Philip Dietrich (also known as ''Philip Theodore'') (2 November 1614 in
Arolsen
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– 7 December 1645 in
Korbach
Korbach (pronunciation: ˈkoːɐˌbax), officially the Hanseatic City of Korbach (German: Hansestadt Korbach), is the district seat of Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany. It is over a thousand years old and is located on the German Tim ...
), was the ruling Count of
Waldeck-Eisenberg from 1640 until his death.
Family
He was the son of Count
Wolrad IV of Waldeck-Eisenberg and his wife Anna of
Baden-Durlach, heir to the Lordship of
Cuylenburg in today's
Netherlands
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. In 1639 in Culemborg, he married Countess Maria Magdalena of
Nassau-Siegen
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. With her, he had several children, including his successor
Henry Wolrad. Another son, Florent William died as a child. His daughter
Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck-Eisenberg
Amalia Catharina (8 August 1640 – 4 January 1697), Countess of , was a German poet and composer. She was born in Arolsen to Count Philipp Theodor von Waldeck-Eisenberg and the Countess Marie Magdalene of Nassau-Siegen. In 1664, she married George ...
married
George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach (8 May 1643 – 30 April 1693), was a German prince member of the House of Erbach and ruler over Erbach, Freienstein, Wildenstein, Michelstadt and Breuberg.
Born in Fürstenau, he was the fifth child and thir ...
.
Life
From the inheritance claims of his mother's, Philip Dietrich received the Lordships of Kinsweiler, Engelsdorf,
Frechen and Bachem in the
Eifel
The Eifel (; lb, Äifel, ) is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the southern area of the German-speaking Community of ...
area. He made several journeys to France and served in the Dutch army for a long time.
In 1639, Count Floris of Pallandt died, the holder of the Lordships of Cuylenburg, Werth, Pallandt and Wittem. Philip Dietrich inherited these possessions via his mother. In 1640, he inherited Waldeck-Eisenberg. He alternated his residence between
Eisenberg Castle[The castle had been vandalized during the ]Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history
The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...
. However, by the time Philip Dietrich inherited it, it had been restored to the point that it was habitable again and Culemborg. He fought a protracted legal battle about his mother's claims in the Eiffel. In the end, he did not receive them, but had to accept a monetary compensation.
References
* Johann Friedrich Schannat: ''Eiflia illustrata oder geographische und historische Beschreibung der Eifel', 'vol. 1, part 2, Aachen, 1825, p. 807 ff
* Louis Friedrich Christian Curtze: ''Geschichte und Beschreibung des Fürstenthums Waldeck.'' Arolsen, 1850, p. 649
* ''Historisch-kritischer Kommentar zu Yarks Eisenberg'', in: ''Waldeckische Gemeinnützige Zeitschrift'', vol. 1, 1837, p. 389
External links
Funeral sermon for Philip Dietrich by Antonius HagenbuschAbout coins from Waldeck
Footnotes
House of Waldeck
Counts of Waldeck
1614 births
1645 deaths
17th-century German people
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