Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont | |||||
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Duchess Eugen of Württemberg | |||||
Born |
Rhoden, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont |
10 April 1801||||
Died | 13 April 1825 Karlsruhe, Silesia |
(aged 24)||||
Spouse | Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857) | ||||
Issue | Marie, Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal Duke Eugen Duke Alexander |
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House |
House of Waldeck-Pyrmont (by birth) House of Württemberg (by marriage) |
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Father | George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont | ||||
Mother | Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen |
Full name | |
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German: Caroline Friederike Mathilde |
Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont (German: Mathilde Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont; 10 April 1801 – 13 April 1825) was a member of the House of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a member of the House of Württemberg and a Duchess of Württemberg through her marriage to Duke Eugen of Württemberg
Mathilde was born in Rhoden, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont was the fourth daughter and tenth child George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his first wife Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
On 21 January 1817, in Arolsen, she married Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857, son of Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1758–1822) and Princess Luise of Stolberg-Gedern (1764-1828), first cousin of the better known Countess of Albany. They had three children:
Princess Mathilde died during the third pregnancy. In 1827, Eugene married Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg with whom he had four children.