Daniel, Count of Waldeck

Daniel von Waldeck ( August 1, 1530 *, † June 7, 1577 in Waldeck ) was Count of Waldeck- Wildungen. He was the third but eldest surviving son of Count Philip IV (1493-1574) and his first wife, Margarethe von Ostfriesland ( 1500-1537 ).

Although his parents were reformed, he was a canon at Strasbourg in 1550. He gave this office but soon again and joined the French army. After the death of his father he inherited the Waldeck Castle and the half term Waldeck and city and department Naumburg.

On April 4, 1567 he was one of the pallbearers at the funeral of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse. There he learned probably his daughter Barbara (1536-1597) know, the widow of Georg von Württemberg- Montbéliard ( 1498-1558 ). The two married on November 11, 1568th your coat of arms can still be found in the stair tower of Schloss Waldeck. The marriage remained childless.

Daniel died in 1577 and was buried in the monastery in Marienthal networks, the grave lay the Count Waldecker. Was succeeded by his brother Henry IX. , Who died, on 3 October of the same year.