Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont


Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont 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.

Early life

Guda was born at Arolsen, Germany, the fifth child and fourth daughter of Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and his wife, Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg,. 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, elder son of Prince Hermann of Wied and his wife, Countess Marie Antonia of Stolberg-Wernigerode. They divorced in 1962.
They had children:
She married secondly on 9 March 1968 in Schaumburg to Horst Dierkes.

Ancestry