Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Fürstentum Waldeck und Pyrmont
1180–1918
Flag of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Top: Flag
(before 1830)
Bottom: Flag
(after 1830)
Coat of arms of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Coat of arms
Anthem: "Mein Waldeck"
Waldeck (red) within the German Empire. The small northern territory is Pyrmont while the southern lands are Waldeck.
Waldeck (red) within the German Empire. The small northern territory is Pyrmont while the southern lands are Waldeck.
Map of Waldeck, showing the border between Westphalia and Hesse-Nassau
Map of Waldeck, showing the border between Westphalia and Hesse-Nassau
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
State of the Confederation of the Rhine
State of the German Confederation
State of the North German Confederation
State of the German Empire
CapitalWaldeck (to 1655)
Arolsen (from 1655)
51°22′N 9°1′E / 51.367°N 9.017°E / 51.367; 9.017
Common languagesGerman
Religion
United Protestant: Evangelical State Church of Waldeck and Pyrmont
GovernmentPrincipality
Prince 
 1712–1728
Friedrich Anton Ulrich (first)
 1893–1918
Friedrich (last)
Historical eraMiddle Ages
 Established as a County
1180
 Became Reichsgraf (immediate count)
1349
 Succeeded to Pyrmont
1625
 Raised to Imp. Principality
January 1712
 Administered by Prussia
1868
1918
 Subsumed into Prussia
1929
Population
 1848
56,000[1]
Preceded by
Succeeded by
County of Schwalenberg
County of Pyrmont
Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont
Today part ofGermany

The County of Waldeck (later the Principality of Waldeck and Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and its successors from the late 12th century until 1929. In 1349 the county gained Imperial immediacy and in 1712 was raised to the rank of principality. After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 it was a constituent state of its successors: the Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, and the German Empire. After the abolition of the monarchy in 1918, the renamed Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont became a component of the Weimar Republic until divided between Hannover and other Prussian provinces in 1929. It comprised territories in present-day Hesse and Lower Saxony (Germany).

History

Coat of arms of the counts of Waldeck (1349–1712)
Government bond of the Principality Waldeck and Pyrmont, issued 1 January 1863

The noble family of the Counts of Waldeck and the later Princes of Waldeck and Pyrmont were male line descendants of the Counts of Schwalenberg (based at Schwalenberg Castle), ultimately descendent from Widekind I of Schwalenberg (reigned 1127-1136/7). Waldeck Castle, overlooking the Eder river at Waldeck, is first attested in 1120. A branch of the family was named after the castle in 1180, when Volkwin II of Schwalenberg acquired the castle through his marriage with Luitgard, daughter of Count Poppo I of Reichenbach and Hollende, who was heiress of Waldeck. Over time, the family built up a small lordship in modern day North Hesse.

County of Waldeck

Initially, Waldeck was a fief of the Electorate of Mainz. In 1379, it became the County of Reichslehen.[2] After the death of Count Henry VI in 1397, the family split into two lines: the senior Landau line founded by Adolph III and the junior Waldeck line founded by Henry VII, which sometimes feuded with one another. The two lines came under the sovereignty of the Landgraviate of Hesse in 1431 and 1438 respectively, due to financial difficulties and the final victory of the Landgraviate over Mainz in 1427, which led to the transfer of the County of Ziegenhain to Hesse. The Landgraves levied tribute on the Counts of Waldeck in exchange for forgiving their debts to them and taking on all their debts to others.[3]

After the death of Henry VIII in 1486, the Waldeck line split once more, into the Waldeck-Wildungen and Waldeck-Eisenberg lines. The senior Landau line ended with the death of Otto IV in 1495 and its possessions passed to the Wildungen and Eisenberg lines. In 1526 and 1529, Philip IV of Waldeck-Wildungen and Philip III of Waldeck-Eisenberg converted their respective principalities to Lutheranism. Several partitions led to the creation of further lines, but these were reunited by the new Wildung line in 1692.

In 1626, the family also inherited the County of Pyrmont and thereafter called themselves "Counts of Waldeck and Pyrmont." The two counties of Waldeck and Pyrmont were physically separated and were not united into a single legal entity until the 19th century.

