Count William Wirich of Daun-Falkenstein (1 June 1613 – 26 August 1682) was a German nobleman. By descent, he was a Count of
Falkenstein
Falkenstein or Falckenstein ("falcons' stone" in German) may refer to:
Places
Austria
* Falkenstein, Lower Austria, a market town in the district of Mistelbach
Germany
* Falkenstein, Bavaria, a market town in the district of Cham
* Falkenst ...
; by inheritance, he was Lord of
Broich and Bürgel.
Life
William Wirich was a son of Count
John Adolph (1582–1623) and his wife, Countess Anna Maria (1589–1620), a daughter of Count
John VII of Nassau-Siegen and Countess
Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen
Countess Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen (1558 – 9 September 1599), german: Magdalena Gräfin zu Waldeck-Wildungen, was a countess from the House of Waldeck and through marriage successively Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg and Countess ...
.
On 28 October 1634, he married at
Waldeck Castle to his cousin Elisabeth of Waldeck. In 1636, he inherited the County of Falkenstein from his third cousin once removed Count Francis Christopher of Daun-Oberstein.
Charles Alexander was his only son who survived into adulthood. However, he was shot by Count
Moritz of Limburg Moritz of Limburg Stirum (1633–1664) was the reigning Count of Limburg-Styrum-Styrum.
Early life
Moritz was son of Count Hermann Otto I of Limburg-Styrum and Baroness Anna Magaretha Spies von Büllesheim (1599—1659).
Life
He was count of ...
during a fight on 7 October 1659. William Wirich remarried to Countess Agnes Catherine of
Limburg-Styrum. However, this marriage remained childless, so when he died, the Daun-Falkenstein branch died out in the male line.
The impoverished count sold the county of Falkenstein to Duke
Charles IV of Lorraine in 1667. The Lordships of Broich and Bürgel were inherited by his third cousin once remove,
Emich Christian of Leiningen-Dagsburg
Emich Christian of Leiningen-Dagsburg (29 March 1642, in Dagsburg – 27 April 1702) was, by descent, Count of Leiningen and Dagsburg and, by inheritance, Lord of Broich, Oberstein and Bürgel.
Life
Emich Christian was a son of the Count E ...
.
Marriage and issue
On 28 November 1634 at
Waldeck Castle, he married his cousin Elizabeth (1610–1647), the daughter of Count
Christian of Waldeck-Wildungen. They had the following children:
* Anna Elizabeth (9 January 1636 – 1685), married:
:# in 1658 to George William (1636-1672), the son of Count Emich XIII of
Leiningen-Dagsburg (1612-1658) and Christiane of Solms-Laubach (1607-1638)
:# in 1673 to George Frederick, the son of Wild- and Rhinegrave John Casimir of Salm-Kyrburg (1577-1651) and Dorothea of Solms-Laubach (1579-1631)
* Ferdinand Christian (25 December 1636 – 29 March 1642)
* Charlotte Auguste (30 December 1637 – 1713)
: married Rev. A. Siebel
* Amalie Sibylle (b. 27 January 1639)
: married on 22 August 1664 (renounced 1674), John Louis (1643-1687), the son of Count Emich XIII of Leiningen-Dagsburg and Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen
* Christine Louise (18 July 1640 – December 1717)
: married on 17 July 1664 to Count
Emich Christian (1642-1702), another son of Count Emich XIII of Leiningen-Dagsburg and Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen
* Charles Alexander (23 February 1643 – 7 October 1659)
* William (23 July 1644 – 4 October 1653)
In 1663, he remarried, to Agnes Catherine (1629–1686), the daughter of Count Bernard Albert of
Limburg-Styrum (1597–1637) and Countess Maria Anna of Berg (1600–1653). This marriage remained childless.
Ancestors
References
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Lords of Broich
1613 births
1682 deaths
Counts of Falkenstein
17th-century German people