George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont was Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 1812 to 1813.
He was the son of Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld.Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
The principality was divided 1805, Pyrmont was given to George, and his brother Friedrich Karl August stayed with Waldeck. In 1807, Waldeck joined the Confederation of the Rhine.
After the death of his brother in 1812, George took over the government in Waldeck.Marriage and children
He married Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, daughter of August II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Princess Christine of Anhalt-Bernburg, in Otterwisch on 12 September 1784. They had nine sons and four daughters:
- Princess Christiane of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Prince Karl of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- George II, married Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, had issue
- Prince Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont, married Ursula Polle, created Countess of Waldeck, had issue who held the title Count/Countess von Waldeck.
- Prince Christian of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Princess Augusta of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Prince Johann of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont, married George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, had issue.
- Prince Wolrad of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont, married Duke Eugen of Württemberg, had issue.
- Prince Karl Christian of Waldeck and Pyrmont, married Countess Amalie of Lippe-Biesterfeld, had issue.
- Prince Karoline Christiane of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Prince Hermann of Waldeck and Pyrmont, married Countess Agnes Teleki de Szék, no issue.
Ancestry
