Philip III, Count of Waldeck

Philip III. of Waldeck (* December 9, 1486 in Waldeck at the Castle Waldeck, † June 20, 1539 in Arolsen ) was 1524-1539 Count of Waldeck -Eisenberg.

Life

He was a son of Count Philip II of Waldeck -Eisenberg and his first wife, Catherine of Solms- Lich, and succeeded his father in 1524 as Graf von Waldeck -Eisenberg.

Around 1520 he built a residential wing of the later castle Goldhausen. Further expansion took place 1563-1565 by his son Wolrad II

Soon after his accession, he headed to the "Land of Procedure " of 1525 in Waldeck the Reformation. Philip III. and his nephew Philip IV, Count of Waldeck- Wildungen, appealed the displaced from the main hiss Fritzlar Lutheran preacher Johann Hefentreger (John Trygophorus ) as pastor of the town of Waldeck, where he delivered his first sermon on June 17 in 1526. On 26 June 1526, leaving him in the Waldecker City Church hold a Lutheran service and led officially the Reformation in the county one - four months before the Landgrave Philip I. with the Homberg Synod introduced the Reformation in neighboring Hesse. 1529 in the Korbacher Kilian Church (on the altar, he is seen as the founder ) preached for the first time the Lutheran doctrine. In the city of Korbach but Philip could not enforce the Reformation.

1526-1530 Philip acquired the secularized Antonite Aroldessen in Arolsen and let it rebuild the Royal Palace. His tutor was John of Wolmeringhausen and from 1530 his son Hermann von Wolmeringhausen.

Marriages and children

In his first marriage Philip married in 1503 Adelheid († 1515), daughter of Count Otto IV of Hoya. His second wife was 1519 Anne of Cleves ( 1495-1567 ), only daughter of Duke John II of Cleves and Matilda of Hesse - Marburg. Her brother held captive because of their marriage from 1517 to 1519.

From his first marriage Philip had the following children:

  • Otto (1504-1541)
  • Elisabeth (1506-1562), married in 1525 Jean de Melun, Viscount of Gand
  • Wolrad II, founder of the so-called " Middle Eisenberger line "
  • Heather (1511-1560), married in 1526 Eberhard von der Mark, Count of Arenberg, then 1532 in second marriage Count V. Dietrich von Manderscheid - Virneburg

And from his second marriage:

  • Philip V ( 1519/20-1584 ), cleric
  • John I ( 1521/22-1567 ), founder of the "newer Landauer line ", extinct 1597
  • Katharine ( 1523/24-1583 ), married in 1550 Count Bernhard of Lippe VIII
  • Franz (1526-1574), married in 1563 Mary Gogreve († 1580)
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