Waldemar VI. (Anhalt-Koethen)

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Waldemar VI. von Anhalt (* 1450 ; † November 1, 1508 ) was a prince of Anhalt-Köthen .

Life

Waldemar was a son of Prince Georg I von Anhalt-Zerbst (1390–1474) from his third marriage to Sophie († 1451), daughter of Count Sigismund von Hohnstein .

In 1470 Waldemar's father had placed the government in the hands of his sons, who divided the country in 1471. Waldemar and Georg II got Anhalt-Köthen and Ernst and Sigismund III. received Anhalt-Dessau , Rudolf was compensated with a sum of money. The part of the state of Anhalt-Bernburg , which fell to the house in 1468, was to be governed by all brothers together.

Waldemar intensified the dispute with the Halberstadt diocese over the office of Aschersleben . He succeeded in redeeming the Hoym office that had been pledged to the Counts of Mansfeld . In 1473 he took part in the war of Emperor Frederick III at the head of 500 Magdeburg and Anhalter riders in the Imperial Army . against the Burgundian Duke Charles the Bold . He accompanied the emperor to Rome in 1476 and in 1486 became one of the 8 chamber judges .

In 1498 he received part of the Bernburger Land and one year later started mining in his lands. For his services in the war Frisian Waldemar 1501 was the Roman-German king and later Emperor Maximilian I with Westfriesland invested.

Marriage and offspring

Waldemar married on January 24, 1485 in Köthen Margarete (1464–1539), daughter of Count Günther XXXVI. von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg , with whom he had the following children:

  • Waldemar († young)
  • Barbara († 1532)
⚭ 1. 1503 Burgrave Heinrich III. of Meissen († 1519)
⚭ 2. 1521 Count Johann Kolowrat († after 1580)
⚭ 1513 Elector Johann von Sachsen (1468–1532)

literature

  • Philipp Ernst Bertram , Johann Christoph Krause : History of the House and Principality of Anhalt , Volume 2, Curt, 1782, p. 47 ff.
  • Ferdinand Siebigk: Das Herzogthum Anhalt , Desbarats, 1867, p. 150
  • JG Gruber: General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts in alphabetical order by the authors mentioned , Volume 5, p. 23, JF Gleditsch, 1820

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Samuel Publication: General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts , FA Brockhaus, 1820, p. 97 ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Waldemar VI.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anhalt, Waldemar VI. from (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince of Anhalt-Koethen
DATE OF BIRTH 1450
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1508