Josias II (Waldeck-Bergheim)

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Josias II. Wilhelm Leopold , Count of Waldeck-Bergheim (born October 16, 1733 in Bergheim ; † June 4, 1788 in Bergheim), was the fourth son of Count Josias I of Waldeck-Bergheim (1696–1763) and his wife Dorothea Sophia Wilhelmine von Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim (1698–1774). Josias II was a colonel in the Waldeck contingent battalion fighting on the Prussian side in the Seven Years' War .

Count von Waldeck zu Bergheim

Josias I received from his father, Christian Ludwig von Waldeck , the Bergheim Palace and the three villages Bergheim, Wellen and Königshagen as a paragium and became the founder of the Count's sidelines Waldeck-Bergheim of the Princely House of Waldeck. His successor as Count von Waldeck-Bergheim was his third (but oldest surviving) son Georg Friedrich (1732–1771). When he died without heirs entitled to inheritance, his brother Josias II followed him in Paragium.

Josias II had inheritance claims through his mother to parts of the former Limpurg rule , which were finally confirmed with the conclusion of the Limpurg inheritance dispute in 1774/75. This gave him about three quarters of the rule of Limpurg-Gaildorf-Solms-Assenheim.

His descendants continued the Waldeck-Bergheim line until September 27, 1938, when Hermann, Count von Waldeck and Pyrmont zu Bergheim, died without male descendants.

Marriage and offspring

Christine Wilhelmine, Countess von Waldeck-Bergheim, b. from Isenburg-Büdingen
Christine Wilhelmine, Countess von Waldeck-Bergheim, b. from Isenburg-Büdingen

Josias II married Christine Wilhelmine von Isenburg-Büdingen on March 5, 1772 (* June 24, 1756, † November 13, 1826), daughter of Count Gustav Friedrich von Isenburg-Büdingen. This marriage had the following children:

  1. Josias III Wilhelm Karl, Count of Waldeck zu Bergheim (born May 13, 1774 in Bergheim, † June 9, 1829 in Bergheim); ⚭ January 10, 1802 Wilhelmine zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (* April 23, 1774, † June 25, 1817)
  2. Ludwig (* May 28, 1775 in Bergheim, † May 8, 1778 in Bergheim)
  3. Gustav (* December 10, 1776 in Reitzenhagen , † August 28, 1781 in Bergheim)
  4. Karl, Count of Waldeck zu Bergheim (born November 17, 1778 in Bergheim, † January 21, 1849 in Bergheim); ⚭ April 25, 1819 Karoline Schilling von Canstatt (* February 2, 1798, † October 7, 1866)
  5. Christian (* 1781 in Bergheim, † 1781 in Bergheim)
  6. Karoline (born October 6, 1782 in Bergheim, † July 11, 1820 in Bad Pyrmont ), ⚭ 1807 Georg von Stuckrad (born May 1, 1783; † June 5, 1876)
  7. Georg Friedrich Karl von Waldeck-Limpurg (* May 31, 1785 in Bergheim; † June 18, 1826 in Gaildorf ), ⚭ 1809 Amalie Wirths (* September 7, 1785, † September 29, 1852)

After Josias II's death in 1788 he was followed by his son Josias III. as count in the Paragium Waldeck-Bergheim. The surviving younger children Karl, Karoline and Georg Friedrich Karl became joint owners of the Waldeck-Bergheimer shares in Limpurg-Gaildorf-Solms-Assenheim, initially under the tutelage of their mother Christine.

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SURNAME Josias II
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldeck-Bergheim, Josias Wilhelm Leopold von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count von Waldeck zu Bergheim
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1733
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergheim
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1788
Place of death Bergheim