Philip VII, Count Of Waldeck

Count Philip VII of Waldeck-Wildungen (25 November 1613 – 24 February 1645), german: Philip VII. Graf von Waldeck-Wildungen, official titles: ''Graf zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, Herr zu Tonna'', was since 1638 Count of .

Biography

Philip was born at Eisenberg CastleHaarmann (2014), p. 48.Dek (1968), p. 260 and 275 mentions born in Wildungen. on 25 November 1613Dek (1968), p. 260.Dek (1968), p. 275.Hoffmeister (1883), p. 61. as the second son of Count Christian of Waldeck-Wildungen and his wife Countess Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen. As the eldest surviving son Philip succeeded his father early 1638,Haarmann (2014), p. 26. while his younger brother John II became Count of . The County of Waldeck-Wildungen, like the entire County of Waldeck, was heavily in debt. The financial difficulties of the county did not change when the counts of Waldeck acquired the in 1640. The lordship was sold to Duke Frederick I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg in 1677.

An important and, as it turned out, fatal event during Philip’s reign was the time when Swedish troops were encamped in Wildungen. The commander-in-chief, Johan Banér, had marched to the city in August 1640 with about 70,000 men, while not far from there the imperial troops under Archduke Leopold William and Ottavio Piccolomini were encamped in Fritzlar. No battle took place. But the soldiers used the city’s supplies and destroyed the villages in the surrounding countryside. On 15 September Banér marched away again.

Annoyed beyond measure by the damage the Swedes had inflicted on his county, Philip changed sides and took the side of Emperor Ferdinand III in 1643. The Emperor appointed him a colonel and put him in charge of a cavalry regiment called ‘Waldeck’.

On 24 February 1645, at the Battle of Jankov in Bohemia,Hoffmeister (1883), p. 65. where the Bavarian and imperial troops were defeated by the Swedish general Lennart Torstenson, the 31-year-old Philip was taken prisoner and – against the law of war – executed. Philip was succeeded by his eldest son Christian Louis, who was under the regency of his mother until 1660.

Burgruine Eisenberg von oben.jpg, The ruins of Eisenberg Castle, 2015.
Bad Wildungen De Merian Hassiae.jpg, Wildungen in 1655. Engraving by Matthäus Merian.
Old copper engraving of the Battle of Jankov.jpg, Copper engraving of the Battle of Jankov.

Marriage and issue

Philip married in Frankfurt on 26 October 1634 to Countess Anne Catherine of Sayn-Wittgenstein (Simmern, 27 July 1610 – , December 1690Haarmann (2014), p. 48 mentions died on 1 December 1650 (sic). Dek (1968), p. 260 and 275 mentions died in Kleinern, December 1690. Hoffmeister (1883), p. 61 mentions died in December 1690.), daughter of Count and Countess Elisabeth Juliane of Solms-Braunfels. From this marriage the following children worn born:Hoffmeister (1883), p. 61–62.
# Count Christian Louis ( Waldeck, 29 July 1635 – , 12 December 1706), succeeded his father as Count of Waldeck-Wildungen in 1645. Married:
## on 2 July 1658 to Countess Anne Elisabeth of Rappoltstein ( Rappoltstein, 7 March 1644 – Landau, 6 December 1678).
## in Idstein on 6 June 1680 ^Jul. to Countess Johannette of Nassau-Idstein (Idstein, 14 September 1657 – Landau, 14 March 1733).
# Count Josias II (Wildungen, 31 July 1636^Jul. – Kandia, 8 August 1669 ^Greg.Von Poten (1896), p. 677 mentions the date 29 July. Dek (1970), p. 88, Dek (1968), p. 276 and 297, Hoffmeister (1883), p. 63 and Vorsterman van Oyen (1882), p. 117 mention the date 8 August. Presumably, the former author calculated the date according to the Julian calendar and the latter authors according to the Gregorian calendar.), obtained the Wildungen district as an appanage in 1660. He married at Arolsen Castle on 26 January 1660 to Countess Wilhelmine Christine of Nassau-Siegen (1629 – Hildburghausen, 22 January 1700).
# (1 August 1637 – , 20 May 1707), married at Arolsen Castle on 27 January 1660 to Count Henry Wolrad of Waldeck-Eisenberg (Culemborg, 28 March 1642 – Graz, 15 July 1664).
# Anne Sophie (Waldeck, 1 January 1639 – 3 October 1646).
# Joanne (Waldeck, 30 September 1639 – Waldeck, 2 October 1639).
# Philippine (19 November 1643 – 3 August 1644).

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* (1882). ''Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden'' (in Dutch). Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff/Utrecht: J.L. Beijers.
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