William Wirich, Count of Daun-Falkenstein

William Wirich, Count of Daun-Falkenstein

William Wirich, Count of Daun-Falkenstein
Spouse(s) Elizabeth of Waldeck-Wildungen
Agnes Cahterine of Limburg-Styrum
Noble family Counts of Falkenstein
Father John Adolph, Count of Daun-Falkenstein
Mother Anna Maria of Nassau-Siegen
Born (1613-06-01)1 June 1613
Died 26 August 1682(1682-08-26) (aged 69)

Count William Wirich of Daun-Falkenstein (1 June 1613 26 August 1682) was a German nobleman. By descent, he was a Count of Falkenstein; by inheritance, he was Lord of Broich and Bürgel.

Life

William Wirich was a son of Count John Adolph (1582–1623) and his wife, Countess Anna Maria (1589–1620), a daughter of Count John VII of Nassau-Siegen and Countess Magdalena of Waldeck.

On 28 October 1634, he married at Waldeck Castle to his cousin Elisabeth of Waldeck. In 1636, he inherited the County of Falkenstein from his third cousin once removed Count Francis Christopher of Daun-Oberstein.

Charles Alexander was his only son who survived into adulthood. However, he was shot by Count Moritz of Limburg during a fight on 7 October 1659. William Wirich remarried to Countess Agnes Catherine of Limburg-Styrum. However, this marriage remained childless, so when he died, the Daun-Falkenstein branch died out in the male line.

The impoverished count sold the county of Falkenstein to Duke Charles IV of Lorraine in 1667. The Lordships of Broich and Bürgel were inherited by his third cousin once remove, Emich Christian of Leiningen-Dagsburg.

Marriage and issue

On 28 November 1634 at Waldeck Castle, he married his cousin Elizabeth (1610–1647), the daughter of Count Christian of Waldeck-Wildungen. They had the following children:

  1. in 1658 to George William (1636-1672), the son of Count Emich XIII of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1612-1658) and Christiane of Solms-Laubach (1607-1638)
  2. in 1673 to George Frederick, the son of Wild- and Rhinegrave John Casimir of Salm-Kyrburg (1577-1651) and Dorothea of Solms-Laubach (1579-1631)
married Rev. A. Siebel
married on 22 August 1664 (renounced 1674), John Louis (1643-1687), the son of Count Emich XIII of Leiningen-Dagsburg and Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen
married on 17 July 1664 to Count Emich Christian (1642-1702), another son of Count Emich XIII of Leiningen-Dagsburg and Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen

In 1663, he remarried, to Agnes Catherine (1629–1686), the daughter of Count Bernard Albert of Limburg-Styrum (1597–1637) and Countess Maria Anna of Berg (1600–1653). This marriage remained childless.

Ancestors

References

William Wirich, Count of Daun-Falkenstein
Born: 1 June 1613 Died: 26 August 1682
Preceded by
John Adolph
Lord of Broich
Lord of Brügel

1623-1682
Succeeded by
Emich Christian
Preceded by
Francis Christopher of Daun-Oberstein
Count of Falkenstein
1636-1682
Succeeded by
Charles IV
as Duke of Lorraine
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