In 1639, Count Philip Dietrich of Waldeck from the new Eisenberg line, inherited the County of Culemborg in Gelderland along with the counties of Werth (Isselburg) in Münsterland, Pallandt, and Wittem. The Lordship of Tonna in Thüringen, a fief of the Dukes of Saxe-Altenburg was inherited by Waldeck-Pyrmont in 1640, but sold to Duke Frederick I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg in 1677. Waldeck remained the main residence of the county until 1655, when the residence was shifted from Waldeck to Arolsen. Philip Dietrich was succeeded in 1664 by his brother Count George Frederick, whose full title was "Count and Lord of Waldeck, Pyrmont, and Cuylenburg, Lord of Tonna, Paland, Wittem, Werth." In 1682, he was promoted by Emperor Leopold I to the status of "Prince of Waldeck", with Imperial immediacy. His four sons all predeceased him, so on 12 June 1685, he made a contract with his cousin, Christian Louis of the new Wildung line, to transfer the whole Waldeck patrimony to him and for it to be inherited by primogeniture thereafter. This agreement was confirmed by Emperor Leopold in 1697. After George Frederick's death in 1692, Christian Louis became the sole ruler of the entire principality.

The County of Cuylenburg and the Lordship of Werth were lost in 1714, owing to the marriage of George Frederick's second daughter, Sophia Henriette (1662-1702) to Ernest of Saxe-Hildeburghausen.

Principality of Waldeck (1712-1848)

On 6 January 1712, Frederick Anthony Ulrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont was elevated to prince by Emperor Charles VI. During the American War of Independence from 1775 to 1783, Prince Frederick Carl Augustus provided three regiments to the British for the war in America in exchange for payment. A total of 1,225 Waldeck soldiers fought in America.

The principality was caught up in the Napoleonic Wars and in 1807 it joined the Confederation of the Rhine,[4] but not the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia. Waldeck was required to guarantee equal rights of worship to its Catholic citizens and supply 400 soldiers in case of a campaign. For a brief period, from 1806 until 1812, Pyrmont was a separate principality as a result of the partition of the territory between the brothers Frederick and George, but the territories were reunited after Frederick's death.

The independence of the principality was confirmed in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, and Waldeck and Pyrmont became a member of the German Confederation. In 1832 it joined the Zollverein. In 1847, on Prussian initiative, the sovereignty of Hesse-Kassel over Waldeck (and Schaumburg-Lippe) was finally revoked by the Federal Convention of the Confederation. This had been the case defacto since Waldeck joined the Confederation of the Rhine in 1807, but the ruling meant that Hesse-Kassel lost the right to claim the territory in escheat.

Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1849-1918)

Since 1645, Waldeck had been in a personal union with the County (later Principality) of Pyrmont. Beginning in 1813, the prince strove to unite the two territories legally into the Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont. However, political opposition meant that this did not take place until 1849. Even after the unification, Pyrmont retained its own tiny Landtag for budgetary matters until 1863/64. In 1849-1850, Waldeck was divided into three districts: the District of the Eder, the of Eisenberg and the District of the Twiste.

Fundamental law of the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont, 23 May 1849 (excerpts)
Waldeck in 1905

On 1 August 1862, Waldeck-Pyrmont concluded a military convention with Prussia. As a result, Waldeck-Pyrmont fought on the Prussian side in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 and thus avoided annexation at the war's end - unlike the neighbouring Electorate of Hesse. However, the small, cash-strapped principality could not afford to pay its contributions to the new North German Confederation, so the principality's Landtag unanimously voted to reject the North German Constitution in order to pressure the prince into signing an accession treaty Prussia. Bismarck had previously ruled out unification with Prussia on grounds of prestige. Therefore, under the treaty that Waldeck-Pyrmont and Prussia signed in October 1867, the principality remained nominally independent and retained its legislative sovereignty, but from 1 January 1868 Prussian took control of the principality's state deficit, internal administration, judiciary, and schools. Thereafter, Prussia appointed a State Director formally with the agreement of the prince. Appellate jurisdiction for Waldeck was exercised by the Prussian state court (Landgericht) in Kassel and for Pyrmont by the state court in Hannover. The prince retained control over the administration of the church, the prerogative of mercy, and the right of veto over new laws. He also continued to receive the income from his domains.[5] Prussian administration served to reduce administrative costs for the small state and was based on a ten-year contract that was repeatedly renewed for the duration of its existence. The situation continued in 1871, when the principality became a constituent state of the new German Empire. In 1905, Waldeck and Pyrmont had an area of 1121 km2 and a population of 59,000.

The princely house of Waldeck and Pyrmont is closely related to the royal family of the Netherlands. The last ruling prince, Frederick, was the brother of Queen Consort Emma of the Netherlands.

Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1919-1929)

On 13 November 1918, at the end of World War I, during the German Revolution that resulted in the fall of all the German monarchies, a representative of the revolutionary workers' and soldiers' council of Kassel came to Waldeck and declared that the monarchy was abolished. The principality became the Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont within the Weimar Republic. However, no new constitution was produced, so the monarchical constitution of 1849/1852 remained in force de jure until 1929.[6] The terms of the treaty with Prussia also remained in force. Following a referendum, Pyrmont was separated from Waldeck on 30 November 1921 and joined Prussia, becoming part of the new Hameln-Pyrmont district of the Province of Hanover.[7] After this, the territory was simply the Free State of Waldeck.

The remaining territory continued to be governed according to the 1867 treaty with Prussia until it was cancelled in 1926. On 9 April 1927, the federal Financial Equalisation act (Finanzausgleichsgesetz) was amended. For Waldeck, this meant that its allocation of federal tax income was reduced by almost 600,000 Reichsmarks. Without a massive rise in local taxes, the Free State was no longer financially viable. Therefore on 1 April 1929, the state was abolished and became part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau. This marked the end of Waldeck's existence as a sovereign state.

Developments since 1929

When Waldeck joined Prussia in 1929, the three districts into which Waldeck had been divided in 1849-1850 (Eder, Eisenberg, and Twiste) were initially retained. Additionally, Höringhausen and Eimelrod, which had been exclaves of Prussia surrounded by Waldeck since 1866, were joined to Eisenberg district. In 1932, the federal government merged Eder and Eisenberg districts. The district of the Twiste was to be merged with the neighbouring district of Wolfhagen on 1 April 1934, but this was delayed after the Nazi seizure of power in 1933. A law of 28 February 1934 reversed the merger of Eder and Eisenberg and definitively cancelled the planned merger of Twiste and Wolfhagen.

On 1 February 1942, the three districts of Waldeck were merged into the new Waldeck district, which had its capital at Korbach. This new district had roughly the same borders as the old Free State. It was made part of Greater Hesse in 1945, which became the state of Hesse in the modern Federal Republic of Germany in 1946. On 1 August 1972, the city of Volkmarsen was separated from the district of Wolfhagen and reassigned to Waldeck. During the reform of the districts of Hesse in 1974, Waldeck was merged with the neighbouring district of Frankeberg to from the new district of Waldeck-Frankenberg, while the city of Züschen became a suburb of Fritzlar in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis.

Military

Waldeck had raised a battalion of infantry in 1681 but for much of the subsequent history leading up to the Napoleonic Wars, Waldeckers generally served as what is commonly described as 'mercenaries', but was actually 'auxiliaries' hired out by the rulers of Waldeck for foreign service. Such was the demand that the single battalion became two in 1740 (the 1st Regiment), three battalions in 1744, four in 1767 (forming a 2nd Regiment). Most notably the foreign service was with the Dutch (the 1st and 2nd Regiments) and British (after an agreement was signed with Great Britain in 1776 to supply troops for the American War of Independence, the 3rd Waldeck Regiment, of a single battalion, was raised). The 3rd Waldeck Regiment thus served in America, where they were known under the 'umbrella term' used during that conflict for all Germans—'Hessians'. The regiment, which was made up of 4 'Battalion companies', a 'Grenadier' company, staff and a detachment of artillery, was captured by French and Spanish troops supporting the Americans and only a small number returned to Germany, where some formed part of a newly raised 5th Battalion (1784).

By the time of Napoleon's conquest of Germany, the Waldeck regiments in Dutch service had been dissolved when, as the Batavian Republic, the country was made into a kingdom ruled by Napoleon's brother Louis. Reduced to battalion strength, they now formed the 3rd battalions of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments of the Kingdom of Holland. The 5th Battalion was disbanded, and Waldeck was now also obliged to provide two companies to the II Battalion, 6th German Confederation (i.e., Confederation of the Rhine) Regiment (along with two companies from Reuß) in the service of the French Empire. As with all French infantry, they were referred to as 'Fusiliers'. They served mainly in the Peninsular War against the Duke of Wellington. In 1812, the 6th Confederation Regiment was re-formed, with three companies from Waldeck and one from Reuß again forming the II Battalion. By the time of the downfall of the French Empire in 1814 the battalions in Dutch service had disappeared, but Waldeck now supplied three Infantry and one Jäger Companies to the newly formed German Confederation.

