Christian, Count of Waldeck

Christian von Waldeck ( born December 25, 1585 Eisenberg, † December 31, 1637 in Waldeck ) was Count of Waldeck- Wildungen and imperial chamberlain.

Life

Christian was the son of Count I. Josias of Waldeck -Eisenberg (1554-1588) and his wife Marie of Barby ( 1563-1619 ). He was guardian of his nephew Simon Ludwig (1627-1631) and his son Simon Philipp (1636-1637) in the county of Lippe.

" He loved science and the arts and was all scholars inclined. He loved warmly and provided eager for church, school and hospitals God's Word, " also promised that he would eagerly stay with the Protestant religion. But the insistence of the clergy, he finally could not resist, and so he gave the order in 1630, ' that the magic vice eradicate extreme measures to be applied. ' ( Velcro mountain, quoted by Eichler, p 123 )

On Christian his son Philip VII succeeded as Count of Waldeck Wildungen. The younger son, John (1623-1668) was as John II, Count of Waldeck to Landau.

Witch trials

Count Christian I. von Waldeck was responsible for the particularly violent series of witch trials in Wildungen, which began in 1629. She called 29 victims to 1632, including Elisabeth Kotzenberg, wife of the Count Waldeck Secretary and ash grove Günther Vogt Samuel. She resisted the torture and died on July 3, 1630 at City Hall prison.

Marriage and issue

On November 18, 1604 he married Countess Elisabeth ( 1584-1661 ), daughter of Count Johann VII of Nassau-Siegen and his wife Magdalena of Waldeck- Wildungen. From this marriage 16 children were born:

  • Maria Magdalena (1606-1671) ∞ 1623 Count Simon VII to lip
  • Sophie Juliane (1607-1637) ∞ 1633 Hermann of Hesse- Rotenburg, son of Landgrave Moritz of Hesse- Kassel
  • Anna Augusta (1608-1658) ∞ 1627 Graf Johannes von Sayn -Wittgenstein
  • Elisabeth (1610-1647) ∞ 1634 Count William Wirich of Daun -Falkenstein
  • Moritz (1611-1617)
  • Catherine (1612-1649)
  • Philip VII of Waldeck- Wildungen (1613-1645) ∞ 1634 Countess Anna Katharina of Sayn -Wittgenstein
  • Christine (1614-1679) ∞ 1642, Count Ernst von Sayn- ​​Wittgenstein -Homburg
  • Dorothea (1616-1661) ∞ 1641 Count Emich XIII. of Leiningen- Falkenburg
  • Agnes (1617-1651) ∞ 1650 Count Johann Philipp III. of Leiningen- Dabo
  • Sibylle (1619-1678) ∞ 1643 Count Friedrich Emich of Leiningen- Dabo
  • Johanna Agathe (1620-1636)
  • Gabriel (1621-1624)
  • Johann II von Waldeck -Landau (1623-1680)
  • Louisa (1624-1665) ∞ 1647 Baron Gerhard Ludwig von Effern
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