Succession to the throne of Waldeck and Pyrmont

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Friedrich, last reigning prince 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 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[edit]

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 1852:[1]

Section 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 line went extinct in the male line in 1966.

Present line of succession[edit]

  • Prince Friedrich (1865-1946)
    • Prince Josias (1896-1967)
    • Prince Maximilian Wilhelm (1898-1981)
      • (4) Prince Georg-Viktor (born 1936)
        • (5) Prince Christian-Ludwig (born 1967)
          • (6) Prince Christian Wolrad (born 1998)
          • (7) Prince Viktor (born 2000)
          • (8) Prince Casimir (born 2002)
          • (9) Prince Moritz (born 2006)
        • (10) Prince Wolrad (born 1974)
          • (11) Prince Nikolaus Christian-Ludwig (born 2012)
    • Prince Georg Wilhelm (1902-1971)
      • (12) Prince Josias Friedrich (born 1935)
        • (13) Prince Alexander (born 1972)
          • (14) Prince Josias Ludwig (born 2012)
        • (15) Prince Clemens (born 1975)
      • Prince Georg-Friedrich (1936-2020)
        • (16) Prince Philipp-Heinrich (born 1967)
      • (17) Prince Volkwin (born 1940)
        • (18) Prince Anton-Ulrich (born 1969)
          • (19) Prince Paul-Ferdinand (born 2012)
        • (20) Prince Nikolaus Karl (born 1970)
        • (21) Prince Ludwig Wilhelm (born 1983)
      • (22) Prince Christian-Peter (born 1945)
        • (23) Prince Georg-Wilhelm (born 1972)
          • (24) Prince Friedrich-Karl Ulrich (born 1999)
          • (25) Prince Max Georg (born 2000)
          • (26) Prince Caspar (born 2004)
          • (27) Prince Christian Hubertus (born 2004)

Line of Succession on 13 November 1918[edit]

  • Christian Ludwig, Count of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1635-1706)
    • Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1676-1728)
    • 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)

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Zeydel, Edwin (1919). Constitutions of the German empire and German states. Pages 430, 431
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