Cockade of Waldeck, worn on a Pickelhaube

By 1866, the Waldeck contingent was styled Fürstlisches Waldecksches Füselier-Bataillon, and in the Austro-Prussian War of that year Waldeck (already in a military convention with Prussia from 1862) allied with the Prussians; however the battalion saw no action. Joining the North German Confederation after 1867, under Prussian leadership, the Waldeck Fusilier Battalion became the III (Fusilier) Battalion of the Prussian Infantry Regiment von Wittich (3rd Electoral Hessian) No. 83, and as such it remained until 1918. The position of regimental 'Chef' (an honorary title) was held by the Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

Unlike Hesse-Darmstadt, Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) retained no distinctions to differentiate them from the Prussian. The Waldeckers however, were permitted the distinction of carrying the Cockade of Waldeck on the Pickelhaube. The Waldeck battalion was garrisoned, at various times, at Arolsen/Mengeringhausen/Helsen, Bad Wildungen, Bad Pyrmont and Warburg.

The regiment saw action in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 (where it acquired the nickname Das Eiserne Regiment), and during the First World War—as part of the 22nd Division—fought mainly on the Eastern Front.

Rulers of Waldeck

Partitions of Waldeck under Waldeck rule

      
       County of
Pyrmont

(1189-1494)
       County of Schwalenberg
(1220-1356)
County of Waldeck
(1107-1486)
       County of
Sternberg

(1255-1402)
      
County of
Landau

(1st creation)
(1397-1495)
      
      
       Waldeck renamed
County of Wildungen
(1st creation, Waldeck line)
(1486-1598)
       Inherited by
the Spiegelberg family
(1494-1557);
the House of Lippe
(1557-1583);
and the Gleichen family
(1583-1625)
County of
Landau

(2nd creation)
(1539-1579)
      
      
      
County of Eisenberg
(1475-1682)
Raised to
Principality of
Eisenberg

(1682-1692)
County of Wildungen
(2nd creation, Eisenberg line)
(1607-1692)
      
County of Waldeck and Pyrmont
(1692-1712)
(Wildungen (Eisenberg) line)
Raised to
Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
(1712-1918)
County of Bergheim
(1706-1918)

Table of rulers

RulerBornReignDeathRuling partConsortNotes
Widekind I?1107-113711 June 1137County of Waldeck
(at Schwalenberg until 1127)
Lutrud of Itter
(d. bef. 2 March 1149)
five children
Brothers and first known ruling members of the family.
Volkwin I?1107-1111c. 1111County of Waldeck
(at Schwalenberg)
Unknown
Volkwin II11251137-11781178County of WaldeckLuitgard of Reichenbach
(d. aft. 1161)
1144
(annulled 1161)
five children
Son of Widukind I.
Henry Ic. 11701178-1214County of WaldeckHeseke of Dassel
(d. 25 July 1220)
five children
Sons of Volkwin II, divided the land, but was quickly reunited with Waldeck.
Herman I11631178-12251225County of Waldeck
(at Schwalenberg)
Unmarried
Widekind II11481178-11891189County of PyrmontUnknown
three children
Schwalenberg annexed to Waldeck
Gottschalk I?1189-12471247County of PyrmontKunigunda of Limmer
(d.1239)
six children
Adolph Ic. 11901214-12703 October 1270County of WaldeckSophie
(d.1254)
two children

Ethelind of Lippe
(1204-1273)
14 February 1254
no children
Children of Henry I, divided the land.
Volkwin IIIc. 11901214-1255c. 1255County of SchwalenbergErmengard of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
(d.22 March 1274)
14 February 1254
twelve children
Henry III[8]1225c. 1250-12671267County of WaldeckMatilda of Cuyk-Arnsberg
(1235-13 August 1298)
four children
Co-ruled with his father Adolph I, but predeceased him.
Gottschalk II?1247-12621258/62County of PyrmontBeatrice of Hallermund
(d.1272)
five children
Children of Gottschalk I, ruled jointly.
Herman I?1247-1265May 1265County of PyrmontHedwig
(d.20 June 1262)
two children
Widekind I?1255-126428 September 1264County of SchwalenbergUnknown
c. 1246

Ermengard
c. 1250

Unknown
c. 1260

two children (in total)
Elder children of Volkwin III, divided the land. Widekind didn't have children and his part was inherited by his younger brothers, while Henry I ruled independently at Sternberg and passed it to his own descendants.
Henry I?1255-12791279County of Sternberg? of Woldenberg
two children
Adolph?1264-130526 January 1305County of SchwalenbergAdelaide
(d.6 July 1274)

