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George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

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George Victor
Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Reign15 May 1845 – 12 May 1893
PredecessorGeorge II
SuccessorFriedrich
Born(1831-01-14)14 January 1831
Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont
Died12 May 1893(1893-05-12) (aged 62)
Marienbad, Kingdom of Bohemia
Burial23 May 1893
Fuerstliches Erbbegraebnis,
Rhoden
Spouse
(m. 1853; died 1888)
Issue
HouseWaldeck and Pyrmont
FatherGeorge II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
MotherPrincess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

George Victor (14 January 1831 – 12 May 1893) was the 3rd sovereign Prince of the German state of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

George Victor was born in Bad Arolsen the son of George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.[1] He succeeded as prince originally under the guardianship of his mother on 15 May 1845 following the death of his father.[2]

He died of pneumonia in Marienbad, Bohemia and was succeeded by his eldest son Friedrich.

Family

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George Victor was first married on 26 September 1853 in Wiesbaden to Princess Helena of Nassau, daughter of William, Duke of Nassau.[1] They had seven children:

His second marriage took place in Luisenlund on 29 April 1891 to Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.[1] From this marriage he had one son:

Orders and decorations

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Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Almanach de Gotha. 1893. p. 111.
  2. ^ "Obituary. Prince George of Waldeck". The New York Times. 13 May 1893. p. 2.
  3. ^ "Prince killed on patrol". The New York Times. 21 October 1914. p. 3.
  4. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Herzogtum Anhalt (1867) "Herzoglicher Haus-orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 16
  5. ^ Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg: 1879. Schulze. 1879. p. 32.
  6. ^ Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtums Sachsen-Altenburg (1869), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 20
  7. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Grossherzogtums Hessen (1881), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen", p. 12
  8. ^ "Herzogliche Orden", Staats- und Adreß-Handbuch des Herzogthums Nassau, Wiesbaden: Druck der A. Stein'schen Buchdruckerei, 1866, p. 8
  9. ^ "Königlich Preussische Ordensliste", Preussische Ordens-liste (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, pp. 6, 935, 1886
  10. ^ "Den kongelige norske Sanct Olavs Orden", Norges Statskalender (in Norwegian), 1890, pp. 593–594 – via runeberg.org
  11. ^ Sveriges Statskalender (in Swedish), 1881, p. 377, retrieved 6 January 2018 – via runeberg.org
  12. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1877), "Königliche Orden" p. 22
  13. ^ "Großherzogliche Orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (in German), Karlsruhe: G. Braun'sche Hofbuchhandlung nd Hofbuchdruckerei, 1892, p. 61
  14. ^ Shaw, William Arthur (1906). The Knights of England. Vol. 1. London: Sharrett & Hughes. p. 211.
George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Cadet branch of the House of Waldeck
Born: 14 January 1831 Died: 12 May 1893
Regnal titles
Preceded by Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
15 May 1845 – 12 May 1893
Succeeded by