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Marie of Waldeck-Pyrmont

Princess Marie
Princess William of Württemberg
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Born (1857-05-23)23 May 1857
Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont
Died 30 April 1882(1882-04-30) (aged 24)
Ludwigsburg, Württemberg
Spouse Prince William of Württemberg
Issue Pauline, Princess of Wied
Prince Ulrich
Full name
Georgine Henriette Marie
House House of Waldeck and Pyrmont (by birth)
House of Württemberg (by marriage)
Father George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Mother Princess Helena of Nassau
Religion Calvinism
Full name
Georgine Henriette Marie

Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Georgine Henriette Marie; 23 May 1857 – 30 April 1882) was the third daughter of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife, Princess Helena of Nassau, younger half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

Marie was born in Arolsen, then part of the German Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Her younger brother, Friedrich, was the last reigning prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Two of her younger sisters, Emma and Helena, married William III of the Netherlands and Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (youngest son of Queen Victoria), respectively.

On 15 February 1877 at Arolsen, Marie married, Prince William of Württemberg (later King William II of Württemberg).

They had three children:

Marie died on 30 April 1882 in Stuttgart, from complications resulting from the birth of her third child. William married again in 1886 to Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe.


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