Count Philip VII of Waldeck-Wildungen (25 November 1613 – 24 February 1645),
German: Philip VII. Graf von Waldeck-Wildungen, official titles: Graf zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, Herr zu Tonna, was since 1638
Count of
Waldeck-Wildungen [
nl].
Annoyed beyond measure by the damage the
Swedes had inflicted on his county, Philip changed sides and took the side of
Emperor Ferdinand III in 1643. The
Emperor appointed him a
colonel and put him in charge of a
cavalryregiment called 'Waldeck'.[6]
^Dek (1968), pp. 260 and 275 mentions born in Wildungen.
^Haarmann (2014), p. 48 mentions died on 1 December 1650 (sic). Dek (1968), pp. 260 and 275 mentions died in Kleinern, December 1690. Hoffmeister (1883), p. 61 mentions died in December 1690.
^"We are sure that the parish records of Idstein do not mention the marriage. Yet (see 130II 1146 in State Archives Wiesbaden) the contract was signed on 6‑6‑1680, the date shown by all printed works and the death certificate in the Landau registers as the date of marriage. The same place of marriage is indeed not in doubt: just consult in the State Archives Wiesbaden (130II 1159) the document entitled "Verzeichnis was beÿ hochgräfl. Beyläger zu Itzstein vom Sambstag d. 5bris donnerstag d. 10t. Junÿ bey Küchen und Kellern, wie auch sonsten ufgegangen, Itzten den 12t. Junÿ ao. 1680". It is therefore perfectly acceptable that the wedding was celebrated on 6‑6, the document quoted above even allowing that it was the
old style. Die Heiligen römischen Reichs vollständiger genealogisch u. schematischer Kalender, Frankfurt am Main: Varrentrap (1756), wrongly situates the marriage in 1678."[12] Haarmann (2014), p. 49, Dek (1970), p. 47, Dek (1968), p. 297, Hoffmeister (1883), p. 66 and Vorsterman van Oyen (1882), p. 75 mention the date 6 June 1680 without mentioning which calendar they used.
^von Poten (1896), p. 677 mentions the date 29 July. Dek (1970), p. 88, Dek (1968), pp. 276 and 297, Hoffmeister (1883), p. 63 and Vorsterman van Oyen (1882), p. 117 mention the date 8 August. Presumably, the former author calculated the date according to the
Julian calendar and the latter authors according to the
Gregorian calendar.
^"Dek (1970): married in Helsen, suburb of Arolsen 26-1-1660. This is a misinterpretation of the marriage certificate. One does indeed find in the Helsen parish records, the marriage certificate, but in this one it says: «1660 den 26 Januar ist der Hochgeborene Graff und Herr, Herr Josias Graff zu Waldeck u. Piermont … mit der Hochgebohrenen Gräfinnen Frewlein Wilhelmine Christina, Frewlein von Nassau, Catzenelnbogen, Vianden u. Diez, uff Arolsen abends umb 7 Uhren copulirt worden». One finds the date 26‑1‑1659 in Europäische Stammtafeln I, 117."[13]
^"She was certainly not born in 1625, as Europäische Stammtafeln claims. She was baptised in Heusden on 10-6-1629 and probably born there. However, it should be noted that
William of Nassau-Siegen notified the birth of his daughter on 31-5-1629 from Ortheim (See: State Archives Wiesbaden 170III)."[14]
^"Died on 21-1-1700 according to Europäische Stammtafeln I, 117; on 22-1-1707 according to Europäische Stammtafeln I, 139 and Hoffmeister (1883), confirmed by Dek (1970), with Saalfeld as place of death. But the death does not occur in the parish registers of Saalfeld, neither in January 1700 nor in January 1707. Saalfeld must be excluded as a possible place of death. Waldeckischer Helden – und Regenten – Saal, a manuscript written in 1737 by the Geheimrat August von Klettenburg and preserved in the State Archives Marburg, mentions that the Fürstin died at Cuylenborg in Holland on 21-1-1700. It is possible that she was mistaken for her sister-in-law Juliane Elisabeth, who was called «Gräfin Cülenborg» and died in 1707, which seems to be a cause of the mistake for some authors who, as we have seen, have the Fürstin die in that year. Finally, in the book Bau und Kunstdenkmäler, Kreis der Eder is claimed that she died in Altwillungen Castle. None of these claims are true. The death certificate can be found in the parish registry of Hildburghausen, Stadtkirche, part I, p. 475 R, year 1700: «Die Hochgeb. Gräfin u. Frau Wilhelmine Christina Verwittibte Gräfin zu Waldeck Wildungen, gebohrene Gräfin zu Nassau usw. wird aus diesem Hochfürstl. Residence Schlosse, den 22. January seelig Entschlafen, den 27, abendts umb 7 Uhr in Hochansehentlichen Leichenprocess von hier auf bis vors thor Begleithet, und so ferner auf Saaltfeld gebracht worden.»"[14]
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