Background
He was the son of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Helena of Nassau.
He was the son of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Helena of Nassau.
He was a brother of the Dutch Queen consort Emma and Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany. Augusta was the eldest daughter of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Princess Augusta of Great Britain, elder sister of George III of the United Kingdom.