Friedrich Anton Ulrich
Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Count/Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Reign12 December 1706 – 1 January 1718
PredecessorNew Creation
SuccessorKarl August
Born(1676-11-27)27 November 1676
Waldeck, Waldeck
Died1 January 1728(1728-01-01) (aged 51)
Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont
SpouseCountess Palatine Louise of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
IssuePrince 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
HouseHouse of Waldeck and Pyrmont
FatherChristian Louis, Count of Waldeck
MotherCountess 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:

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, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont House of Waldeck and PyrmontCadet branch of the House of WaldeckBorn: 27 November 1676 Died: 1 January 1728 Regnal titles Preceded byChristian Louis Count of Waldeck and Pyrmont 12 December 1706 – 6 January 1712 Elevated to Prince New title Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont 6 January 1712 – 1 January 1728 Succeeded byCharles August