Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
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Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Friedrich Adolf Hermann Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, born on 20 January 1865, died on 26 May 1946) was the last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 12 May 1893 to 13 November 1918. [edit] FamilyHe was the son of Prince Georg Victor of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Helene Wilhelmine Henriette Pauline Marianne of Nassau-Weilburg. He was a brother of the Dutch Queen consort Emma His maternal grandparents were Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau and his second wife Pauline of Württemberg. Pauline was a daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg and his wife Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Paul was a son Frederick I of Württemberg and his wife Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Augusta was the eldest daughter of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales. [edit] Marriage and childrenHe married Bathildis Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe, daughter of Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Bathildis Princess of Anhalt-Dessau, on 9 August 1895. They had three sons a one daughter:
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