Henry IV, Count of Waldeck

Henry IV (c. 1282/1290, † May 1, 1348 ) was from 1305 to 1344 Graf von Waldeck. He was the second reigning Count by that name, and hence the count Henry II But there in the house of Waldeck previously are not ruling Henry II and Henry III exists. announced that count as Henry IV is customary.

Family

He was the oldest son Otto I of Waldeck and his wife Sophie of Hesse, daughter of Count Henry I of Hesse. He married 1304 Adelaide of Cleves ( † after July 26, 1327 ). With this he had several children. Otto II was the eldest and was his father's successor. Dietrich was a canon in Cologne, Münster and Mainz. Henry V. was also canon and had prebends in Cologne and Minden held; he was provost of Minden. The daughter Elisabeth ( † before June 22, 1385 ) married Count Johann of Nassau - Hadamar († January 20, 1365 ), son of Count Emich I, and the daughter was ARMGARD Countess of Diepholz. Through its subsidiary Mechthild nothing further is known.

Regency

Henry was his father since 1305 steward in the service of the Archbishopric of Mainz in northern Hesse and calibration field.

Immediately after the commencement of his reign, Henry was in 1306 the weather castle built. Furthermore, there was controversy with the archbishop of Cologne Henry II of Virneburg. This argued that the weather would be in the area of the castle belonging to the duchy of Westphalia Cologne, and demanded the cancellation. Heinrich said that the castle was an ancient heritage, and he had just rebuilt. The case had a long dispute involves. The archbishop procured by Duke Erich von Sachsen 1310 a favorable opinion for him. Heinrich von Waldeck appealed. An arbitral award has no consequence because the referee were each biased. Henry protested hereinafter also against the occupation of Mars mountain through Cologne and whose claim to Medebach and Canstein. Bishop Ludwig von Munster, who was from the House of Hesse and was distantly related to Count Henry, however, decided that the Cologne were allowed to maintain their occupation of Mars mountain to destroy the weather castle. In 1325 a compromise was reached. Then the weather castle was divided between forest acorns and Cologne.

For unknown reasons, Henry was captured around 1307 by Archbishop Peter of Mainz. In March 1308, a document sealed by King Albert, issued after both sides had reconciled. Then Henry was released from prison. In 1312 he promised the Hessian Landgrave Otto support in its fight against the Dukes of Brunswick. Against the brown Schwaiger, which were also applied to the archbishop of Mainz in feud, whose chief official Henry was, he had near the castle Already mountains also built a castle for their neutralization. In 1313 he formed an alliance with Archbishop Peter of Mainz. Heinrich of Waldeck and Count Wilhelm von Arnsberg shared in 1315 the ownership of the previously co-managed county Rüdenberg. Because of loyal service to him King Ludwig 1323 was the protection of the imperial city of Dortmund and the supervision of the Jews of this city. 1337 also the protection of the Jews in the dioceses of Münster and Osnabrück, he was assigned. He was tasked to collect from the Jews the fees payable to the Emperor charges. The noblemen of the county about 1332 Heinrich contributed half of the castle Nordenau. Later, other rights were added to the castle.

In 1344 Henry was about to withdraw for health reasons of government affairs. With the consent of his sons an inheritance contract was completed, which provided that in the future should be the county is not divided and only a descendant of Count von Waldeck. However, this provision did not last long, and it came to divisions of ownership.

Henry was buried in the " Chapel Waldecker " in Marienthal monastery. There exists his grave plate today.