George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

George II
Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Reign 9 September 1813 – 15 May 1845
Predecessor George I
Successor George Victor
Born 20 September 1789
Weil am Rhein, Baden
Died 15 May 1845 (aged 55)
Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont
Spouse
Issue
House House of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Father George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Mother Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (German: Georg Friedrich Heinrich Fürst zu Waldeck und Pyrmont; 20 September 1789 – 15 May 1845) was Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 1813 to 1845.

He was the son of George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

Marriage and children

He married Emma, daughter of Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Princess Amalie of Nassau-Weilburg, in Schaumburg on 26 June 1823 . They had three sons and two daughters:

Ancestry

Notes and sources

  1. C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 232. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings.