. Princess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 30. Erwin, Count of Schönborn-Buchheim 15. Countess Franziska of Schönborn-Buchheim 31. Countess Franziska of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg Notes and sources
- thePeerage.com - Cecile Gräfin von Goëss-Saurau
- Genealogics - Leo van de Pas - Gräfin Cäcilie von Goëss-Saurau
- L'Allemagne dynastique , Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: V 397
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Gräfliche Häuser , Reference: 1983 88
Cecilie, Princess of Waldeck and PyrmontHouse of Goëss-SaurauBorn: 23 August 1956Titles in pretence Vacant Title last held byDuchess Altburg of Oldenburg— TITULAR —
Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
19 May 1988 – present
Reason for succession failure:
Grand Duchy abolished in 1918Incumbent See also: Goëß, Saurau, Mayr-Melnhof, and de:Mayr-Melnhof (Familie)Categories:- 1956 births
- Living people
- People from Frohnleiten
- 20th-century Austrian people
- House of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Princesses of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Austrian nobility
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