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Principality in the Holy Roman Empire and Germany

The County of Waldeck (later the Principality of Waldeck and Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and its successors from the late 12th century until 1929. In 1349 the county gained Imperial immediacy and in 1712 was raised to the rank of principality. After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 it was a constituent state of its successors: the Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, and the German Empire. After the abolition of the monarchy in 1918, the renamed Free State of Waldeck Pyrmont became a component of the Weimar Republic until divided between Hannover and other Prussian provinces in 1929. It comprised territories in present day Hesse and Lower Saxony (Germany).

The noble family of the lt=Counts of Waldeck and the later Princes of Waldeck and Pyrmont were male line descendants of the lt=Counts of Schwalenberg (based at Schwalenberg Castle), ultimately descendent from Widekind I. (Schwalenberg) (reigned 1127 1136/7). Waldeck Castle, overlooking the Eder river at Waldeck, is first attested in 1120. A branch of the family was named after the castle in 1180, when Volkwin II. (Schwalenberg) acquired the castle through his marriage with Luitgard, daughter of Count lt=Poppo I of lt=Reichenbach and lt=Hollende, who was heiress of Waldeck. Over time, the family built up a small lordship in modern day North Hesse.

Initially, Waldeck was a fief of the Electorate of Mainz. In 1379, it became the County of Reichslehen. After the death of Count Henry VI in 1397, the family split into two lines: the senior Landau line founded by Adolph III and the junior Waldeck line founded by Henry VII, which sometimes feuded with one another. The two lines came under the sovereignty of the Landgraviate of Hesse in 1431 and 1438 respectively, due to financial difficulties and the final victory of the Landgraviate over Mainz in 1427, which led to the transfer of the Grafschaft Ziegenhain to Hesse. The Landgraves levied tribute on the Counts of Waldeck in exchange for forgiving their debts to them and taking on all their debts to others. After the death of Henry VIII in 1486, the Waldeck line split once more, into the Waldeck Wildungen and Waldeck Eisenberg lines. The senior Landau line ended with the death of Otto IV in 1495 and its possessions passed to the Wildungen and Eisenberg lines. In 1526 and 1529, Philip IV of Waldeck Wildungen and Philip III of Waldeck Eisenberg converted their respective principalities to Lutheranism. Several partitions led to the creation of further lines, but these were reunited by the new Wildung line in 1692. In 1626, the family also inherited the Grafschaft Pyrmont and thereafter called themselves "Counts of Waldeck and Pyrmont." The two counties of Waldeck and Pyrmont were physically separated and were not united into a single legal entity until the 19th century. In 1639, Count Philip Dietrich of Waldeck from the new Eisenberg line, inherited the Herrschaft Cuylenburg in Gelderland along with the counties of Werth in Münsterland, de, and Wittem. The Lordship of Tonna in Thüringen, a fief of the Dukes of Saxe Altenburg was inherited by Waldeck Pyrmont in 1640, but sold to Duke Frederick I of Saxe Gotha Altenburg in 1677. Waldeck remained the main residence of the county until 1655, when the residence was shifted from Waldeck to Arolsen. Philip Dietrich was succeeded in 1664 by his brother Count George Frederick, whose full title was "Count and Lord of Waldeck, Pyrmont, and Cuylenburg, Lord of Tonna, Paland, Wittem, Werth." In 1682, he was promoted by Emperor Leopold I to the status of "Prince of Waldeck", with Imperial immediacy. His four sons all predeceased him, so on 12 June 1685, he made a contract with his cousin, Christian Louis of the new Wildung line, to transfer the whole Waldeck patrimony to him and for it to be inherited by primogeniture thereafter. This agreement was confirmed by Emperor Leopold in 1697. After George Frederick's death in 1692, Christian Louis became the sole ruler of the entire principality. The County of Cuylenburg and the Lordship of Werth were lost in 1714, owing to the marriage of George Frederick's second daughter, Sophia Henriette (1662 1702) to Ernest of Saxe Hildeburghausen.

On 6 January 1712, Frederick Anthony Ulrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont was elevated to prince by Emperor Charles VI. During the American War of Independence from 1775 to 1783, Prince Frederick Carl Augustus provided three regiments to the British for the war in America in exchange for payment. A total of 1,225 Waldeck soldiers fought in America. The principality was caught up in the Napoleonic Wars and in 1807 it joined the Confederation of the Rhine, but not the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia. Waldeck was required to guarantee equal rights of worship to its Catholic citizens and supply 400 soldiers in case of a campaign. For a brief period, from 1806 until 1812, Pyrmont was a separate principality as a result of the partition of the territory between the brothers Frederick and George, but the territories were reunited after Frederick's death. The independence of the principality was confirmed in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, and Waldeck and Pyrmont became a member of the German Confederation. In 1832 it joined the Zollverein. In 1847, on Prussian initiative, the sovereignty of Hesse Kassel over Waldeck (and Schaumburg Lippe) was finally revoked by the Federal Convention of the Confederation. This had been the case defacto since Waldeck joined the Confederation of the Rhine in 1807, but the ruling meant that Hesse Kassel lost the right to claim the territory in escheat.

