Philip VII, Count of Waldeck

Count Philip VII of Waldeck-Wildungen (25 November 1613 – 24 February 1645), , official titles: Graf zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, Herr zu Tonna, was since 1638 Count of .

Biography Philip was born at Eisenberg Castle on 25 November 1613 as the second son of Count Christian of Waldeck-Wildungen and his wife Countess Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen. As the eldest surviving son Philip succeeded his father early 1638, while his younger brother John II became Count of . where the Bavarian and imperial troops were defeated by the Swedish general Lennart Torstenson, the 31-year-old Philip was taken prisoner and – against the law of war – executed. Philip was succeeded by his eldest son Christian Louis, who was under the regency of his mother until 1660. ), daughter of Count and Countess Elisabeth Juliane of Solms-Braunfels.

From this marriage the following children worn born: Count Christian Louis (Waldeck, 29 July 1635 – , 12 December 1706), succeeded his father as Count of Waldeck-Wildungen in 1645. Married: on 2 July 1658 to Countess Anne Elisabeth of Rappoltstein (Rappoltstein, 7 March 1644 – Landau, 6 December 1678). in Idstein on 6 June 1680Jul. to Countess Johannette of Nassau-Idstein (Idstein, 14 September 1657 – Landau, 14 March 1733). Count Josias II (Wildungen, 31 July 1636Jul. – Kandia, 8 August 1669Greg. ), obtained the Wildungen district as an appanage in 1660. He married at Arolsen Castle on 26 January 1660 to Countess Wilhelmine Christine of Nassau-Siegen (1629 – Hildburghausen, 22 January 1700 ("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.»" Great-great-grandparents

Salentin VII of Isenburg-Grenzau(before 1470–1534)⚭Elisabeth of Hunolstein-Neumagen(ca. 1475–1536/38) Great-grandparents

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