Margaretha von Waldeck

Margaretha von Waldeck (* 1533 ; † March 15, 1554 in Brussels ) was the second daughter and sixth child of Count Philip IV von Waldeck -Wildungen (1493–1574) and his first wife, Margarethe von Ostfriesland (1500–1537) . So it comes from the Waldeck house .

According to the Hessian teacher and local researcher Eckhard Sander , her fate should have been the basis for the fairy tale story of Princess Snow White . According to documents in the town archive of Bad Wildungen , Margaretha was known to be exceptionally beautiful and had a stepmother, Katharina von Hatzfeld († 1546). When Margaretha was around 16 years old, her father sent her to the court of Maria von Kastilien , sister of Emperor Charles V and governor of the Netherlands , in Brussels , where he hoped to arrange a marriage befitting her class. At the same time it was supposed to work towards the release of the Hessian Landgrave Philipp , who was held prisoner by Charles V in Brussels because of his participation in the Schmalkaldic War . Margaretha traveled over the Siebengebirge to the Rhine . But difficulties arose when several high-ranking personalities such as Count Lamoral von Egmond and Prince Philip II , son of the emperor, tried to get Margaretha. Her health deteriorated and she died on March 15, 1554 at the age of 21. In the home chronicle of Waldeck you can find the note that she was poisoned. Arsenic poisoning could explain the shaky handwriting of her will.

The place of residence of the seven dwarfs is said to have been in the former copper mining village Berg Freiheit , a current district of Bad Wildungen , which is now called "Snow White Village". The reference to the seven dwarfs in this context is traced back to child labor in the mine .

Footnotes

↑ In a ZDF broadcast of the series Märchen und Sagen - Messages from Reality it says: “In the cemetery of the Holy Order in Brussels, today under the streets of the old town, all members of the court found their final resting place. The countess is also said to have been buried here, but her grave has not yet been found. ”( Fairy tales & legends: Snow White and the murder in Brussels; ZDF.de.terra, February 22, 2007 ( Memento of the original from December 3 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zdf.de

literature

Eckhard Sander: Snow White, Fairy Tale or Truth, a local reference to the Kellerwald . Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 1994, ISBN 3-86134-163-8

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personal data
SURNAME	Margaretha von Waldeck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count's daughter
DATE OF BIRTH	1533
DATE OF DEATH	March 15, 1554
Place of death	Brussels

[1] In a ZDF broadcast of the series Märchen und Sagen - Messages from Reality it says: “In the cemetery of the Holy Order in Brussels, today under the streets of the old town, all members of the court found their final resting place. The countess is also said to have been buried here, but her grave has not yet been found. ”( Fairy tales & legends: Snow White and the murder in Brussels; ZDF.de.terra, February 22, 2007 ( Memento of the original from December 3 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zdf.de