Noble family House of Waldeck Mother Adalheid of Hoya | Name Wolrad Count | |
Spouse(s) Anastasia Gunthera of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg Father Philip III, Count of Waldeck Born 27 March 1509
Eilhausen, now part of Bad Arolsen ( 1509-03-27 ) Died 15 April 1575(1575-04-15) (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:
- Catherine (20 September 1547 – 8 July 1613), Abbess in Schaaken Monastery
- Francis (b. April 1549)
- Elizabeth (28 April 1550 – 1550)
- Anna Erika (17 September 1551; 15 October 1611), from 1589 until her death abbess of Gandersheim Abbey
- Henry (3 November 1552 – 1552)
- Josias (18 March 1554 – 6 August 1588), married Marie of Barby (1563-1619)
- Adelheid Walpurga (11 September 1555 – 1570)
- Amalie (28 February 1558 – 1562)
- John (b. 13 July 1559)
- 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)
- Magdalene Lucia (16 February 1562 – 10 April 1621)
- Wolrad III (16 June 1563 – 11 November 1587)
- Catherine Anastasia (20 March 1566 – 18 February 1635)
References
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