Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont


Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont 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

Early life

Mathilde was born in Rhoden, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont was the fourth daughter and tenth child George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his first wife Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

Marriage and issue

On 21 January 1817, in Arolsen, she married Duke Eugen of Württemberg and Princess Luise of Stolberg-Gedern, first cousin of the better known Countess of Albany.
They had three children:
Princess Mathilde died during the third pregnancy. In 1827, Eugene married Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg with whom he had four children.