Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Princess Georgine Henriette Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont (23 May 1857 – 30 April 1882) was the Crown Princess of Württemberg.

Early life and ancestry Marie was born into the House of Waldeck-Pyrmont, as the third daughter of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Helena of Nassau, younger half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

Family

Marie was born in Arolsen, then part of the German Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Her younger brother, Friedrich, was the last reigning prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

Two of her younger sisters, Emma and Helena, married her third cousin once removed William III of the Netherlands and Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (youngest son of Queen Victoria), respectively.

Marriage At the age of 19, Marie married Crown Prince William of Württemberg (later William II of Württemberg) on 15 February 1877 in Arsolen. The couple had three children: Princess Pauline of Württemberg (19 December 18777 May 1965); married in 1898 William Frederick, Prince of Wied (1872–1945), and had issue. Prince Ulrich of Württemberg (28 July 188028 December 1880), died in infancy A stillborn daughter (24 April 1882)

Death

Marie died on 30 April 1882 in Stuttgart, after giving birth to her third child. William married again in 1886 to her second cousin, Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe.

Ancestry