Jutta
(d.1 April 1305)
Younger children of Volkwin III, ruled jointly.
Albertc. 11901264-1317After
5 February 1317
County of SchwalenbergJutta of Rosdorf
(d.aft.1 April 1305)
14 February 1254
twelve children
Herman II?1265-132825 November 1328County of PyrmontLuitgard of Waldeck- Schwalenberg
(d.14 September 1317)
five children
Children of Gottschalk II and Herman I, ruled jointly. Herman III was a son of Herman I, and cousin of the other two rulers, sons of Gottschalk I.
Gottschalk III?1265-12791279County of PyrmontUnmarried
Herman III?c. 1265c. 1265County of PyrmontUnmarried
Adolph II12581270-127613 December 1302County of WaldeckUnmarriedAbdicated in 1276 to his brother Otto, after a dispute with him and his other brothers on who would marry Sophia of Hesse, daughter of Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse, which Otto won, resulting in Adolph's resignation. Entering in clergy, Adolph eventually became Bishop of Liège (1301-1302).
Otto I12621276-130511 November 1305County of WaldeckSophia of Hesse
(1264-1340)
1276
nine children
Inherited the county as prize from his brothers after being chosen to marry Sophia of Hesse.
Hoyer I12521279-13031303County of SternbergAgnes of Lippe
(1251-aft.1307)five children
Henry II?1303-13188 January 1318County of SternbergJutta of Tecklenburg
(d.bef. 8 January 1318)
five children
Henry IV12821305-13481 May 1348County of WaldeckAdelaide of Cleves
(d.1327)
1304
six children
Henry II[9]?1317-134911 April 1349County of SchwalenbergElisabeth of Wölpe
(d. 2 February 1336)
nine children

Matilda of Rietberg
(d.25 April 1400)
1342/45
one child
Henry III?1318-13461346County of SternbergHediwg of Diepholz
(d.aft.1335)
bef.14 September 1330
four children
Children of Hoyer II, ruled jointly.
Hoyer II?1318-13201320County of SternbergUnmarried
Gottschalk IV12891328-134224 February 1342County of PyrmontAdelaide of Homburg
(d.11 October 1341)
six children
Children of Herman II, ruled jointly.
Henry I?1328-c. 1330c. 1330County of PyrmontUnmarried
Herman IV13101328-13341334County of PyrmontUnmarried
Henry II?1342-13901390County of PyrmontUnknown
three children
Children of Gottschalk IV, ruled jointly.
Gottschalk V?1342-13551355County of PyrmontUnmarried
Herman V?1342-13601360County of PyrmontOda
(d.1360)
no children/
three children
Herman VI?1342-13771377County of PyrmontUnmarried
Henry IV?1346-13851385County of SternbergAdelaide of Holstein-Pinneberg
(c. 1330-bef. 21 May 1376)
1348
two children
Otto IIc. 13051348-136911 November 1369County of WaldeckMatilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(d.1355)
27 August 1339
two children

Margaret of Löwenberg
no children
Henry III?1349-1356After
19 December 1369
County of SchwalenbergUnmarriedSold his estates to Waldeck in 1356, and pursued a religious life.
Schwalenberg reabsorbed in Waldeck
Henry VI of Iron[10]c. 13401369-139716 February 1397County of WaldeckElizabeth of Berg
(c. 1340-4 October 1388)
16 December 1363
seven children
John?1385-14021402County of SternbergUnmarriedLeft no heirs. The county was annexed to Waldeck.
Sternberg annexed to Waldeck
Henry III?1390-14291429County of PyrmontPelek
two children

Haseke of Spiegelberg
(d.22 March 1465)
two children
Son of Henry II (or according to other sources, son of Herman V).
Henry VII[11]c. 13701397-c. 1445After 1442
(c. 1445?)
County of WaldeckMargaret of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
(1380-aft.1435)
27 August 1398
three children
Children of Henry VI, divided the land.
Adolph III13621397-1431After
19 April 1431
County of LandauAgnes of Ziegenhain
(d.aft.26 December 1438)
1387
one child
Henry IV?1429-14781478County of PyrmontUnmarried Children of Gottschalk II, ruled jointly.
Maurice14181429-14941494County of PyrmontMargaret of Nassau-Beilstein
(d.27 December 1498)
1462
no children
Inherited by the Spiegelberg family (1494-1557), the House of Lippe (1557-1583) and the Gleichen family (1583-1625)
Definitely annexed to Waldeck-Wildungen (from 1625)
Otto III13891431-14591459County of LandauAnna of Oldenburg
(d.aft.7 April 1438)
1424
three children
Wolrad I1399c. 1445-1475After
1 February 1475
County of WaldeckBarbara of Wertheim
(1420-aft.1443)
Bef.9 March 1440
three children
Otto IV14401459-149514 October 1495County of LandauMatilda of Neuenahr
(d.26 May 1465)
16 January 1464
one child

