Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck

Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck
Spouse(s)	Anastasia Günthera of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
Noble family	House of Waldeck
Father	Philip III, Count of Waldeck
Mother	Adalheid of Hoya
Born	27 March 1509 Eilhausen, now part of Bad Arolsen
Died	15 April 1575 (aged 66) Eilhausen, now part of Bad Arolsen

Wolrad II of Waldeck (also spelled Vollrad, nicknamed the Scholar; 27 March 1509 in Eilhausen, now part of Bad Arolsen – 15 April 1575 in Eilhausen) was the son of Philip III of Waldeck-Eisenberg (9 December 1486 – 20 June 1539) and Adalheid of Hoya (1472 – 11 April 1539).

He was the reigning Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg from 1539 until his death, and the progenitor of the Middle House of Waldeck-Eisenberg. From 1547 until his death in 1578, he resided in the Water Castle at Eilhausen.

Marriage and issue

On 6 June 1546 he married Anastasia Günthera of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (31 March 1528 – 1 April 1570), the daughter of Henry XXXII of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (1498-1538) and Catherine of Henneberg (1508-1567). The couple had the following children:

1. Catherine (20 September 1547 – 8 July 1613), Abbess in Schaaken Monastery
2. Francis (b. April 1549)
3. Elizabeth (28 April 1550 – 1550)
4. Anna Erika (17 September 1551; 15 October 1611), from 1589 until her death abbess of Gandersheim Abbey
5. Henry (3 November 1552 – 1552)
6. Josias (18 March 1554 – 6 August 1588), married Marie of Barby (1563-1619)
7. Adelheid Walpurga (11 September 1555 – 1570)
8. Amalie (28 February 1558 – 1562)
9. John (b. 13 July 1559)
10. Jutta (12 November 1560 in Eisenberg – 23 May 1621 in Greiz), married in 1583 to Count Henry XVII of Reuss-Oberreiz, (25 July 1561 in Glauchau – 8 February 1607 in Greiz)
11. Magdalene Lucia (16 February 1562 – 10 April 1621)
12. Wolrad III (16 June 1563 – 11 November 1587)
13. Catherine Anastasia (20 March 1566 – 18 February 1635)

References

• Karl Ludwig Philipp Troß (ed.): Des Grafen Wolrad von Waldeck Tagebuch während des Reichstages zu Augsburg 1548, in the series Bibliothek des litterarischen Vereins in Stuttgart, vol. 59, Stuttgart, 1868
• Victor Schultze: Das Tagebuch des Grafen Wolrad II. zu Waldeck zum Regensburger Religionsgespräch 1546 = Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte, vol. 7, 1909/10

External links

• Literature by and about Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck in the German National Library catalogue
• Des Grafen Wolrad von Waldeck Tagebuch während des Reichstages zu Augsburg 1548 at Google Books
• Wolrad II at Waldecker Münzen