Josias I (Waldeck-Bergheim)
Josias I von Waldeck-Bergheim (born August 20, 1696 in Arolsen , † February 2, 1763 in Bergheim ) was the 13th son of Count Christian Ludwig von Waldeck and the sixth of a total of seven sons from his second marriage in 1680 in Idstein with Johannette von Nassau-Idstein (1657–1733). He was the second son named Josias from that marriage; an older brother of the same name, born in 1689, had died in 1693.
His father had even 1685 issued by him and in 1687 modified on 30 September 1695 primogeniture -Hausgesetz the house Waldeck been amended to it for the second-born surviving son, at that time Heinrich Georg (1683-1736), a paréage under the suzerainty the ruling line of the house, consisting of the three villages Bergheim , Königshagen and Wellen . This regulation was confirmed by Emperor Leopold I on August 22, 1697 with the entire Waldeck inheritance house law of 1685/87 . After the childless death of Heinrich Georg, the Paragium fell to his younger brother Josias, the last surviving son of Christian Ludwig, in 1736.
The residence was Bergheim Castle , built in 1692 , in today's Bergheim district of the Edertal community in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district in northern Hesse .
Josias founded the Count's branch line Waldeck-Bergheim . After his death, his son Georg Friedrich (1732–1771) followed him as Count of Waldeck-Bergheim. When he died without heirs entitled to inheritance, his brother Josias II followed. His descendants continued the count's branch line until September 27, 1938, when Hermann, Count zu Waldeck and Pyrmont in Bergheim, died without male descendants.
Josias' I half-brother Friedrich Anton Ulrich inherited his father as Count von Waldeck and Pyrmont in 1706 and was on January 6, 1712 by Emperor Karl VI. raised to the hereditary prince status.
family
Josias married Dorothea Sophie zu Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim (* January 27, 1698 - February 6, 1774), daughter of Count Ludwig Heinrich zu Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim , in Assenheim (now part of Niddatal ) on January 17, 1725 . With this, his house also acquired inheritance claims to the rule of Limpurg-Gaildorf in Württemberg , which were realized in 1806.
The couple had the following children:
- Georg Karl Christian Ludwig (born December 1, 1726: † July 21, 1756)
- Karl (born May 21, 1728 - August 17, 1735)
- Karoline (June 23, 1729 - July 9, 1801)
- Georg Friedrich Ludwig Belgicus, Count of Waldeck-Bergheim (born July 20, 1732, † April 9, 1771); ⚭ August 31, 1766 Christine zu Isenburg-Meerholz (* November 22, 1742; † March 20, 1808)
- Josias II Wilhelm Leopold , Count of Waldeck-Bergheim (born October 16, 1733, † June 4, 1788); ⚭ March 5, 1772 Christine von Isenburg-Büdingen (* June 24, 1756; † November 13, 1826)
- Louise Johannette Ernestine Ulrike (born October 22, 1736 - † July 29, 1737)
- Georg August (May 2, 1738 - January 6, 1759)
- Wilhelm (March 13, 1740 - July 11, 1756)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Karl (born January 15, 1741 - † July 12, 1756)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Waldeck, Josias Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 52nd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1885, p. 173 ( digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Josias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Waldeck-Bergheim, Josias I of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Waldeck-Bergheim |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1696 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arolsen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1763 |
| Place of death | Bergheim |