Philip VI, Count of Waldeck (4 October 1551 – 9 November 1579 in

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) was a canon in

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and also the ruling Count of Waldeck-Landau.

Life

He was the eldest son of Count John I of Waldeck-Landau and his wife, Anna of Lippe. He studied at the University of Marburg together with his younger brother Francis III. He completed his studies in 1569. In 1567, his uncle Philip V had waived a position as canon in

in his favour. His father died in 1567, and as the eldest son, he inherited Waldeck-Landau. He resided in

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. Philip VI died in 1579 in

and was buried in the city church there. He mother ordered a stone to be placed over his grave. As he had no children, he was succeeded as Count by his younger brother Francis III.

References

* Adolph Theodor Ludwig Varnhagen: ''Grundlage der Waldeckischen Landes- und Regentengeschichte'', vol. 2, Arolsen, 1853, p. 174 ff

External links

Descriptions of his grave stone and coat of arms
Counts of Waldeck House of Waldeck 1551 births 1579 deaths 16th-century German people {{Germany-noble-stub