He was a half-brother of the dowager Queen Emma of the Netherlands.
Emma’s mother Helena Wilhelmina Henriette Pauline Marianne of Nassau died in 1888, after which her father remarried Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, who was seven months older than Emma, in 1891.
Victor grew up without his father, George died just a year after his birth. George Victor van Waldeck-Pyrmont died in 1893 as a result of pneumonia while on a cure at the Bohemian Marienbad. The body of the deceased prince was transferred from Bohemia to Waldeck-Pyrmont, where it was interred in the crypt at Arolsen. At the small Waldeck court, Victor was with his mother, while his half-brother , the reigning monarch ,Fritz also took care of him. He studied at Oxford and Grenoble, but since these studies did not seem to lead to anything, it was advisable to send him to the army. He showed more ambition in the army than at university and soon became a lieutenant in ‘das Garde Dragoner Regiment (1. Großherzoglich Hessisches) Nr. 23.
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The Squadron had been between Dadizele and Menen 3 hours before, there a skirmish had taken place between the infantry (13 U.R.) and weak English forces. It was fired upon by a British’ pantzer kraftwagen’, but only loses a horse. It suffers heavier losses at Moorslede, 13 kilometres N.E. Ypres, The 4th squadron had moved towards the N and N.O of Ieper with some of the 8th Jaeger regiment.
One of the losses was Victor
He met his death in Moorslede Stadendreef while being part of the 4th squadron on the 17th of October 1914. His body was sent home (Arolsen) where he was buried in the Royal Family Cemetery. On the 20th of October 2019, a monument was erected by the Moorslede Heemkundige kring in memory of the Prince.
This was unveiled by the current Fürstin Cecilia and her son Prince Carl-Anton zu Waldeck und Pyrmont
Source : ‘das Garde Dragoner Regiment (1. Großherzoglich Hessisches) Nr. 23.
Image : painting in MMP1917