Countess Cecilie of Goëss-Saurau is the wife of Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont has been since 1967 the head of the House of Waldeck and Pyrmont.-Early life:He was born in Arolsen the son of Hereditary Prince Josias of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg . Heinrich Himmler was his godfather...

, current head of the Princely House of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Waldeck (state)

Waldeck was a sovereign principality in the German Empire and German Confederation and, until 1929, a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. It comprised territories in present-day Hesse and Lower Saxony, ....

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Early life

Cecilia was born at Frohnleiten, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

, the fifth child and second daughter of Count Carl-Anton of Goëss-Saurau (born 1921), and his wife, Baroness Maria Mathilde Mayr of Melnhof (1921–1996).

Marriage

Cecilie married on 19 May 1988 in Frohnleiten, to Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont has been since 1967 the head of the House of Waldeck and Pyrmont.-Early life:He was born in Arolsen the son of Hereditary Prince Josias of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg . Heinrich Himmler was his godfather...

 (b. 1936), fourth child and only son of Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont was the heir apparent to the throne of the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a General in the SS. From 1946 until his death he was the head of the Princely House of Waldeck and Pyrmont...

 (son Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe

Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe

Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe was daughter of Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, and consort of Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.-Early life:...

) and his wife, Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg

Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg

Duchess Altburg Marie Matilda Olga of Oldenburg was a daughter of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg by his second wife Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.-Early life:...

 (youngest daughter of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg

Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg

Frederick Augustus II was the last ruling grand duke of Oldenburg. He married Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, daughter of Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau and Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia...

 and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a daughter of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg by his third wife Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt...

).

They have three sons.

• Prince Carl-Anton of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 3 December 1991)
• Prince Josias of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 8 September 1993)
• Prince Johannes of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 8 September 1993)

Titles and styles

• 23 August 1956 – 19 May 1988: Countess Cecilie of Goëss-Saurau
• 19 May 1988 – present: Her Serene Highness The Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Ancestry