Wolrad IV. (Waldeck)

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Wolrad IV. (* July 7, 1588 at Eisenberg Castle ; † October 6, 1640 in Arolsen ) was Count von Waldeck and founder of the newer Waldeck-Eisenberg line of the Waldeck family .

Life

Residence Waldeck Castle on Edersee in Hesse

He was the younger son of Count Josias I von Waldeck-Eisenberg and his wife Maria von Barby. Since his father's territorial policy, Wolrad has increasingly come into conflict with the neighboring Landgraviate of Hesse , which had exerted considerable influence on the country during the Reformation . The conflict arose when the city of Korbach removed the count's city judge in 1615 and asked the landgrave for a new judge. The Counts of Waldeck took action against this. This led to the intervention of the Hessians, who now not only claimed the feudal rule, but also the sovereignty over Waldeck. In 1621, Landgrave Moritz von Hessen-Kassel even had troops march into Waldeck. At times Wolrad had to flee the country. Taking advantage of family connections, he entered the Dutch States General and successfully asked the governor Moritz von Orange-Nassau for support. His brother Christian turned to Emperor Ferdinand II. By order of the Emperor, the Hessians had to vacate the occupied land again.

In 1625, the county of Pyrmont fell to him and his brother Christian . Since then they have called themselves Counts of Waldeck-Pyrmont. During the Thirty Years' War , the Waldeckers were ousted from Pyrmont, but later got the county back. In 1639, Wolrad's wife inherited the county of Cuylenburg in what is now the Netherlands and several other lordships in the possession of the House of Waldeck.

Wolrad was a member of the Fruit Bringing Society with the company name Der Frühespate . He died in 1640 and was buried in the St. Kilian Church in Korbach .

family

He married Anna von Baden-Durlach on September 8, 1607 in Durlach (* June 13, 1587, † March 11, 1649), with whom he had ten children:

  • Marie Elisabeth (born September 2, 1608, † February 19, 1643 in Basel)
∞ (1634) Margrave Friedrich V of Baden-Durlach (* July 6, 1594; † September 8, 1659)
  • Josias-Florent (* 1612 in Arolsen, † 1613 in Eilhausen)
  • Philipp Dietrich , Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (born November 2, 1614 in Arolsen, † December 7, 1645 in Korbach)
  • Johann Ludwig (* 1616 in Arolsen, † 1638 in Wouw)
  • Georg Friedrich , first Prince of Waldeck (born February 10, 1620 in Arolsen, † November 19, 1692 in Arolsen)
  • Jakob (* 1621 in Arolsen, † 1645 in Flanders )
  • Christian (* / † 1623 in Arolsen)
  • Anne Juliane (* / † 1624 in Arolsen)
  • Wolrad V. , Brandenburg Major General (* 1625 in Arolsen, † 1657 near Bartenstein )
  • Charlotte (* / † 1629 in Arolsen)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerhard Menk: The relationship between Waldeck-Pyrmont and the Netherlands in the modern age. In: Horst Lademacher (ed.): Orange and the German Empire. Berlin, Münster et al., 1995 231ff.

literature

  • Louis Friedrich Christian Curtze: History and description of the principality of Waldeck. Speyer, Arolsen, 1850, p. 611.f
  • Kamill Behr: Genealogy of the ruling royal houses in Europe . Leipzig, 1854, p. 135
personal data
SURNAME Wolrad IV.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Waldeck zu Eisenberg
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1588
PLACE OF BIRTH at Eisenberg Castle
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1640
Place of death Arolsen