Since 1645, Waldeck had been in a personal union with the lt=County (later Principality) of Pyrmont. Beginning in 1813, the prince strove to unite the two territories legally into the Principality of Waldeck Pyrmont. However, political opposition meant that this did not take place until 1849. Even after the unification, Pyrmont retained its own tiny Landtag for budgetary matters until 1863/64. In 1849 1850, Waldeck was divided into three districts: the Kreis der Eder, the lt=of Eisenberg and the Kreis der Twiste. On 1 August 1862, Waldeck Pyrmont concluded a military convention with Prussia. As a result, Waldeck Pyrmont fought on the Prussian side in the Austro Prussian War of 1866 and thus avoided annexation at the war's end unlike the neighbouring Electorate of Hesse. However, the small, cash strapped principality could not afford to pay its contributions to the new North German Confederation, so the principality's Landtag unanimously voted to reject the North German Constitution in order to pressure the prince into signing an accession treaty Prussia. Bismarck had previously ruled out unification with Prussia on grounds of prestige. Therefore, under the treaty that Waldeck Pyrmont and Prussia signed in October 1867, the principality remained nominally independent and retained its legislative sovereignty, but from 1 January 1868 Prussian took control of the principality's state deficit, internal administration, judiciary, and schools. Thereafter, Prussia appointed a State Director formally with the agreement of the prince. Appellate jurisdiction for Waldeck was exercised by the Prussian state court (Landgericht) in Kassel and for Pyrmont by the state court in Hannover. The prince retained control over the administration of the church, the prerogative of mercy, and the right of veto over new laws. He also continued to receive the income from his domains. Prussian administration served to reduce administrative costs for the small state and was based on a ten year contract that was repeatedly renewed for the duration of its existence. The situation continued in 1871, when the principality became a constituent state of the new German Empire. In 1905, Waldeck and Pyrmont had an area of 1121 km2 and a population of 59,000. The princely house of Waldeck and Pyrmont is closely related to the royal family of the Netherlands. The last ruling prince, Frederick, was the brother of Queen Consort Emma of the Netherlands.

On 13 November 1918, at the end of World War I, during the German Revolution that resulted in the fall of all the German monarchies, a representative of the revolutionary workers' and soldiers' council of Kassel came to Waldeck and declared that the monarchy was abolished. The principality became the Free State of Waldeck Pyrmont within the Weimar Republic. However, no new constitution was produced, so the monarchical constitution of 1849/1852 remained in force de jure until 1929. The terms of the treaty with Prussia also remained in force. Following a referendum, Pyrmont was separated from Waldeck on 30 November 1921 and joined Prussia, becoming part of the new Hameln Pyrmont district of the Province of Hanover. After this, the territory was simply the Free State of Waldeck. The remaining territory continued to be governed according to the 1867 treaty with Prussia until it was cancelled in 1926. On 9 April 1927, the federal Financial Equalisation act (Finanzausgleichsgesetz) was amended. For Waldeck, this meant that its allocation of federal tax income was reduced by almost 600,000 Reichsmarks. Without a massive rise in local taxes, the Free State was no longer financially viable. Therefore on 1 April 1929, the state was abolished and became part of the Prussian province of Hesse Nassau. This marked the end of Waldeck's existence as a sovereign state.

When Waldeck joined Prussia in 1929, the three districts into which Waldeck had been divided in 1849 1850 (Eder, Eisenberg, and Twiste) were initially retained. Additionally, Höringhausen and Eimelrod, which had been exclaves of Prussia surrounded by Waldeck since 1866, were joined to Eisenberg district. In 1932, the federal government merged Eder and Eisenberg districts. The district of the Twiste was to be merged with the neighbouring district of Wolfhagen on 1 April 1934, but this was delayed after the Nazi seizure of power in 1933. A law of 28 February 1934 reversed the merger of Eder and Eisenberg and definitively cancelled the planned merger of Twiste and Wolfhagen. On 1 February 1942, the three districts of Waldeck were merged into the new Landkreis Waldeck, which had its capital at Korbach. This new district had roughly the same borders as the old Free State. It was made part of Greater Hesse in 1945, which became the state of Hesse in the modern Federal Republic of Germany in 1946. On 1 August 1972, the city of Volkmarsen was separated from the district of Wolfhagen and reassigned to Waldeck. During the reform of the districts of Hesse in 1974, Waldeck was merged with the neighbouring district of Frankeberg to from the new district of Waldeck Frankenberg, while the city of Züschen became a suburb of Fritzlar in Schwalm Eder Kreis.

