Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont is the youngest daughter 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...

, head of the 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, ....

 from 1946 to 1967 and first wife of Frederick William, Prince of Wied

Frederick William, Prince of Wied

Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Wied was the grandson of William Frederick, 6th Prince of Wied. He was the titular Prince of Wied from 1945 until his death.-Early life:...

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Early life

Guda was born at Arolsen

Bad Arolsen

Bad Arolsen is a small town in northern Hesse, Germany, in Waldeck-Frankenberg district. From 1655 until 1918 it served as the residence town of the Princes of Waldeck-Pyrmont and then until 1929 as the capital of the Waldeck Free State...

, Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...

, the fifth child and fourth daughter 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...

 (1896–1967), (son of 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:...

 (1903–2001), (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...

). Through her father she is descendant of George II of Great Britain

George II of Great Britain

George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany...

, thus she is in the line of succession to the British throne

Line of succession to the British Throne

The line of succession to the British throne is the ordered sequence of those people eligible to succeed to the throne of the United Kingdom and the other 15 Commonwealth realms. By the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701, the succession is limited to the descendants of the Electress Sophia of...

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Marriage

Guda married on 9 September 1958 in Arolsen

Bad Arolsen

Bad Arolsen is a small town in northern Hesse, Germany, in Waldeck-Frankenberg district. From 1655 until 1918 it served as the residence town of the Princes of Waldeck-Pyrmont and then until 1929 as the capital of the Waldeck Free State...

 to Frederick William, Prince of Wied

Frederick William, Prince of Wied

Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Wied was the grandson of William Frederick, 6th Prince of Wied. He was the titular Prince of Wied from 1945 until his death.-Early life:...

 (1931–2000), elder son of Prince Hermann of Wied and his wife, Countess Marie Antonia of Stolberg-Wernigerode. They divorced in 1962.

They had two children:

• Prince Alexander of Wied (b. 29 September 1960)
• Carl, Prince of Wied
  Carl, Prince of Wied
  Carl, Prince of Wied is son of Frederick William, 7th Prince of Wied. Since 2000, he is the titular Prince of Wied.-Early life:Carl was born at Neuwied, West Germany, the second child of Frederick William, Prince of Wied , and his first wife, Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont Carl, Prince of...
  
   (b. 27 October 1961) married Princess Isabelle of Isenburg, had issue.

She married secondly on 9 March 1968 in Schaumburg

Schaumburg

Schaumburg is a district of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Nienburg, Hanover and Hamelin-Pyrmont, and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .-History:...

 to Horst Dierkes (b. 1939).

They have two sons:

• Vicco Dierkes (b. 15 June 1970)
• Christian Dierkes (b. 18 September 1974)

Titles and styles

• 22 August 1939 – 9 September 1958: Her Serene Highness Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont
• 9 September 1958–1962: Her Serene Highness The Princess of Wied
• 1962 – 9 March 1968: Her Serene Highness Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont
• 9 March 1968 – present: Her Serene Highness Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Mrs. Horst Dierkes

Ancestry