Wolrad II. (Waldeck)

Wolrad II von Waldeck ( also: Vollrad; * March 27, 1509 in Eilhausen ; † April 15, 1578 ibid) was the second son of Philip III. von Waldeck-Eisenberg (1486–1539) and Adelheid von Hoya (* 1472; † April 11, 1513).

He was the ruling Count of Waldeck -Eisenberg from 1539 to 1578 and became the progenitor of the middle line Eisenberg of the Waldeck family . Wolrad II was also known by the nickname "the scholar". In 1546 he took part in the Regensburg Religious Discussion as one of the three Protestant auditors . From 1547 until his death in 1578 he resided in the moated castle in Eilhausen.

progeny

On June 6, 1546, he married Anastasia Günthera von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (* March 31, 1526 - April 1, 1570), daughter of Heinrich XXXII. von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (1498–1538) and Katharina von Henneberg (1508–1567). The couple had the following children:

1. Katharina (born September 20, 1547 - † July 8, 1613), abbess at Schaaken Monastery
2. Franz (* April 8, 1549; † -?)
3. Elisabeth (April 28, 1550; † 1552)
4. Anna Erika (1551–1611), 1589/1611 Abbess of the Gandersheim Monastery
5. Heinrich (November 3, 1552; † December 28, 1559 at Eisenberg Castle; welcomed in the St. Nikolai Church in Korbach)
6. Josias I (1554–1588) ∞ Marie von Barby (1563–1619)
7. Adelheid Walpurga (September 11, 1555; † 1570)
8. Amalie (February 28, 1558 - 1562)
9. Johann (* July 13, 1559; † -?)
10. Jutta (born November 12, 1560 in Eisenberg, † May 23, 1621 in Greiz) ∞ (1583) Heinrich XVII. Reuss, Herr zu Obergreiz, (* July 25, 1561 in Glauchau ; † February 8, 1607 in Greiz)
11. Magdalene Lucia (February 16, 1562 - April 10, 1621)
12. Wolrad III. (June 16, 1563; † November 11, 1587)
13. Katharina Anastasia (March 20, 1566 - February 18, 1635) ∞ (1585) Count Wolfgang II von Löwenstein-Scharfeneck (* August 19, 1555 - November 29, 1596)

literature

• Karl Ludwig Philipp Troß (Ed.): Des Count Wolrad von Waldeck's diary during the Diet of Augsburg in 1548 . (Library of the literary association in Stuttgart 59), Stuttgart 1868.
• Victor Schultze : The Diary of Count Wolrad II zu Waldeck for the Regensburg Religious Discussion 1546 . Archive for Reformation History 7 (1909/10).

Web links

• Literature by and about Wolrad II in the catalog of the German National Library
• Count Wolrad von Waldeck's diary during the Diet of Augsburg in 1548 in the Google book search
• Wolrad II., At Waldecker Münzen