Succession to the throne of Waldeck and Pyrmont

The succession to the throne of Waldeck and Pyrmont is vested firstly in the male members of the Princely House of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and should the male fail then the succession then passes to the female line.

The Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont was abolished upon the forced abdication of Prince Friedrich on 13 November 1918 during the German Revolution which arose following the defeat of the German Empire in the First World War. The current heir to the throne and head of the house is Prince Friedrich's grandson Prince Wittekind.

Succession law
The succession to the principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont was in accordance with the semi-salic law of succession as set out in constitution of 1851:

"Sec. 15. The  Government  is  hereditary  in  the  male  line  of  the Waldeck  Princely  House,  including  its  comital  line,  according  to  the right  of  primogeniture  and  of  agnatic  lineal  descent.  If  the  male line  becomes  extinct,  the  succession  to  the  Government  passes  to  the female  line.  In  this  case  closeness  of  relationship  to  the  last  reigning Prince  decides,   or,  if  the  degrees   of  relationship   are   alike, seniority  in  years.  After  the  succession  has  thus  passed,  the  preference of  the  male  line  in  order  of  primogeniture  again  prevails."

The comital branch went extinct in the male line in 1966.

Present line of succession

 * [[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] Prince Friedrich (1865-1946)
 * Prince Josias (1896-1967)
 * Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (born 1936)
 * (1) Carl-Anton, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (born 1991)
 * (2) Prince Josias Christian (born 1993)
 * (3) Prince Johannes (born 1993)
 * Prince Maximilian Wilhelm (1898-1981)
 *  Prince Georg-Viktor (1936-2020)
 * (4) Prince Christian-Ludwig (born 1967)
 * (5) Prince Christian Wolrad (born 1998)
 * (6) Prince Viktor (born 2000)
 * (7) Prince Casimir (born 2002)
 * (8) Prince Moritz (born 2006)
 * (9) Prince Wolrad (born 1974)
 * (10) Prince Nikolaus Christian-Ludwig (born 2012)
 * Prince Georg Wilhelm (1902-1971)
 * (11) Prince Josias Friedrich (born 1935)
 * (12) Prince Alexander (born 1972)
 * (13) Prince Josias Ludwig (born 2012)
 * (14) Prince Clemens (born 1975)
 * Prince Georg-Friedrich (1936-2020)
 * (15) Prince Philipp-Heinrich (born 1967)
 * (16) Prince Volkwin (born 1940)
 * (17) Prince Anton-Ulrich (born 1969)
 * (18) Prince Paul-Ferdinand (born 2012)
 * (19) Prince Nikolaus Karl (born 1970)
 * (20) Prince Ludwig Wilhelm (born 1983)
 * (21) Prince Christian-Peter (born 1945)
 * (22) Prince Georg-Wilhelm (born 1972)
 * (23) Prince Friedrich-Karl Ulrich (born 1999)
 * (24) Prince Max Georg (born 2000)
 * (25) Prince Caspar (born 2004)
 * (26) Prince Christian Hubertus (born 2004)

Line of Succession on 13 November 1918

 * Christian Ludwig, Count of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1635-1706)
 * Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1676-1728)
 * Karl August Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1704-1763)
 * Georg, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1747-1813)
 * Georg, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1789-1845)
 * Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1831-1893)
 * [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] Frederick, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (born 1865)
 * (1) Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (born 1896)
 * (2) Prince Maximilian Wilhelm (born 1898)
 * (3) Prince Georg Wilhelm (born 1902)
 * Josias, Count of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1696-1763)
 * Josias, Count Waldeck-Pyrmont (1733-1788)
 * Karl, Count of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1778-1849)
 * Adalbert, Count Waldeck and Pyrmont (1833-1893)
 * (4) Adalbert, Count of Waldeck and Pyrmont (born 1863)''
 * (5) Count Hermann (born 1864)
 * (6) Count Alexander (born 1867)
 * (7) Count Friedrich (born 1870)
 * (8) Count Georg (born 1876)