 He descended from a line of Rhenish knights and nobles dating back to the 13th century.Boos-Waldeck married about 1827 Freiin Henriette von Wessenberg-Ampringen (1807-1856), the daughter of Johann Freiherr von Wessenberg-Ampringen (1773-1858).He was the uncle of the composer Victor von Boos zu Waldeck (1840-1916).