Name Princess of House Waldeck | Children Carl, Prince of Wied | |
Born 22 August 1939 (age 85)
Arolsen, Nazi Germany ( 1939-08-22 ) Issue Prince Alexander
Carl, Prince of Wied
Vicco Dierkes
Christian Dierkes Father Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Mother Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg Spouse Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Wied (m. 1958–1962) Parents Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg Grandchildren Prince Frederick William, Princess Marie Elisabeth, Princess Louise Grandparents Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont | ||
Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont (German: Prinzessin Guda zu Waldeck und Pyrmont; born 22 August 1939) is the youngest daughter of Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, head of the House of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 1946 to 1967 and first wife of Frederick William, Prince of Wied.
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Early life
Guda was born at Arolsen, Germany, the fifth child and fourth daughter of Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1896–1967), (son of Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe) and his wife, Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg (1903–2001), (daughter of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin). Through her father she is descendant of George II of Great Britain, thus she is in the line of succession to the British throne.
Marriage
Guda married on 9 September 1958 in Arolsen to Frederick William, Prince of Wied (1931–2000), elder son of Prince Hermann of Wied and his wife, Countess Marie Antonia of Stolberg-Wernigerode. They divorced in 1962.
They had two children:
She married secondly on 9 March 1968 in Schaumburg to Horst Dierkes (b. 1939).
They have two sons: