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, ruling from 1813 to 1845.
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Early life and ancestry
Born into the main Pyrmont line of an ancient German House of Waldeck, he was the third child and eldest surviving son of George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
His mother was third child and second daughter of August II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Princess Christine of Anhalt-Bernburg.
Marriage and children
He was married in Schaumburg on 26 June 1823, to his distant cousin, Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, member of the House of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, collateral younger branch of the House of Ascania. She was the third daughter of Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Princess Amalie of Nassau-Weilburg.
They had five children:
Princess Augusta of Waldeck and Pyrmont (21 July 1824 – 4 September 1893), married Alfred, Prince of Stolberg-Stolberg (1820–1903), had issue.
Prince Josef of Waldeck and Pyrmont (24 November 1825 – 27 December 1829)
Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont (29 September 1827 – 16 February 1910), married Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, had issue.
George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (14 January 1831 – 12 May 1893), married (1) Princess Helena of Nassau, had issue, (2) married Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, had issue.
Prince Wolrad of Waldeck and Pyrmont (24 January 1833 – 20 January 1867)
Death
Prince George II of Waldeck and Pyrmont died in Arolsen on 15 May 1845, at the age of 55. His body was buried in a family mausoleum in Rhoden, Germany.
His wife, Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, survived him by 13 years and was buried alongside her husband in 1858.
Notes and sources
Georg Heinrich zu Waldeck und Pyrmont (German)
Karl Theodor Menke: Pyrmont und seine Umgebung. Hameln, Pyrmont, 1840, S.65
L. Curtze: Geschichte und Beschreibung des Fürstentums Waldeck. Arolsen, 1850, S.619f.