Cecilie, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Cecilie of Goëss-Saurau
Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Born	(1956-08-23) 23 August 1956 Frohnleiten, Austria
Spouse	Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Issue	Prince Carl-Anton Prince Josias Prince Johannes
Full name German: Cäcilie Antoinette Maria Philippine
House	House of Goëss-Saurau House of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Father	Count Carl-Anton of Goëss-Saurau
Mother	Baroness Maria Mayr of Melnhof

Countess Cecilie of Goëss-Saurau (German: Gräfin Cäcilie von Goeß-Saurau; born 23 August 1956) is the wife of Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, current head of the Princely House of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

Early life

Cecilia was born at Frohnleiten, Austria, the fifth child and second daughter of Count Carl-Anton of Goëss-Saurau (born 1921), and his wife, Baroness Maria Mathilde Mayr of Melnhof (1921–1996).

Marriage

Cecilie married on 19 May 1988 in Frohnleiten, to Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 1936), fourth child and only son of Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (son Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe) and his wife, Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg (youngest daughter of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin).

They have three sons.

• Prince Carl-Anton of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 25th December 1991)
• Prince Josias of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 7th July 1993)
• Prince Johannes of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 7th July1993)

Titles and styles

• 23 August 1956 – 19 May 1988: Countess Cecilie of Goëss-Saurau
• 19 May 1988 – present: Her Serene Highness The Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Ancestry

Family of Cecilie, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

16. Count Peter Karl of Goëss               8. Count Leopold of Goëss                       17. Countess Maria Welser of Welsersheimb               4. Count Johann Zeno of Goëss                             18. Count Duclas of Thurn and Valsassina-Como-Vercelli               9. Countess Marianne of Thurn and Valsassina-Como-Vercelli                       19. Countess Gabriele of Bray-Steinburg               2. Count Carl-Anton of Goëss-Saurau                                   10. Count Zeno Welser of Welsersheimb                       5. Countess Emma Welser of Welsersheimb                             22. Baron Franz Carl Roden of Hirzenau               11. Baroness Karoline Roden of Hirzenau                       23. Countess Juliana Hadik de Futak               1. Countess Cecilie of Goëss-Saurau                                         12. Baron Franz Mayr of Melnhof                       6. Baron Franz Mayr of Melnhof                             26. Baron Karl of Tinti               13. Baroness Mathilde of Tinti                       27. Baroness Mathilde of Lederer-Trattnern               3. Baroness Maria Mayr of Melnhof                                   28. Prince Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst               14. Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst                       29. Princess Marie of Sayn-Wittgenstein               7. Princess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst                             30. Erwin, Count of Schönborn-Buchheim               15. Countess Franziska of Schönborn-Buchheim                       31. Countess Franziska of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg

Notes and sources

• thePeerage.com - Cecile Gräfin von Goëss-Saurau
• Genealogics - Leo van de Pas - Gräfin Cäcilie von Goëss-Saurau
• L'Allemagne dynastique, Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: V 397
• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Gräfliche Häuser, Reference: 1983 88

Cecilie, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont House of Goëss-Saurau Born: 23 August 1956
Titles in pretence
Vacant Title last held by Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg	— TITULAR — Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont 19 May 1988 – present Reason for succession failure: Grand Duchy abolished in 1918	Incumbent

See also: Goëß, Saurau, Mayr-Melnhof, and de:Mayr-Melnhof (Familie)