Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchess Eugen of Württemberg
Born(1801-04-10)10 April 1801
Rhoden, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Died13 April 1825(1825-04-13) (aged 24)
Karlsruhe, Silesia
SpouseDuke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857)
IssueMarie, Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal
Duke Eugen
Duke Alexander
Names
German: Caroline Friederike Mathilde
HouseHouse of Waldeck-Pyrmont (by birth)
House of Württemberg (by marriage)
FatherGeorge I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
MotherPrincess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont (German: Mathilde Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont; 10 April 1801 – 13 April 1825) 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 wife Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

Marriage and issue

Her husband, Duke Eugen of Württemberg

On 21 January 1817, in Arolsen, she married Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857, son of Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1758–1822) and Princess Luise of Stolberg-Gedern (1764–1828), first cousin of the better known Countess of Albany. They had three children:

Mathilde died while giving birth to her third child. In 1827, Eugene remarried to Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg with whom he had four children.

Ancestry

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