Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Friedrich Anton Ulrich
Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Count/Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Reign	12 December 1706 – 1 January 1718
Predecessor	New Creation
Successor	Karl August
Born	(1676-11-27)27 November 1676 Waldeck, Waldeck
Died	1 January 1728(1728-01-01) (aged 51) Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont
Spouse	Countess Palatine Louise of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Issue	Prince Christian Princess Friederike Princess Henriette Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Princess Ernestine Prince Louis Prince Johann Princess Sofie Princess Franziska Princess Luise Prince Josef
House	House of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Father	Christian Louis, Count of Waldeck
Mother	Countess Anna Elisabeth of Rappoltstein

Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (German: Friedrich Anton Ulrich Fürst zu Waldeck und Pyrmont; 27 November 1676 – 1 January 1728) was the first reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 1712 to 1728.

He was the son of Christian Louis, Count of Waldeck and Countess Anna Elisabeth of Rappoltstein.

From 1706 to 1712 he was Count of Waldeck and Pyrmont. On 6 January 1712 he was elevated to Prince by the Emperor Charles VI.

Marriage and children

He married Countess Palatine Louise of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, daughter of Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and Countess Catharine Agathe of Rappoltstein, in Hanau on 22 Oct 1700. They had five sons and six daughters:

• Prince Christian of Waldeck and Pyrmont (13 October 1701 – 17 May 1728)
• Princess Friederike of Waldeck and Pyrmont (10 November 1702 – 4 December 1713)
• Princess Henriette of Waldeck and Pyrmont (17 October 1703 – 29 August 1785)
• Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (24 September 1704 – 29 August 1763), married Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, had issue.
• Princess Ernestine of Waldeck and Pyrmont (6 November 1705 – 26 May 1782), married Frederick Bernard, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen, had issue.
• Prince Louis of Waldeck and Pyrmont (5 May 1707 – 24 July 1739)
• Prince Johann of Waldeck and Pyrmont (9 June 1708 – 30 November 1713)
• Princess Sofie of Waldeck and Pyrmont (4 January 1711 – 10 August 1775), married Frederick August Vogelsang, no issue.
• Princess Franziska of Waldeck and Pyrmont (19 May 1712 – 6 January 1782)
• Princess Louise of Waldeck and Pyrmont (12 June 1714 – 17 March 1794)
• Prince Josef of Waldeck and Pyrmont (14 August 1715 – 19 February 1719)

Ancestry

16. Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg

8. Christian, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

17. Countess Maria of Barby-Mühlingen

4. Philip VII, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

18. John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen

9. Countess Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen

19. Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen

2. Christian Louis, Count of Waldeck

20. Louis I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein

10. Louis II, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein

21. Countess Elisabeth of Solms-Laubach

5. Countess Anna Katharina of Sayn-Wittgenstein

22. Konrad, Count of Solms-Braunfels

11. Countess Elisabeth Juliana of Solms-Braunfels

23. Countess Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg

1. Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

24. Eginolf III, Lord of Rappoltstein

12. Eberhard, Count of Rappoltstein

25. Countess Maria of Erbach

6. Georg Friedrich, Count of Rappoltstein

26. Count Otto I of Salm, Wild- und Rheingraf in Kyrburg

13. Countess Anna von Salm, Wild- und Rheingräfin

27. Countess Ottilia of Nassau-Weilburg

3. Countess Anna Elisabeth of Rappoltstein

28. John George I, Count of Solms-Laubach

14. Henry William I, Count of Solms-Sonnenwalde

29. Margarethe von Schönburg-Glauchau

7. Countess Elisabeth Charlotte of Solms-Sonnenwalde

30. Louis Eberhard, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen

15. Countess Maria Magdalena of Oettingen-Oettingen

31. Countess Margarethe of Erbach

Notes and sources

• Friedrich Anton Ulrich in the German National Library catalogue
• waldecker-muenzen.de