Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont was Queen of the Netherlands and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg as the wife of King-Grand Duke William III.
Background
Emma was born as Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont on 2 August 1858 in Arolsen Castle in Arolsen, the capital of the small German principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont. She was the fourth daughter of Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Helena of Nassau.
Career
Her brother, Friedrich, was the last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Her sister, Helena Frederica, would become the wife of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, a son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Augusta was the eldest daughter of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and Princess Augusta of Great Britain, elder sister of George III of the United Kingdom.
She was the 812th Dame of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa.
She died in The Hague on 20 March 1934, of complications from bronchitis at the age of 75, and was buried in Delft. 2 August 1858 – 7 January 1879: Her Serene Highness Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont 7 January 1879 – 23 November 1890: Her Majesty The Queen, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg 23 November 1890 – 20 March 1934: Her Majesty Queen Emma, Dowager Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.