Name George Prince | ||
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Reign 24 September 1812 – 9 September 1813 Born 6 May 1747Arolsen, Waldeck ( 1747-05-06 ) Spouse Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Issue Princess ChristianePrince KarlGeorge II, Prince of Waldeck and PyrmontPrince FriedrichPrince ChristianPrincess AugustaPrince JohannIda, Princess of Schaumburg-LippePrince WolradPrincess MathildePrince Karl ChristianPrincess KarolinePrince Hermann | ||
George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (German: Georg Fürst zu Waldeck und Pyrmont; 6 May 1747 – 9 September 1813) was Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 1812 to 1813.
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He was the son of Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Christiane Henriette, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken.
Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
The principality was divided 1805, Pyrmont was given to George, and his brother Friedrich Karl August stayed with Waldeck. In 1807, Waldeck joined the Confederation of the Rhine.
After the death of his brother in 1812, George took over the government in Waldeck.
Marriage and children
He married Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, daughter of August II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Princess Christine of Anhalt-Bernburg, in Otterwisch on 12 September 1784. They had nine sons and four daughters: