What is Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont?
{{Infobox royalty | name = Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont | image = Dowager Queen of Holland.jpg | caption = Emma as Queen Mother | birth_date = 2 August 1858 | birth_place = Castle of Arolsen, Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire | death_date = 20 March 1934 | death_place = Palace Lange Voorhout, The Hague, Netherlands | issue = [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]] | successor = }} '''Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia''' ([[Bad Arolsen|Arolsen]], 2 August 1858 – [[Den Haag]], 20 March 1934), [[Prins van Oranje-Nassau|Princess of Orange-Nassau]], Princess of [[Waldeck-Pyrmont]], was the second wife of king [[William III of the Netherlands]]. She was married to him from 1879 until he died in 1890. After his death, she became [[Regent|Queen-Regent]] of the Netherlands because her daughter [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands|Wilhelmina]] was only 10 when her father died, and too young to reign. == Early life == Emma was the fourth of seven children. Her father was [[George Victor van Waldeck-Pyrmont|George Victor]], king of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and her mother was [[Helena van Nassau-Weilburg|Helena]], Princess of Nassau-Weilburg. Her grandmother on her father's side, [[Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym]], was a grandchild of princess [[Carolina of Orange-Nassau]] and [[Karel Christiaan of Nassau-Weilburg]]. Her grandfather on her mother's side, [[Willem of Nassau-Weilburg]], was also their grandchild. This means that Emma was related to the [[House of Orange-Nassau]] through two family connections. The princess grew up in [[Schloss Arolsen]] in [[Germany]]. Her daughter, the later Queen Wilhelmina wrote in her autobiography that her mother's home life was very modern and well informed for that time. == Her husband, William III == The king was married before, to his cousin [[Sophie of Württemberg]]. She died in 1877. Their marriage was unhappy, they had lived apart since 1855. William III had a few relationships outside his first marriage. The newspapers even reported on his relationships with the American