Henry IX of Waldeck-Wildungen (10 December 1531 – 3 October 1577 in Werbe) was the fourth son of the Count
Philip IV (1493–1574) and his first wife, Margaret of East Frisia (1500–1537). In 1577, he was the ruling Count of Waldeck-Wildungen for four months.
Life
On 7 June 1577, he succeeded his childless brother
Daniel (1530–1577) as Count of Waldeck-Wildungen. He was the seventh ruling Count named Henry. However, two earlier non-ruling members of the
House of Waldeck
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are usually called
Henry II and
Henry III, and the subject of this article is commonly known as Henry IX. Nevertheless, some sources call him Henry VII.
From 1562 to 1563, he fought on the Protestant side in the
First Huguenot War in France. After his return, he married on 19 December 1563 in
Korbach
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to
Anna of Viermund-Nordenbeck (1538–1599), who brought the Lordship of Nordenbeck into the marriage. The marriage remained childless
Anna's step-cousins did not recognize her as the heir to Nordenbeck. They invaded the lordship and occupied
Nordenbeck Castle. Due to lack of funds, Henry IX could not respond immediately. When he was ready to march his troops into Nordenbeck, his horse bolted and stampeded and he died in front of his wife, hanging from the stirrups. Anna sued her step-cousins in the
Reichskammergericht
The ''Reichskammergericht'' (; ; la, Iudicium imperii) was one of the two highest judicial institutions in the Holy Roman Empire, the other one being the Aulic Council in Vienna. It was founded in 1495 by the Imperial Diet in Worms. All legal ...
, which ruled in her favour in 1580.
[Hans Otto Landau: ''Das Leben der Anna von Viermund'']
Online a www.viermuenden.com
Henry was succeeded as Count of Waldeck-Wildungen by his nephew
Günther (29 June 1557 – 23 May 1585), the son of his brother
Samuel, who had died in 1570.
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Footnotes
Counts of Waldeck
People from Bad Wildungen
1531 births
1577 deaths
16th-century German people
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