Waldeck had raised a battalion of infantry in 1681 but for much of the subsequent history leading up to the Napoleonic Wars, Waldeckers generally served as what is commonly described as 'mercenaries', but was actually 'auxiliaries' hired out by the rulers of Waldeck for foreign service. Such was the demand that the single battalion became two in 1740 (the 1st Regiment), three battalions in 1744, four in 1767 (forming a 2nd Regiment). Most notably the foreign service was with the Dutch (the 1st and 2nd Regiments) and British (after an agreement was signed with Great Britain in 1776 to supply troops for the American War of Independence, the 3rd Waldeck Regiment, of a single battalion, was raised). The 3rd Waldeck Regiment thus served in America, where they were known under the 'umbrella term' used during that conflict for all Germans—'Hessians'. The regiment, which was made up of 4 'Battalion companies', a 'Grenadier' company, staff and a detachment of artillery, was captured by French and Spanish troops supporting the Americans and only a small number returned to Germany, where some formed part of a newly raised 5th Battalion (1784). By the time of Napoleon's conquest of Germany, the Waldeck regiments in Dutch service had been dissolved when, as the Batavian Republic, the country was made into a kingdom ruled by Napoleon's brother Louis. Reduced to battalion strength, they now formed the 3rd battalions of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments of the Kingdom of Holland. The 5th Battalion was disbanded, and Waldeck was now also obliged to provide two companies to the II Battalion, 6th German Confederation (i. e., Confederation of the Rhine) Regiment (along with two companies from Reuß) in the service of the French Empire. As with all French infantry, they were referred to as 'Fusiliers'. They served mainly in the Peninsular War against the Duke of Wellington. In 1812, the 6th Confederation Regiment was re formed, with three companies from Waldeck and one from Reuß again forming the II Battalion. By the time of the downfall of the French Empire in 1814 the battalions in Dutch service had disappeared, but Waldeck now supplied three Infantry and one Jäger Companies to the newly formed German Confederation. By 1866, the Waldeck contingent was styled Fürstlisches Waldecksches Füselier Bataillon, and in the Austro Prussian War of that year Waldeck (already in a military convention with Prussia from 1862) allied with the Prussians; however the battalion saw no action. Joining the North German Confederation after 1867, under Prussian leadership, the Waldeck Fusilier Battalion became the III (Fusilier) Battalion of the Prussian Infantry Regiment von Wittich (3rd Electoral Hessian) No. 83, and as such it remained until 1918. The position of regimental 'Chef' (an honorary title) was held by the Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Unlike Hesse Darmstadt, Hesse Kassel (or Hesse Cassel) retained no distinctions to differentiate them from the Prussian. The Waldeckers however, were permitted the distinction of carrying the Cockade of Waldeck on the Pickelhaube. The Waldeck battalion was garrisoned, at various times, at Arolsen/Mengeringhausen/Helsen, Bad Wildungen, Bad Pyrmont and Warburg. The regiment saw action in the Franco Prussian War of 1870 (where it acquired the nickname Das Eiserne Regiment), and during the First World War—as part of the 22nd Division—fought mainly on the Eastern Front.

RulerBornReignRuling partConsortDeathNotes Widekind I c.1090?Nephew of Bernard, Count of Hardenhausen1107 – 11 June 1137County of Waldeck(at Schwalenberg until 1127)Lutrud of Itter(d. bef. 2 March 1149)five children11 June 1137aged 46 47? Brothers and first known ruling members of the family. Volkwin I c.1090?Nephew of Bernard, Count of Hardenhausen1107 1111County of Waldeck(at Schwalenberg)Unknownc.1111aged c.20 21? Regency of Lutrud of Itter (1137 1139) Children of Widekind, divided their inheritance. Volkwin II 1125First son of Widekind I and Lutrud of Itter 11 June 1137 – 1178County of WaldeckLuitgard of Reichenbach(d. aft. 1161)1144(annulled 1161)five children1178aged 52 53 Widekind II 1148Second son of Widekind I and Lutrud of Itter 1178 1189County of PyrmontUnknownthree children1189aged 40 41 Widekind III 1162First son of Volkwin II and Luitgard of Reichenbach1178 1190County of Waldeck(at Schwalenberg)Unknownthree childrenc.1190aged 27 28 Sons of Volkwin II, divided the inheritance, but most of it was quickly reunited with Waldeck. Herman I 1163Second son of Volkwin II and Luitgard of Reichenbach1178 1225County of Waldeck(at Schwalenberg)Unmarried1225aged 61 62 Henry I c.1165Third son of Volkwin II and Luitgard of Reichenbach1178 1214County of WaldeckHeseke of Dassel(d. 25 July 1220)five children1214aged 48 49Schwalenberg annexed to Waldeck Gottschalk I c.1170?Son of Widekind II1189 1247County of PyrmontKunigunde of Limmer(d.1239)six children1247aged 76 77? Adolph I c.1190First son of Henry I and Heseke of Dassel1214 – 3 October 1270County of WaldeckSophie(d.1254)two childrenEthelind of Lippe(1204 1273)14 February 1254no children3 October 1270aged 79 80?Children of Henry I, divided the land. Adolph associated his eldest son to his rule, but he predeceased him. Henry III 1225Son of Adolph I and Sophiec.1250 1267Matilda of Cuyk Arnsbergc.1240?four children1267aged 41 42 Volkwin III c.1190Second son of Henry I and Heseke of Dassel1214 1255County of SchwalenbergErmengard of Schwarzburg Blankenburg(d.22 March 1274)14 February 1254twelve childrenc.1255aged 64 65 Gottschalk II c.1220?First son of Gottschalk I and Kunigunde of Limmer1247 1262County of PyrmontBeatrice of Hallermund(d.1272)five children1262aged 41 42 Children of Gottschalk I, ruled jointly. Herman I c.1220?Second son of Gottschalk I and Kunigunde of Limmer1247 – May 1265Hedwig(d.20 June 1262)two childrenMay 1265aged 44 45 Widekind I c.1240First son of Volkwin III and Ermengard of Schwarzburg Blankenburg1255 – 28 September 1264County of SchwalenbergUnknownc. 1246Ermengardc. 1250Unknownc. 1260two children (in total)28 September 1264aged 23 24 Elder children of Volkwin III, divided the land. Widekind didn't have children and his part was inherited by his younger brothers, while Henry I ruled independently at Sternberg and passed it to his own descendants. Henry I c.1240Second son of Volkwin III and Ermengard of Schwarzburg Blankenburg1255 1279County of Sternberg? of Woldenbergtwo children1279aged 38 39 Adolph c.1250?Third son of Volkwin III and Ermengard of Schwarzburg Blankenburg28 September 1264 – 26 January 1305County of SchwalenbergAdelaide(d.6 July 1274)Jutta(d.1 April 1305)26 January 1305aged 54 55 Younger children of Volkwin III, ruled jointly in Schwalenberg. Albert c.1250?Fourth son of Volkwin III and Ermengard of Schwarzburg Blankenburg28 September 1264 – 1317Jutta of Rosdorf(d. aft.1 April 1305)14 February 1254twelve children1317aged 66 67? Herman II c.1240?First son of Gottschalk II and Beatrice of HallermundMay 1265 – 25 November 1328County of PyrmontLuitgard of Waldeck Schwalenberg(d.14 September 1317)five children25 November 1328aged 87 88? Children of Gottschalk II and Herman I, ruled jointly. Herman III was a son of Herman I, and cousin of the other two rulers, sons of Gottschalk I. Gottschalk III c.1240?Second son of Gottschalk II and Beatrice of HallermundMay 1265 – 1279Unmarried1279aged 38 39? Herman III c.1240?Third son of Gottschalk II and Beatrice of Hallermundc.1265c.1265aged 24 25? Adolph II 1258First son of Henry III and Matilda of Cuyk Arnsberg3 October 1270 – 1276County of WaldeckUnmarried13 December 1302aged 43 44 Abdicated in 1276 to his brother Otto, after a dispute with him and his other brothers on who would marry Sophia of Hesse, daughter of Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse, which Otto won, resulting in Adolph's resignation. Entering in clergy, Adolph eventually became Bishop of Liège (1301 1302). Otto I 1262Third son of Henry III and Matilda of Cuyk Arnsberg1276 – 11 November 1305County of WaldeckSophia of Hesse1276nine children11 November 1305aged 42 43 Inherited the county as prize from his brothers after being chosen to marry Sophia of Hesse. Hoyer I 1252Son of Henry I and ? of Woldenberg1279 – 28 October 1299County of SternbergAgnes of Lippec.1270?five children28 October 1299aged 46 47 Henry II c.1270?Son of Hoyer I and Agnes of Lippe28 October 1299 – 8 January 1318County of SternbergJutta of Tecklenburg(d. bef. 8 January 1318)five children8 January 1318aged 47 48 Henry IV 1282Son of Otto I and Sophia of Hesse11 November 1305 – 1 May 1348County of WaldeckAdelaide of Cleves(d.1327)1304six children1 May 1348aged 65 66 Henry II 1287Son of Albert and Jutta of Rosdorf1317 – 11 April 1349County of SchwalenbergElisabeth of Wölpe(d. 2 February 1336)nine childrenMatilda of Rietberg(d.25 April 1400)1342/45one child11 April 1349aged 61 62 Henry III c.1290First son