Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont

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.[1]

Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchess Eugen of Württemberg
Born(1801-04-10)10 April 1801
Rhoden, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Died13 April 1825(1825-04-13) (aged 24)
Karlsruhe, Silesia
SpouseDuke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857)
IssueMarie, Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal
Duke Eugen
Duke Alexander
Names
German: Caroline Friederike Mathilde
HouseHouse of Waldeck-Pyrmont (by birth)
House of Württemberg (by marriage)
FatherGeorge I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
MotherPrincess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Early life

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Mathilde was born in Rhoden, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont, the fourth daughter and tenth child[citation needed] of George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.[1]

Marriage and issue

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Her husband, Duke Eugen of Württemberg

On 20 April 1817, in Arolsen,[citation needed] 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).[1] They had three children:

Mathilde died while giving birth to her third child. In 1827, Eugene remarried to Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, with whom he had four children.[1]

Ancestry

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d McNaughton 1973, p. 232.
  2. ^ McNaughton 1973, p. 138.

Sources

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  • McNaughton, Arnold (1973). The book of kings : a royal genealogy (vol 1).