George II (Waldeck-Pyrmont)

Prince Georg II of Waldeck-Pyrmont

Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

Georg II. Heinrich (born September 20, 1789 in Weil am Rhein , † May 15, 1845 in Arolsen ) was Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 1813 to 1845 .

Life

On January 28, 1814, Prince Georg Heinrich issued a constitution , the Waldeck-Pyrmont Organizational Edict . In this imposed , d. H. Without the participation of the estates or the people, Prince Georg carried out the constitutional unification of the Principality of Waldeck and the County of Pyrmont (known as the Principality since 1807) .

This regulation provoked a storm of protest among the Waldeck estates. The president of the estates, Carl Friedrich von Dalwigk, was the spokesman for the opposition, which ultimately enforced that Prince Georg had to confirm the renewed separation of Waldeck and Pyrmont in the convention of July 3, 1814.

family

Georg Heinrich was the son and successor of Georg , Prince of Waldeck and Prince of Pyrmont. So he belonged to the Waldeck family . Georg Heinrich was married to Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1802-1858). Your children were:

• Auguste Amalie Ida (1824-1893)

⚭ 1848 Prince Alfred zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1820–1903)

• Josef Friedrich Heinrich (1825–1829)
• Hermione (1827-1910)

⚭ 1844 Prince Adolf Georg zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1817–1893)

• Georg Viktor (1831–1893), Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

⚭ 1. 1853 Princess Helene of Nassau (1831–1888)

⚭ 2. 1891 Princess Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1858–1936)

• Wolrad Melander (1833–1867)

literature

• For the constitutional conflict see: Dieter Weigel: Fürst, Stands und Verfassungs im early 19th Century, Diss. 1968.

Web links

• Georg Heinrich zu Waldeck and Pyrmont
• Waldeck and Pyrmont, Georg Friedrich Heinrich Prince of. Hessian biography. (As of January 21, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

predecessor	Office	successor
George I.	Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont 1813–1845	Georg Viktor