of Henry II and Jutta of Tecklenburg8 January 1318 – 1346County of SternbergHedwig of Diepholz(d. aft.1335)bef.14 September 1330four children1346aged 55 56Children of Hoyer II, ruled jointly. Hoyer II c.1290Second son of Henry II and Jutta of Tecklenburg8 January 1318 – 1320Unmarried1320aged 29 30 Gottschalk IV 1289First son of Herman II and Luitgard of Waldeck Schwalenberg25 November 1328 – 24 February 1342County of PyrmontAdelaide of Homburg(d.11 October 1341)six children24 February 1342 Children of Herman II, ruled jointly. Henry I c.1290Second son of Herman II and Luitgard of Waldeck Schwalenberg25 November 1328 – c.1330Unmarriedc.1330 Herman IV 1310Third son of Herman II and Luitgard of Waldeck Schwalenberg25 November 1328 – 13341334aged 23 24 Henry II c.1320?First son of Gottschalk IV and Adelaide of Homburg24 February 1342 – 1390County of PyrmontUnknownthree children1390aged 69 70 Children of Gottschalk IV, ruled jointly. Gottschalk V c.1320?Second son of Gottschalk IV and Adelaide of Homburg24 February 1342 – 1355Unmarried1355aged 34 35? Herman V c.1320?Third son of Gottschalk IV and Adelaide of Homburg24 February 1342 – 1360Oda(d.1360)no children/three children1360aged 39 40? Herman VI c.1320?Fourth son of Gottschalk IV and Adelaide of Homburg24 February 1342 – 1377Unmarried1377aged 56 57? Henry IV c.1330Son of Henry III and Hedwig of Diepholz1346 1385County of SternbergAdelaide of Holstein Pinneberg(c.1330 bef. 21 May 1376)1348two children1385aged 54 55? Otto II c.1305Son of Henry IV and Adelaide of Cleves1 May 1348 – 11 November 1369County of WaldeckMatilda of Brunswick Lüneburg(d.1355)27 August 1339two childrenMargaret of Löwenbergno children11 November 1369aged 63 64 Henry III c.1330Son of Henry II and Elisabeth of Wölpe11 April 1349 – 1356County of SchwalenbergUnmarried1369aged 38 39 Sold his estates to Waldeck in 1356, and pursued a religious life. Schwalenberg reabsorbed in Waldeck Henry VI of Iron c.1340Son of Otto II and Matilda of Brunswick Lüneburg11 November 1369 – 16 February 1397County of WaldeckElizabeth of Berg16 December 1363seven children16 February 1397Waldeckaged 56 57 John c.1350Son of Henry IV and Adelaide of Holstein Pinneberg1385 1402County of SternbergUnmarried1402aged 51 52 Left no heirs. The county was annexed to Waldeck. Sternberg annexed to Waldeck Henry III c.1360?Son of Henry II1390 1429County of PyrmontPelektwo childrenHaseke of Spiegelberg(d.22 March 1465)two children1429aged 68 69? Adolph III c.1365First son of Henry VI and Elizabeth of Berg16 February 1397 – 19 April 1431County of LandauAgnes of Ziegenhain(d. aft.26 December 1438)1387one child19 April 1431aged 65 66Children of Henry VI, divided the land. Henry VII c.1370Second son of Henry VI and Elizabeth of Berg16 February 1397 – 1445County of WaldeckMargaret of Nassau Wiesbaden Idstein(1380 aft.1435)27 August 1398three childrenc.1445aged 74 75 Henry IV c.1410?Son of Henry III and Pelek1429 1478County of PyrmontUnmarried1478aged 67 68? Children of Henry III, ruled jointly. Maurice 1418Son of Henry III and Haseke of Spiegelberg1429 1494Margaret of Nassau Beilstein(d.27 December 1498)1462no children1494aged 75 76?Inherited by the Spiegelberg family (1494 1557), the House of Lippe (1557 1583) and the Gleichen family (1583 1625)Definitely annexed to Waldeck Wildungen (from 1625) Otto III 1389Son of Adolph III and Agnes of Ziegenhain19 April 1431 – 1459County of LandauAnna of Oldenburg(d. aft.7 April 1438)1424three children1459aged 69 70 Wolrad I 1399Son of Henry VII and Margaret of Nassau Wiesbaden Idsteinc.1445 1475County of WaldeckBarbara of Wertheim(1420 aft.1443)Bef.9 March 1440three children1475aged 75 76 Otto IV 1440Son of Otto III and Anna of Oldenburg1459 – 14 October 1495County of LandauMatilda of Neuenahr(d.26 May 1465)16 January 1464one childElisabeth of Tecklenburg(d. aft.1499)1465no children14 October 1495Bad Arolsenaged 54 55Landau annexed by Eisenberg Philip I 1445First son of Wolrad I and Barbara of Wertheim1475County of WaldeckJoanne of Nassau Siegen16 August 1452 or14 October 1464one child1475aged 29 30 Children of Wolrad I. Philip I died months after his father, and Philip II ruled as regent of his nephew. Philip II 3 March 1453Second son of Wolrad I and Barbara of Wertheim1475 – 16 October 1524County of EisenbergCatherine of Solms Lich(1458 12 December 1492)3 November 1478six childrenCatherine of Querfurt(1450 22 February 1521)1497no children16 October 1524Bielefeldaged 71 Regency of