Carl Anton, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:17, 24 September 2026


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

TBA

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

@@ Line 36: / Line 36: @@
 |Evangelical Church of Germany
 |}
-'''General'''
+'''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==
-TBA
+Carl Anton was born the eldest son of '''Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont''' and '''Countess Cecilie of Goess-Sarau'''.
-==Marriage and Issue==
+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.
-TBA
-{| class="wikitable"
-!Photo
-!Name
-!Birth
-!Death
-!Marriage
-|-
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|-
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|-
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|}
 ==Residences==
@@ Line 74: / Line 48: @@
 ==Titles and Honours==
-* '''1991-2024'''   Carl Anton, Hereditary Prince
+* '''1991-2024'''   Carl Anton, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
+* '''2024-present'''   Carl Anton, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
 ===National Honours===