en Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

Princess Emma
Princess Emma
Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
	Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Born	20 May 1802; Schaumburg Castle
Died	1 August 1858 (aged 56); Pyrmont
Spouse	George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (m. 1823; died 1845)
Issue	Augusta, Princess of Stolberg-Stolberg; Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont; Hermine, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe; George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont; Prince Walrad;
House	Ascania
Father	Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Mother	Princess Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg

Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (20 May 1802 – 1 August 1858) was a German princess who was the consort of George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and regent of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

Life

Emma was one of the four daughters of the prince Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1767–1812) from his marriage to Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg (1776–1841), daughter of Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg. She grew up together with her sisters in Hoym in Anhalt and was carefully educated. Their great-uncle, Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, had waived his right of succession in Schaumburg and the County of Holzappel in 1811 in favour of his great-niece, but in 1828 this decision was overruled.^[1]

After her husband's death in 1852, she ruled Waldeck and Pyrmont as Regent for her minor son George Victor. Among her first acts was a reform of the Waldeck contingent of the federal army, implemented in 1845 by Prussian officers.^[2] The Revolutions of 1848 took place during Emma's reign; in Waldeck they led to a new parliament being convened.^[3] Emma's reign has been described as an important phase in the history of Waldeck, with a complete overhaul of the organisation of the state.

The Emma Waterfall in the Gastein Valley was named after her, as was her granddaughter Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, who served as queen regent of the Netherlands. A double thaler issued in 1847 was known as Fat Emma.^[4]

Marriage and issue

Emma married on 26 June 1823 at Schaumburg Castle, George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1789–1845). The couple had five children:

Princess Augusta of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1824–1893), married Count Alfred of Stolberg-Stolberg
Joseph (1825–1829)
Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1827–1910), married Prince Adolf I George of Schaumburg-Lippe
George Victor (1831–1893), married Princess Helena of Nassau and secondly Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; father of Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont and grandfather of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Walrad (1833–1867)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

16. Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym

8. Victor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

17. Charlotte of Nassau-Dillenburg

4. Charles Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

18. William Maurice, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein

9. Charlotte Louise of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein

19. Anna Amalia of Isenburg-Büdingen

2. Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

20. William Maurice, Count of Solms-Braunfels

10. Frederick William I, Prince of Solms-Braunfels

21. Magdalene Sophie of Hesse-Homburg

5. Amalie Eleonore of Solms-Braunfels

22. Carl Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach

11. Sophie of Solms-Laubach

23. Louise Albertine of Schönburg-Waldenburg

1. Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

24. John Ernst, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

12. Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

25. Maria Polyxena of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg

6. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

26. George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein

13. Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Idstein

27. Henriette Dorothea of Oettingen-Oettingen

3. Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg

28. John William Friso, Prince of Orange

14. William IV, Prince of Orange

29. Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel

7. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau

30. George II of Great Britain

15. Anne, Princess Royal

31. Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach

References

Das Fürstenthum Waldeck-Pyrmont seit 1848, in: Unsere Zeit, F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1862, p. 681 ff Online
A. Rauch, Parlamentarisches Taschenbuch enthaltend die Verfassung ..., Erlangen, 1849, (Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, p. 200, at Google Books)

External links

WOMEN IN POWER 1840-1870: 1845-52 Regent Dowager Princess Emma von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym of Waldeck-Pyrmont. In: Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership.

Footnotes

^ Christian von Stramberg, Anton Joseph Weidenbach: Denkwürdiger und nützlicher Rheinischer Antiquarius, R. F. Hergt, Koblenz, 1853, p. 322
^ Ingeborg Schnack: Lebensbilder aus Kurhessen und Waldeck 1830-1930, vol. 20, part 6, N. G. Elwert, Marburg, 1958, p. 366
^ see Rauch
^ Dicke Emma. Page at MiMi.hu

German royalty
Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym House of Ascania Born: 20 May 1802 Died: 1 August 1858
Vacant Title last held by Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen	Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont 26 June 1823 – 15 May 1845	Vacant Title next held by Princess Helena of Nassau

[1] Christian von Stramberg, Anton Joseph Weidenbach: Denkwürdiger und nützlicher Rheinischer Antiquarius, R. F. Hergt, Koblenz, 1853, p. 322

[2] Ingeborg Schnack: Lebensbilder aus Kurhessen und Waldeck 1830-1930, vol. 20, part 6, N. G. Elwert, Marburg, 1958, p. 366

[3] see Rauch

[4] Dicke Emma. Page at MiMi.hu

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