Philip II, Count of Waldeck Eisenberg (1475 1486) Henry VIII 1465Son of Philip I and Joanne of Nassau Siegen1475 – 28 May 1513County of Waldeck(1475–86)County of Wildungen(1486 1513)Anastasia of Runkel(d.24 April 1503)Aft. 8 January 1492three children 28 May 1513aged 47 48 Philip IV 1493Bad WildungenSon of Henry VIII and Anastasia of Runkel28 May 1513 – 30 November 1574County of WildungenMargaret of East Frisia17 February 1523Emdennine childrenCatherine of Hatzfeld(d.1546)1539no childrenJutta of Isenburg Grenzau6 October 1554two children30 November 1574Waldeckaged 80 81 Philip associated his eldest surviving son, Samuel, in a co rulership after his marriage. However, Samuel didn't survive his father. Samuel 2 May 1528WaldeckSecond son of Philip IV and Margaret of East Frisia8 October 1554 – 6 January 1570County of Wildungen(at Friedrichstein)Anna Maria of Schwarzburg Blankenburg(7 December 1538 11 August 1583)8 October 1554Waldeckseven children6 January 1570Friedrichsteinaged 46 Philip III the Elder 9 December 1486WaldeckSon of Philip II and Catherine of Solms Lich16 October 1524 – 20 June 1539County of EisenbergAdelaide of Hoya20 November 1503Bad Wildungenfour childrenAnna of Cleves22 January 1519Klevefour children20 June 1539Bad Arolsenaged 52 Otto V 1504First son of Philip III and Adelaide of Hoya20 June 1539 – 1539County of EisenbergUnmarried8 March 1541aged 36 37 Children of Philip III, divided the land, by mediation of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse: the elder children kept Waldeck, while the younger ones inherited Landau. For the children who are usually said that did not reign (Otto, Philip and Francis), they are sometimes treated as Waldeck Eisenberg (for Otto) and Waldeck Landau (for Philip V and Francis), which are the parts the called reigning brothers actually ruled. This may imply a level of co regency between each group of brothers. Wolrad II the Scholar 27 March 1509EilhausenSecond son of Philip III and Adelaide of Hoya20 June 1539 – 15 April 1575Anastasia Günthera of Schwarzburg Blankenburg(31 March 1526 – 1 April 1570)6 June 1546Waldeckthirteen children15 April 1575Eilhausenaged 66 Philip V the Dove 1519First son of Philip III and Anna of Cleves20 June 1539 – c.1544?County of LandauElisabeth von Elsen(d. 12 June 1584)27 June 1576Hückeswagenno children5 March 1584Hückeswagenaged 64 65 John I the Pious 1521Second son of Philip III and Anna of Cleves20 June 1539 – 9 April 1567Anna of Lippe1 October 1550Detmoldeight children9 April 1567Landauaged 45 46 Francis II 1526Third son of Philip III and Anna of Cleves20 June 1539 – c.1540?Maria Gogreve(d.1580)1563no children29 July 1574aged 47 48 Philip VI the Younger 4 October 1551First son of John I and Anna of Lippe9 April 1567 – 9 November 1579County of LandauUnmarried9 November 1579Darmstadtaged 28 Children of John I, ruled jointly. As neither of them left descendants, Landau was reabsorbed in Eisenberg. Francis III 27 June 1553CloppenburgSecond son of John I and Anna of Lippe9 April 1567 – 12 March 159712 March 1597aged 43Landau was reabsorbed into Eisenberg Daniel 1 August 1530Third son of Philip IV and Margaret of East Frisia30 November 1574 – 7 June 1577County of WildungenBarbara of Hesse11 November 1568Kasselno children7 June 1577Waldeckaged 46 Left no heirs, and was succeeded by his brother Henry. Josias I 18 March 1554EisenbergFirst son of Wolrad II and Anastasia Günthera of Schwarzburg Blankenburg15 April 1575 – 6 August 1588County of EisenbergMaria of Barby Mühlingen8 March 1582four children6 August 1588Eisenbergaged 34 Children of Wolrad II, ruled jointly. Wolrad III 16 June 1563WaldeckSecond son of Wolrad II and Anastasia Günthera of Schwarzburg Blankenburg15 April 1575 – 12 November 1587Unmarried12 November 1587Anneauaged 24 Henry IX 10 December 1531Fourth son of Philip IV and Margaret of East Frisia7 June – 3 October 1577County of WildungenAnna of Viermund Nordenbeck19 December 1563Korbachno children3 October 1577Werbeaged 45 Died shortly after his brother, and didn't have children as well. Günther 19 June 1557FriedrichsteinSon of Samuel and Anna Maria of Schwarzburg Blankenburg3 October 1577 – 23 May 1585County of Wildungen(at Friedrichstein since 1570)Margaret of Waldeck Landau(1559 20 October 1580)15 December 1578Bad Wildungenno childrenMargaret of Gleichen(28 May 1556 – 14 January 1619)20 May 1582Gräfentonnaone child23 May 1585Friedrichsteinaged 27 His second marriage brought the county of Bad