Wolrad I. (Waldeck)

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Wolrad I. von Waldeck (* around 1399; † after February 1, 1475) was a son of Count Heinrich VII von Waldeck and his wife Margareta von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein. He succeeded his father as the ruling Count of Waldeck zu Waldeck in 1442 - whether before or after his father's death has not yet been established. (The Waldeck house had been divided into an older line at Landau and a younger line at Waldeck since 1397. ) He had his baptismal name after his maternal grandfather, and he was the first of this name in the Waldeck count's house.

Life

Even before he took office, Wolrad was on May 19, 1434 by the Archbishop of Mainz Konrad III. to the highest bailiff and bailiff over the Mainz cities and castles Amöneburg , Battenberg , Neustadt , Rosenthal , Hausen ( Knüllwald ), Fritzlar , Jesberg , Hofgeismar , Naumburg , Wetter and Rhoden ( Diemelstadt ) and the like. a. and ordered the associated villages and dishes. After him, however, Count Johann II. Von Ziegenhain took over these offices in 1438 and Landgrave Ludwig I of Hesse in 1439 .

After Wolrad's death, his son Philip I followed him as Count of Waldeck zu Waldeck. When he died in the same year 1475, Philip's brother Philip II became regent for Philip I's still underage son, Henry VIII. In 1486, Henry VIII and Philip II divided the county: Henry VIII got the southern half of Waldeck-Wildungen, while Philip II received the northern part of Waldeck-Eisenberg.

family

Wolrad married Barbara von Wertheim, daughter of Count Michael I von Wertheim , in March 1440 . Both joined the Calendar Brotherhood in Korbach.

The marriage had the following children

  • Philip I (* 1445; † 1475), Count of Waldeck zu Waldeck
  • Philip II (March 3, 1453 - October 26, 1524), canon, 1475 as guardian of his nephew Henry VIII. Regent of Waldeck zu Waldeck, 1486 Count von Waldeck-Eisenberg
  • Elisabeth (* around 1455; † March 15, 1513), married on October 15, 1471 Duke Albrecht II of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen (1419–1485) and after his death lived in the Old Castle (Osterode)

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SURNAME Wolrad I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wolrad I. von Waldeck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Waldeck
DATE OF BIRTH around 1399
DATE OF DEATH after February 1, 1475