George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

George I ( born May 6, 1747 in Arolsen, † September 9, 1813 in Pyrmont ) was 1805-1813 Count of Pyrmont, and after the death of his brother Friedrich Karl August 1812-1813 Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

Life

George was the son of Prince Karl August Friedrich von Waldeck (1704-1763) and Christiane (1725-1816), daughter of the Count Palatine Christian III. Birkenfeld. On September 24, 1812, he was a sovereign Prince of Waldeck Pyrmont and Rappoltstein. George joined, as did his brother Friedrich Karl August, in April 1807 the Confederation of the Rhine in time, both the county and the Principality of Waldeck Pyrmont could be saved from the neighboring states like to be working in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia.

Marriage and issue

He married on 12 September 1784 in Otterwisch Auguste ( 1768-1849 ), daughter of Prince August II of Schwarzburg- Sondershausen, and had with her the following children:

• Christiane (1787-1806), Abbess of Schaaken
• Karl (1788-1795)
• George II (1789-1845), Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
• Friedrich (1790-1828), Count of Waldeck; ∞ 1816 Ursula Polle " Countess von Waldeck ," not befitting
• Christian (1792-1795)
• Auguste (1793-1794)
• Johann Ludwig (1794-1814)
• Ida (1796-1869); ∞ 1816 Prince Georg Wilhelm of Schaumburg -Lippe
• Wolrad (1791-1821)
• Mathilde (1801-1823); ∞ 1817 Duke Eugen of Württemberg ( 1788-1857 )
• Karl Christian (1803-1846); ∞ 1841 Countess Amalie of Lippe - Biesterfeld
• Karoline (1804-1806)
• Hermann (1809-1876); ∞ 1833 Countess Agnes of Teleki Szék