Pyrmont back to Waldeck control. Regency of Margaret of Gleichen (1585 1598) His death determined the extinction of the main branch of the House of Waldeck. William Ernest 8 June 1584Son of Günther and Margaret of Gleichen23 May 1585 – 16 September 1598County of WildungenUnmarried16 September 1598Tübingenaged 14Wildungen briefly annexed to Eisenberg Christian 25 December 1585EisenbergFirst son of Josias I and Maria of Barby Mühlingen6 August 1588 – 31 December 1637County of Wildungen(in Eisenberg in co rulership until 1607)Elisabeth of Nassau Siegen18 November 1604Bad Wildungenfifteen children31 December 1637Waldeckaged 52Children of Josias I, divided their inheritance in 1607. Wolrad IV the Pious 7 June 1588EisenbergSecond son of Josias I and Maria of Barby Mühlingen6 August 1588 – 6 October 1640County of EisenbergAnna of Baden Durlach8 September 1607Durlachten children6 October 1640Bad Arolsenaged 52 Philip VII 25 November 1613EisenbergSecond son of Christian and Elisabeth of Nassau Siegen31 December 1637 – 24 February 1645County of WildungenAnna Catharina of Sayn Wittgenstein26 October 1634Frankfurt am Mainsix children24 February 1645Jankovaged 31Children of Christian, divided their inheritance John II 7 November 1623WaldeckFourth son of Christian and Elisabeth of Nassau Siegen31 December 1637 – 10 October 1668County of LandauAlexandrine Maria of Vehlen Meggen(d.27 February 1662)17 December 1644no childrenHenriette Dorothea of Hesse Darmstadt10 November 1667Merlauno children10 October 1668Landauaged 44Landau reannexed to Wildungen Philip Theodore 2 November 1614Bad ArolsenSecond son of Wolrad IV and Anna of Baden Durlach6 October 1640 – 7 December 1645County of EisenbergMaria Magdalena of Nassau Siegen25 August 1639Culemborgtwo children7 December 1645Korbachaged 31 Regency of George Frederick, Count of Waldeck Eisenberg (1645 1659) Left no heirs, and was succeeded by his uncle and previous regent. Henry Wolrad 28 March 1642CulemborgSon of Wolrad IV and Anna of Baden Durlach7 December 1645 – 15 July 1664County of EisenbergJuliane Elisabeth of Waldeck Wildungen27 January 1660no children15 July 1664Grazaged 22 Regencies of Anna Catherine of Sayn Wittgenstein (1645 1660) and Henry Wolrad, Count of Waldeck Eisenberg (1659 1660) Children of Philip VII, ruled jointly. Christian Louis 29 July 1635WaldeckFirst son of Philip VII and Anna Catharina of Sayn Wittgenstein24 February 1645 – 12 December 1706County of Wildungen(1645–92)County of Waldeck and Pyrmont(1692 1706)Anna Elisabeth of Rappoltstein(7 March 1644 – 6 December 1676)2 July 1658fifteen childrenJohanna of Nassau Idstein(14 September 1657 – 14 March 1733)6 June 1680Idsteinten children12 December 1706Bad Arolsenaged 71 Josias II 2 July 1636Bad WildungenSecond son of Philip VII and Anna Catharina of Sayn Wittgenstein24 February 1645 – 8 August 1669Wilhelmine Christine of Nassau Siegen26 January 1660Bad Arolsenseven children8 August 1669Heraklionaged 33 George Frederick 31 January 1620Bad ArolsenThird son of Wolrad IV and Anna of Baden Durlach15 July 1664 – 19 November 1692County of Eisenberg(1664–82)Principality of Eisenberg(1682–92)Elisabeth Charlotte of Nassau Siegen29 November 1643Culemborgnine children19 November 1692Bad Arolsenaged 72 In 1682, he received the title of Prince. Left no surviving male heirs. The principality was inherited by Wildungen, which was kept as a county until a few years later. Eisenberg (except Culemborg) was definitely annexed to Wildungen Louise Anna 18 April 1653BerlinDaughter of George Frederick and Elisabeth Charlotte of Nassau Siegen19 November 1692 – 30 June 1714County of Eisenberg(at Culemborg)George IV, Count of Erbach Fürstenau22 August 1671Arolsenfour children30 June 1714Bad Arolsenaged 61 Kept the lordship of Culemborg. As she survived all her children, the lordship was inherited, after her death, by her nephew, Ernest, Duke of Saxe Hildburghausen. Culemborg was inherited by Saxe Hildburghausen Frederick Anton Ulrich 26 November 1676WaldeckSon of Christian Louis and Anna Elisabeth of Rappoltstein12 December 1706 – 1 January 1728County of Waldeck and Pyrmont(1706–12)Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont(1712–28)Louise of Palatinate Birkenfeld22 October 1700Hanaueleven children1 January 1728Bad Arolsenaged 51 Children of Christian Louis. Frederick Anton was elevated in 1712 to hereditary prince by Emperor Charles VI. On 30 September 1695, their father had changed the primogeniture house law