George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

George Victor
George Victor
Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Reign	15 May 1845 – 12 May 1893
Predecessor	George II
Successor	Friedrich
Born	14 January 1831; Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont
Died	12 May 1893 (aged 62); Marienbad, Kingdom of Bohemia
Burial	23 May 1893; Fuerstliches Erbbegraebnis,; Rhoden
Spouse	; Princess Helena of Nassau (m. 1853; died 1888) ; Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (m. 1891)
Issue	Princess Sophie; Pauline, Princess of Bentheim and Steinfurt; Marie, Crown Princess of Württemberg; Emma, Queen of the Netherlands; Princess Helen, Duchess of Albany; Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont; Elisabeth, Princess of Erbach-Schönberg; Prince Wolrad;
House	Waldeck and Pyrmont
Father	George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Mother	Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

George Victor (14 January 1831 – 12 May 1893) was the 3rd sovereign Prince of the German state of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

George Victor was born in Bad Arolsen the son of George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.^[1] He succeeded as prince originally under the guardianship of his mother on 15 May 1845 following the death of his father.^[2]

He died of pneumonia in Marienbad, Bohemia and was succeeded by his eldest son Friedrich.

^ Almanach de Gotha. 1893. p. 111.
^ "Obituary. Prince George of Waldeck". The New York Times. 13 May 1893. p. 2.