Elisabeth of Tecklenburg
(d.aft.1499)
1465
no children
Landau annexed by Eisenberg
Philip I144514751475County of WaldeckJoanne of Nassau-Siegen
16 August 1452 or
14 October 1464
one child
Children of Wolrad I. Philip I died months after his father. Philip II ruled at first as regent of his nephew, and then divided the land with him, in 1486.
Philip II3 March 14531486-152416 October 1524County of EisenbergCatherine of Solms-Lich
(1458-12 December 1492)
3 November 1478
six children

Catherine of Querfurt
(1450-22 February 1521)
1497
no children
Regency of Philip II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1475-1486)
Henry VIII[12]14651475-151328 May 1513County of Waldeck
(1475–86)

County of Wildungen
(1486-1513)
Anastasia of Runkel
(d.24 April 1503)
Aft. 8 January 1492
three children
Philip IV[13]14931513-157430 November 1574County of WildungenMargaret of East Frisia
(1500-15 July 1537)
17 February 1523
Emden
nine children

Catherine of Hatzfeld
(d.1546)
1539
no children

Jutta of Isenburg-Grenzau
(d.28 July 1564)
6 October 1554
two children
Philip III the Elder9 December 14861524-153920 June 1539County of EisenbergAdelaide of Hoya
(d.11 April 1513)
20 November 1503
Bad Wildungen
four children

Anna of Cleves
(21 May 1495 – 24 May 1567)
22 January 1519
Kleve
four children
Wolrad II the Scholar27 March 15091539-157515 April 1575County of EisenbergAnastasia Günthera of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
(31 March 1526 – 1 April 1570)
6 June 1546
Waldeck
thirteen children
Children of Philip III, divided the land, by mediation of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse: the children from Philip III's first marriage, Wolrad and Otto, kept Waldeck, while the sons from the second marriage, John, Philip and Francis, inherited Landau. For the children who are usually said that did not reign (Otto, Philip and Francis), they are sometimes treated as Waldeck-Eisenberg (in the case of Otto) and Waldeck-Landau (cases of Philip V and Francis), which are the parts the called reigning brothers actually ruled, which may imply a level of co-regency between the brothers:
  • Otto joined the Order of St. John in 1539, and abdicated in the same year of his father's death, which seems to imply that he reigned in that year.[14]
  • Philip V, like Otto, may have reigned,[14] even if for only a few months, in Landau, together with his brother John I. Also, at the time of the division, Philip was not exercising any clerical position (was canon at Mainz in 1530, and then reappears as canon in Cologne in 1544[15]), which would possibly extend a co-rulership that ended with Philip resuming his religious life at Cologne.
  • The same can be said for Francis, who was taken by Anne of Cleves to England in 1540. Given that he is documented starting his religious career only in 1549, nothing seems to oppose a brief co-rulership of Francis in 1539–40, before his trip to England.
Otto V150415398 March 1541County of EisenbergUnmarried
John I the Pious15211539-15679 April 1567County of LandauAnna of Lippe
(1529-24 November 1590)
1 October 1550
Detmold
eight children
Philip V the Deaf15191539-c. 1544?5 March 1584County of LandauElisabeth von Elsen
(d. 12 June 1584)
27 June 1576
Hückeswagen
no children
Francis II[16]15261539-c. 1540?29 July 1574County of LandauMaria Gogreve
(d.1580)
1563
no children
Philip VI the Younger4 October 15511567-15799 November 1579County of LandauUnmarried Children of John I, ruled jointly. As neither of them left descendants, Landau was reabsorbed in Eisenberg.
Francis III[17]27 June 15531567-159712 March 1597County of LandauUnmarried
Landau was reabsorbed into Eisenberg
Daniel1 August 15301574-15777 June 1577County of WildungenBarbara of Hesse
11 November 1568
Kassel
no children
Left no heirs, and was succeeded by his brother Henry.
Josias I18 March 15541575-15886 August 1588County of EisenbergMaria of Barby-Mühlingen
(8 April 1563 – 29 December 1619)
8 March 1582
four children
Children of Wolrad II, ruled jointly.
Wolrad III16 June 15631575-158712 November 1587County of EisenbergUnmarried
Henry IX[18]10 December 153115773 October 1577County of WildungenAnna of Viermund-Nordenbeck
(1538-1599)
19 December 1563
Korbach
no children
Died shortly after his brother, and didn't have children as well.
Gunther19 June 15571577-158523 May 1585County of WildungenMargaret of Waldeck-Landau
(1559-20 October 1580)
15 December 1578
Bad Wildungen
no children