of the Waldeck house, which he had enacted in 1685 and modified in 1687, insofar as he issued a paragium under the established suzerainty of the ruling line of the house, consisting of the three villages of Bergheim, Königshagen and Welle. This paragium, or vassal line, was inherited by Christian Louis' second son, Josias I. Josias I 20 August 1696Bad ArolsenSon of Christian Louis and Johanna of Nassau Idstein12 December 1706 – 2 February 1763County of BergheimDorothea Sophia of Solms Rödelheim(27 January 1698 – 6 February 1774)17 January 1825seven children 2 February 1763Bergheimaged 66 Christian Philip 13 October 1701EdertalFirst son of Frederick Anton Ulrich and Louise of Palatinate Birkenfeld1 January – 17 May 1728Principality of Waldeck and PyrmontUnmarried17 May 1728Mannheimaged 26 Survived his father for a few months, and left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother. Charles August 24 September 1704HanauSecond son of Frederick Anton Ulrich and Louise of Palatinate Birkenfeld17 May 1728 – 29 August 1763Principality of Waldeck and PyrmontChristiane Henriette of Palatinate Birkenfeld19 August 1741Zweibrückenseven children29 August 1763Bad Arolsenaged 58 Frederick Charles August 25 October 1743ZweibrückenSecond son of Charles August and Christiane Henriette of Palatinate Birkenfeld29 August 1763 – 24 September 1812Principality of Waldeck and PyrmontUnmarried24 September 1812Bad Arolsenaged 68Left no heirs and was succeeded by his brother. George 20 July 1732BergheimSecond son of Josias I and Dorothea Sophia of Solms Rödelheim2 February 1763 – 9 April 1771County of BergheimChristine of Isenburg Meerholz(22 November 1742 – 20 March 1808)31 August 1766no children9 April 1771Bergheimaged 38 Left no heirs and was succeeded by his brother. Josias II 16 October 1733BergheimThird son of Josias I and Dorothea Sophia of Solms Rödelheim9 April 1771 – 4 January 1788County of BergheimChristine Wilhelmine of Isenburg Büdingen(24 June 1756 – 13 November 1826)5 March 1772no children4 January 1788Bergheimaged 54 Josias III 13 May 1774BergheimFirst son of Josias II and Christine Wilhelmine of Isenburg Büdingen4 January 1788 – 9 June 1829County of BergheimWilhelmine of Löwenstein Wertheim Freudenberg(23 April 1774 – 25 June 1817)10 January 1802no children9 June 1829Bergheimaged 55 Left no heirs and was succeeded by his brother. George I 6 May 1747Bad ArolsenThird son of Charles August and Christiane Henriette of Palatinate Birkenfeld24 September 1812 – 9 September 1813Principality of Waldeck and PyrmontAugusta of Schwarzburg Sondershausen12 September 1784Otterwischthree children9 September 1813Rhodenaged 66 George II 20 September 1789Weil am RheinSon of George I and Augusta of Schwarzburg Sondershausen9 September 1813 – 15 May 1845Principality of Waldeck and PyrmontEmma of Anhalt Bernburg Schaumburg Hoym26 June 1823Schaumburgfive children15 May 1845Bad Arolsenaged 55 Charles 17 November 1778BergheimFourth son of Josias II and Christine Wilhelmine of Isenburg Büdingen9 June 1829 – 21 January 1849County of BergheimKaroline Schilling von Canstatt(2 February 1798 – 7 October 1866)25 April 1819six children21 January 1849Bergheimaged 70 Regency of Emma of Anhalt Bernburg Schaumburg Hoym (1845 1858) George Victor 14 January 1831Bad ArolsenSon of George II and Emma of Anhalt Bernburg Schaumburg Hoym15 May 1845 – 12 May 1893Principality of Waldeck and PyrmontHelena of Nassau26 September 1853Wiesbadenseven childrenLouise of Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg29 April 1891Luisenlundone child12 May 1893Mariánské Lázněaged 62 Adalbert I 19 February 1833BergheimSon of Charles and Karoline Schilling von Canstatt21 January 1849 – 24 July 1893County of BergheimAgnes Caroline of Sayn Hohenstein(18 April 1834 – 18 February 1886)3 August 1858seven childrenIda Charlotte of Sayn Wittgenstein Hohenstein(25 February 1837 – 7 May 1922)18 October 1887no children24 July 1893Bergheimaged 60 Frederick 20 January 1865Bad ArolsenSon of George Victor and Helena of Nassau12 May 1893 – 13 November 1918Principality of Waldeck and PyrmontBathildis of Schaumburg Lippe9 August 1895Náchodfour children26 May 1946Bad Arolsenaged 81Brother of Queen Emma of the Netherlands. Abolition of the monarchy in 1918. Adalbert II 6 January 1863BergheimSon of Adalbert I and Agnes Caroline of Sayn Hohenstein24 July 1893 – 13 November 1918County of BergheimUnmarried23 February 1934Bergheimaged 71Abolition of the monarchy in 1918.