Name Karl Prince | Successor Friedrich Karl August House Waldeck | |
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Reign 1 January 1728 – 29 August 1763 Born 24 September 1704Hanau, Waldeck ( 1704-09-24 ) Issue Prince CharlesFriedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and PyrmontPrince ChristianGeorge I, Prince of Waldeck and PyrmontPrincess CarolinePrincess LouisePrince Louis Mother Countess Palatine Louise of Zweibrucken-Birkenfeld Spouse Christiane Henriette, Countess Palatine of Zweibrucken (m. 1741–1763) Parents Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Children Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Similar People Prince Charles Alexande, Peter von Biron, Prince William - Duke of C, Maurice de Saxe, Louis XV of France | ||
Karl August Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont (24 September 1704 – 29 August 1763) was Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Commander of the Dutch forces in the War of Austrian Succession.
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Royal life and military career
Karl was the second son of Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Countess Palatine Louise of Zweibrucken-Birkenfeld.
In 1728 his father and his elder brother Christian Philip died, and so he became Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont .
The Waldecks had a tradition of military service in the Dutch Army.
Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck had already led the Dutch army in the War of the Grand Alliance. In the War of Austrian Succession, Karl was appointed as commander of the Dutch Army by the States-General of the Netherlands, as counterbalance to William IV, Prince of Orange, who relied completely on his brother-in-law the Duke of Cumberland. The Dutch army under Waldeck's command was defeated in the Battle of Fontenoy, the Battle of Rocoux and the Battle of Lauffeld.
In 1746, Karl became Fieldmarshal of the Holy Roman Empire.
Marriage and children
In Zweibrucken, on 19 August 1741, Karl August married his first cousin Christiane Henriette, Countess Palatine of Zweibrucken (1725–1816), daughter of Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken.
The couple had seven children: