Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck


Wolrad II of Waldeck was the son of Philip III of Waldeck-Eisenberg and Adalheid of Hoya.
He was the reigning Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg from 1539 until his death, and the progenitor of the Middle House of Waldeck-Eisenberg. From 1547 until his death in 1578, he resided in the Water Castle at Eilhausen.

Marriage and issue

On 6 June 1546 he married Anastasia Günthera of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg, the daughter of Henry XXXII of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg and Catherine of Henneberg. The couple had the following children:
  1. Catherine, Abbess in
  2. Francis
  3. Elizabeth
  4. , from 1589 until her death abbess of Gandersheim Abbey
  5. Henry
  6. Josias, married Marie of Barby
  7. Adelheid Walpurga
  8. Amalie
  9. John
  10. Jutta, married in 1583 to Count Henry XVII of Reuss-Oberreiz,
  11. Magdalene Lucia
  12. Wolrad III
  13. Catherine Anastasia, married in 1585 to Wolfgang II, Count of Löwenstein-Scharfeneck