Marie of Waldeck-Pyrmont

Marie of Waldeck-Pyrmont (23 May 1857 – 30 April 1882) was the third daughter of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Helene Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg, younger half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

Family

Marie was born in Arolsen, then part of the German Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont. Her younger brother, Friedrich, was the last reigning prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont. Two of her younger sisters, Emma and Helena, married William III of the Netherlands and Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (youngest son of Queen Victoria) respectively.

Marriage

On 15 February 1877 at Arolsen, Marie married the future William II, King of Württemberg. They had three children:

* Pauline (19 December 1877 - 7 May 1965), married Prince Frederick of Wied (1872-1945)
* Ulrich (28 July 1880 - 28 December 1880)
* stillborn daughter (24 April 1882)

Death

Marie died on 30 April 1882 in Stuttgart, from complications resulting from the birth of her third child.

Ancestry

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1= Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont
2= Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
3= Helena Wilhelmina Henrietta of Nassau
4= Georg Friedrich Heinrich, Prince Waldeck and Pyrmont
5= Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
6= Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau
7= Princess Pauline of Württemberg
8= Georg, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
9= Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
10=Viktor II Karl Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
11=Princess Amalie of Nassau-Weilburg
12=Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
13=Princess Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg
14=Prince Paul of Württemberg
15=Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen