Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

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Infobox_Monarch | name =Friedrich I
title =Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont


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reign =12 May 1893 – 13 November 1918
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predecessor =Prince Georg Victor
successor ="none" (monarchy abolished)
consort =Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe
issue =Hereditary Prince Josias
Prince Maximilian
Princess Helene
Prince Georg
royal house =House of Waldeck
father =Prince Georg Victor of Waldeck and Pyrmont
mother =Princess Helene of Nassau-Weilburg
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date of death =death date|1946|5|26|df=y|

Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont ("Friedrich Adolf Hermann Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont", born on 20 January 1865, died on 26 May 1946) was the last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 12 May 1893 to 13 November 1918.

Family

He was the son of Prince Georg Victor of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Helene Wilhelmine Henriette Pauline Marianne of Nassau-Weilburg. He was a brother of the Dutch Queen consort Emma

His maternal grandparents were Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau and his second wife Pauline of Württemberg. Pauline was a daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg and his wife Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Paul was a son Frederick I of Württemberg and his wife Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Augusta was the eldest daughter of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales, elder sister of George III of the United Kingdom.

Marriage and children

He married Bathildis Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe, daughter of Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Bathildis Princess of Anhalt-Dessau, on 9 August 1895. They had three sons a one daughter:

*Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 13 May 1896, d. 30 November 1967)
*Prince Maximilian William Gustav Herman of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 13 September 1898, d. 23 February 1981)
*Princess Helene of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 22 December 1899, d. 18 February 1948)
*Prince Georg Wilhelm Karl Victor of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 10 March 1902, d. 14 November 1971)