Name Cecilie, of | ||
Born 23 August 1956 (age 67)
Frohnleiten, Austria ( 1956-08-23 ) Issue Prince Carl-Anton
Prince Josias
Prince Johannes House House of Goess-Saurau
House of Waldeck and Pyrmont Father Count Carl-Anton of Goess-Saurau Mother Baroness Maria Mayr of Melnhof Spouse Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (m. 1988) Children Prince Carl-Anton, Prince Johannes, Prince Josias Parents Count Carl-Anton of Goess-Saurau, Baroness Maria Mayr of Melnhof People also search for Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont | ||
Countess Cecilie of Goeß-Saurau (German: Gräfin Cäcilie von Goeß-Saurau; born 23 August 1956) is the wife of Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, current head of the Princely House of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
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Early life
Cecilia was born at Frohnleiten, Austria, the fifth child and second daughter of Count Carl-Anton of Goëss-Saurau (born 1921), and his wife, Baroness Maria Mathilde Mayr of Melnhof (1921–1996).
Marriage
Cecilie married on 19 May 1988 in Frohnleiten, to Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 1936), fourth child and only son of Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (son Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe) and his wife, Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg (youngest daughter of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin).
They have three sons.