Margaret of Gleichen
(28 May 1556 – 14 January 1619)
20 May 1582
Gräfentonna
one child
His second marriage brought the county of Bad Pyrmont back to Waldeck control.
Regency of Margaret of Gleichen (1585-1598) His death determined the extinction of the main branch of the House of Waldeck.
William Ernest8 June 15841585-159816 September 1598County of WildungenUmarried
Wildungen briefly annexed to Eisenberg
Wolrad IV7 June 15881588-16406 October 1640County of EisenbergAnna of Baden-Durlach
(13 June 1587 – 11 March 1649)
8 September 1607
Durlach
ten children
Children of Josias I, divided the land. Christian took Wildungen for himself after its annexation in 1598.
Christian25 December 15851607-163731 December 1637County of WildungenElisabeth of Nassau-Siegen
(8 November 1584 – 26 July 1661)
18 November 1604
Bad Wildungen
fifteen children
Philip VII25 November 16131637-164524 February 1645County of WildungenAnna Catherine of Sayn-Wittgenstein
(2 July 1610 – 1 December 1650)
26 October 1634
Frankfurt am Main
six children
Philip Theodore2 November 16141640-16457 December 1645County of EisenbergMaria Magdalena of Nassau-Siegen
(21 October 1622 – 30 August 1647)
25 August 1639
Culemborg
two children
Regency of George Frederick, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1645-1659) Left no heirs, and was succeeded by his uncle and previous regent.
Henry Wolrad28 March 16421645-166415 July 1664County of EisenbergJuliane Elisabeth of Waldeck-Wildungen
(1637-1707)

no children
Regencies of Anna Catherine of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1645-1660) and Henry Wolrad, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1659-1660) Children of Philip VII, ruled jointly.
Christian Louis29 July 16351645-170612 December 1706County of Wildungen
(1645–92)

County of Waldeck and Pyrmont
(1692-1706)
Anna Elisabeth of Rappoltstein
(7 March 1644 – 6 December 1676)
2 July 1658
fifteen children

Johanna of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Idstein
(14 September 1657 – 14 March 1733)
6 June 1680
Idstein
ten children
Josias II2 July 16361645-16698 August 1669County of WildungenWilhelmine Christine of Nassau-Siegen
(10 July 1629 – 22 January 1700)
26 January 1660
Arolsen
seven children
George Frederick31 January 16201664-169219 November 1692County of Eisenberg
(1664–82)

Principality of Eisenberg
(1682–92)
Elisabeth Charlotte of Nassau-Siegen
(11 March 1626 – 16 November 1694)
29 November 1643
Culemborg
nine children
In 1682, he received the title of Prince. Left no surviving male heirs. The principality was inherited by Wildungen, which was kept as a county until a few years later.
Eisenberg (except Culemborg) was definitely annexed to Wildungen
Louise Anna18 April 16531692-171430 June 1714County of Eisenberg
(at Culemborg)
George IV, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau
22 August 1671
Arolsen
four children
Kept the lordship of Culemborg. As she survived all her children, the lordship was inherited, after her death, by her nephew, Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
Culemborg was inherited by Saxe-Hildburghausen
Frederick Anton Ulrich26 November 16761706-17281 January 1728County of Waldeck and Pyrmont
(1706–12)

Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
(1712–28)
Louise of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
(28 October 1678 – 3 May 1753)
22 October 1700
Hanau
eleven children
Children of Christian Louis. Frederick Anton was elevated in 1712 to hereditary prince by Emperor Charles VI. On 30 September 1695, their father had changed the primogeniture house law of the Waldeck house, which he had enacted in 1685 and modified in 1687, insofar as he issued a paragium under the established suzerainty of the ruling line of the house, consisting of the three villages of Bergheim, Königshagen and Welle. This paragium, or vassal line, was inherited by Christian Louis' second son, Josias I.
Josias I20 August 16961706-17632 February 1763County of BergheimDorothea Sophia Wilhelmine zu Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim
(27 January 1698 – 6 February 1774)
17 January 1825
seven children
Christian Philip13 October 1701172817 May 1728Waldeck and PyrmontUnmarriedSurvived his father for a few months, and left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother.
Charles August24 September 17041728-176329 August 1763Waldeck and PyrmontChristiane Henriette of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
19 August 1741
Zweibrücken
seven children
Frederick Charles August25 October 17431763-181224 September 1812Waldeck and PyrmontUnmarriedLeft no heirs and was succeeded by his brother.
George20 July 17321763-17719 April 1771County of BergheimChristine of Isenburg-Meerholz
(22 November 1742 – 20 March 1808)
31 August 1766
no children
Left no heirs and was succeeded by his brother.
Josias II16 October 17331771-17884 January 1788County of BergheimChristine Wilhelmine of Isenburg-Büdingen
(24 June 1756 – 13 November 1826)
5 March 1772
no children
Josias III13 May 17741788-18299 June 1829County of BergheimWilhelmine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
(23 April 1774 – 25 June 1817)
10 January 1802
no children
Left no heirs and was succeeded by his brother.
George I6 May 17471812-18139 September 1813Waldeck and PyrmontAugusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
(1 February 1768 – 26 December 1849)
12 September 1784
Otterwisch
three children
Brother of the previous.
George II20 September 17891813-184515 May 1845Waldeck and PyrmontEmma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
26 June 1823
Schaumburg
five children
Charles17 November 17781829-184921 January 1849County of BergheimKaroline Schilling von Canstatt
(2 February 1798 – 7 October 1866)
25 April 1819
six children
Regency of Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1845-1858)
George Victor14 January 18311845-189312 May 1893Waldeck and PyrmontHelena of Nassau
26 September 1853
Wiesbaden
seven children

Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
29 April 1891
Luisenlund
one child
Adalbert I19 February 18331849-189324 July 1893County of BergheimAgnes Karolina of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
(18 April 1834 – 18 February 1886)
3 August 1858
seven children

Ida Charlotte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
(25 February 1837 – 7 May 1922)
18 October 1887
no children
Frederick20 January 18651893-191826 May 1946Waldeck and PyrmontBathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe
9 August 1895
Náchod
four children
Brother of Queen Emma of the Netherlands. Abolition of the monarchy in 1918.
Adalbert II6 January 18631893-191823 February 1934County of BergheimUnmarriedAbolition of the monarchy in 1918.

See also

References

  1. A Pictorial Geography of the World: Comprising a System of Universal Geography, Popular and Scientific. Boston: C.D. Strong. 1848. p. 762.
  2. Johann Adolph Theodor Ludwig Varnhagen: Grundlagen der Waldeckischen Regentengeschichte, vol. 1. Göttingen 1824, No. 88.
  3. Thomas Brückner, Lehnsauftragung. Inaugural-Dissertation. Juristische Fakultät der Bayerischen Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg 2002, p. 68.
  4. Akzessionsvertrag Waldecks zum Rheinbund, 18. April 1807
  5. Stenographische Berichte über die Verhandlungen des Preußischen Hauses der Abgeordneten: 1877/78, Vol. 2, Part 123, p. 1025
  6. Frank-Lothar Kroll, Geschichte Hessens. C. H. Beck, München 2006, ISBN 3-406-53606-9, p. 77.
  7. Staatsvertrag zwischen Preußen und Waldeck-Pyrmont über die Vereinigung des Gebietsteils Pyrmont mit Preußen of 29 November 1921 (Preuß. GS 1922, p. 37, Waldeckisches Regierungsblatt. 1922, p. 55, Sammlung des bereinigten niedersächsischen Rechts, Vol. II, p. 7).
  8. Numbered III because, despite being the second ruler named Henry, traditional genealogies numbered another Henry, son of Count Henry I, and a canon at Paderborn (1211-1288) as Henry II. This Henry II never ruled.
  9. This numbering taks in account Henry I, Count of Sternberg as Henry I of Schwalenberg
  10. Numbered VI because, despite being the fourth ruler named Henry, traditional genealogies numbered another Henry, son of Count Henry IV, and a dean at Minden (d.1349) as Henry V. This Henry V never ruled.
  11. Despite never missing any number from this point on, the numbering of the Henrys is irredeemably compromised (because of Henry II and Henry V, who never ruled). So, despite the total counting of 9 Henrys, only 7 actually ruled. Henry VII was the fifth ruler named Henry.
  12. Henry VIII was the sixth ruler named Henry.
  13. Despite succeeding first, he was numbered IV, probably because he was born after the then-still-heir Philip III of Eisenberg
  14. 1 2 Haarmann (2014), p. 21.
  15. Wilhelm Blankertz Schloß Hückeswagen Sonderdruck einer Artikelserie des „Bergischer Volksbote" (Burscheider Zeitung) July 1940, PDF, retrieved 14 December 2014.
  16. Counted II because Francis I was a son of Count Philip II, and counted as I, despite never ruling, and that was bishop of Münster and Osnabrück (r.1532-1553)
  17. In fact the second Francis ruling.
  18. Henry IX was the seventh and final ruler named Henry.
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