Friedrich (Waldeck-Pyrmont)

Friedrich von Waldeck-Pyrmont

Friedrich Adolf Hermann (born January 20, 1865 in Arolsen ; † May 26, 1946 there ) was the last ruler of the Principality of Waldeck- Pyrmont from 1893 to 1918 .

Life

Friedrich was the son of Prince Georg Viktor (1831-1893) and Helene von Nassau-Weilburg . So he belonged to the Waldeck family .

He studied law in Göttingen and Leipzig and became a member of the Corps Bremensia in 1884 . As a general of the cavalry , he took part in the First World War. In 1918 he was deposed as a result of the November Revolution . The Social Democratic Lord Mayor Philipp Scheidemann of Kassel jokingly called him "Friedrich the Defiant" because of his resistance.

By comparison with the Landtag of the Free State of Waldeck, Friedrich and his descendants received the usufruct of the Arolser Castle and ownership of the Arolsen Forest and the Hünighausen domain in 1920; the latter was then exchanged for the Eilhausen domain . He died here on May 26, 1946.

family

ancestors

Pedigree of Prince Friedrich von Waldeck-Pyrmont
Great-great-grandparents	Prince Karl August Friedrich von Waldeck-Pyrmont (1704–1763) ⚭ 1741 Christiane Henriette von Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1725–1816)	August von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1738–1806) ⚭ 1762 Christine Elisabeth Albertine von Anhalt-Bernburg (1746–1823)	Prince Karl Ludwig von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1723–1806) ⚭ 1765 Eleanor of Solms-Braunfels (1734–1811)	Prince Karl Christian von Nassau-Weilburg (1735–1788) ⚭ 1760 Karoline von Oranien-Nassau-Diez (1743–1788)		Count Wilhelm Georg zu Sayn-Hachenburg (1751–1777) ⚭ 1771 Isabella Auguste Reuss zu Greiz (1752–1824)	King Friedrich I of Württemberg (1754–1816) ⚭ 1780 Auguste Karoline von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1764–1788)	Ludwig von Württemberg (1756–1817) ⚭ 1797 Henriette von Nassau-Weilburg (1780–1857)
Great grandparents	Prince Georg I von Waldeck-Pyrmont ⚭ 1784 Auguste von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1768–1849)		Prince Victor II of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1767–1812) ⚭ 1793 Amalie von Nassau-Weilburg (1776–1841)		Prince Friedrich Wilhelm von Nassau-Weilburg (1768–1816) ⚭ 1788 Countess Isabelle zu Sayn-Hachenburg (1772–1827)		Paul von Württemberg (1785–1852) ⚭ 1805 Charlotte von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (1787–1847)
Grandparents	Prince Georg II. Heinrich von Waldeck-Pyrmont ⚭ 1823 Emma von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1802-1858)				Duke Wilhelm I of Nassau (1792–1839) ⚭ 1829 Pauline von Württemberg (1810–1856)
parents	Prince Georg Viktor von Waldeck-Pyrmont (1831–1893) ⚭ 1853 Helene von Nassau-Weilburg (1831–1888)
Prince Friedrich (1865–1946)

progeny

Prince Friedrich married Princess Bathildis zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1873–1962), daughter of Prince Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau in 1895 . The marriage resulted in three sons and a daughter:

• Josias (1896–1967), General of the Waffen-SS and Police ⚭ 1922 Altburg Duchess of Oldenburg
• Max (1898–1981) ⚭ 1929 Gustava Countess von Platen Hallermund
• Helene (1899–1948) ⚭ 1921 Hereditary Grand Duke Nikolaus von Oldenburg
• Georg Wilhelm (1902–1971) ⚭ 1932 Ingeborg Countess von Platen Hallermund

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 39/901.
2. ^ Isabelle Countess zu Sayn-Hachenburg. volker-niermann.de, accessed on March 28, 2013 . 
3. ^ Georg Heinrich zu Waldeck and Pyrmont. waldecker-muenzen.de, accessed on March 28, 2013 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
Georg Viktor	Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont 1893–1918	-
Georg Viktor	Head of the Waldeck-Pyrmont house from 1893–1946	Josias