Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
| Princess Emma | |
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| 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 | |
| Issue | Augusta, Countess Alfred of Stolberg-Stolberg Joseph Hermine, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Walrad |
| House | Ascania |
| Father | Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym |
| Mother | Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg |
Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (20 May 1802–1 August 1858) was a German princess. She was the Grandmother of the Dutch Queen Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, who was born the day after she died and was named after her.
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, the Dutch Queen regent Emma. A double thaler issued in 1847 was known as Fat Emma.[4]
Marriage and issue[]
She 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; he was the father of the Dutch Queen regent Emma, and hence the grandfather of the Queen regnant Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
- Walrad (1833–1867)
Ancestry and descent[]
Ancestry[]
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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)
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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
- House of Ascania
- Princesses of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- 1802 births
- 1858 deaths
- 19th-century German people
- House of Nassau