Carl Anton, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

HSH The Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Titles	Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Reign	16 December 2024 - present
Predecessor	Wittekind
Biographical Information
Born	31 December 1991 (age 35) Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont, Germany
Name	Carl Anton
House	Waldeck
Father	Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Mother	Countess Cecilie of Goess-Sarau
Religion	Evangelical Church of Germany

Carl Anton, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (born Carl Anton, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont on 31 December 1991) is the current reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

Life

Carl Anton was born the eldest son of Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Countess Cecilie of Goess-Sarau.

In 2012, Carl Anton fractured a vertebra in a swimming accident at the age of twenty. He is permanently paralyzed from the waist down as a result of the accident.

Residences

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  Arolsen Castle; Main Residence (September-May)
• 
  Schaumburg Castle; Summer Residence (June-August)

Titles and Honours

• 1991-2024 Carl Anton, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
• 2024-present Carl Anton, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

National Honours

Order of Merit (2009)

Foreign Honours

Order of the Black Eagle (2025) (Germany)

Ancestry

Parents	Grandparents	Great-Grandparents	Great-Great-Grandparents
Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont	Josias, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Princess Altburg of Oldenburg	Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe Grand Duke Frederick Augustus II of Oldenburg Princess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Princess Helena of Nassau Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau Grand Duke Peter II of Oldenburg Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg Grand Duke Frederick Francis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Countess Cecilie of Goess-Sarau	Johann Baptist, Count of Goess-Sarau Maria Mathilde von Melnhof	Johann Zeno, Count of Goess Countess Emma of Welsersheimb Baron Franz Melnhof Princess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst	Leopold, Count of Goess Countess Marianne of Valassina-Como-Vercelli Zeno, Count of Welsersheimb Caroline von Hirzenau Baron Franz Melnhof Mathilde von Tinti Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst Countess Franziska of Schonborn-Buchheim

Lines of Succession

Carl Anton, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont House of Waldeck Born: 31 December 1991
Lines of Succession
Preceded by	Succession to the Waldeck and Pyrmont throne	Followed by
Incumbent preceded by Wittekind	Incumbent	Prince Josias of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Notes

Face: Joe Alwyn