Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen | |
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Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg Countess of Nassau-Siegen | |
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Full name | Magdalene Countess of Waldeck-Wildungen |
Native name | Magdalena Gräfin zu Waldeck-Wildungen |
Born | 1558 |
Died | 9 September 1599 Idstein Castle |
Buried | 13 September 1599 FürstengruftDillenburg Reburied: unknown date St. Nicholas Church , Siegen Second reburial: 29 April 1690 Fürstengruft , Siegen , Evangelische Stadtkirche , |
Noble family | House of Waldeck |
Spouse(s) | |
Issue Detail |
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Father | Philip IV of Waldeck-Wildungen |
Mother | Jutta of Isenburg-Grenzau |
Countess Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen (1558 – 9 September 1599), German: Magdalena Gräfin zu Waldeck-Wildungen, was a countess from the House of Waldeck and through marriage successively Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg and Countess of Nassau-Siegen.
Magdalene was born in 1558[1] as the youngest daughter of Count Philip IV of Waldeck-Wildungen and his third wife Countess Jutta of Isenburg-Grenzau.[2][3][4][5][note 1] The exact date and place of Magdalene's birth are unknown.
Magdalene married at Hanau Castle[2][note 2] on 5 February 1576[2][3][4][note 3] to Count Philip Louis I of Hanau-Münzenberg (21 November 1553[3][6] – Hanau, 4 February 1580[3]), the eldest son of Count Philip III of Hanau-Münzenberg and Countess Palatine Helena of Simmern.[7] Philip Louis succeeded his father in 1561 and was first under the regency of his uncle Count John VI the Elder of Nassau-Siegen[8] (Philip III of Hanau-Münzenberg and John VI the Elder of Nassau-Siegen were both sons of Countess Juliane of Stolberg-Wernigerode[7]). Politically, the marriage could represent a conscious withdrawal on her groom's part from the politically dominant influence of his guardian, John VI the Elder of Nassau-Siegen.[9] Philip Louis died "Donnerstag nach Purificationis Mariæ, zwischen 4 und 5 Uhr Nachmittag durch eine Ohnmacht, welche ihre Gnaden ganz unversehentlich über Tisch und dem Spielen ankommen" ("Thursday after Purificationis Mariæ, between 4 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon by a fainting which His Grace completely unexpectedly suffered at the table and at the games").[10]
Magdalena remarried at Dillenburg Castle[11][note 4] on 9 December 1581[note 5] to Count John VII the Middle of Nassau-Siegen (Siegen Castle ,[12][13][note 6] 7 June 1561[14] – Siegen Castle,[12][13][15][note 7] 27 September 1623[note 8]), the second son of Count John VI the Elder of Nassau-Siegen and his first wife Landgravine Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg.[16] Through his marriage to Magdalene, John the Middle strengthened relations within the Wetterauer Grafenverein and thus contributed to the strengthening of the House of Nassau.[17] John the Middle was a cousin of Magdalena's first husband.[18][19] Magdalena's great-grandmother Countess Joanne of Nassau-Siegen, was an older sister of Count John V of Nassau-Siegen, the great-grandfather of John the Middle. Magdalene's great-great-grandmother Countess Jutta of Eppstein-Münzenberg was a granddaughter of Count Adolf I of Nassau-Siegen, the elder brother of Count Engelbert I of Nassau-Siegen, the grandfather of Count John V.[18]
Magdalene died at Idstein Castle[2][13][note 9] on 9 September 1599,[20] where she stayed for the funeral of her nephew Count John Philip of Nassau-Idstein.[note 10] She was buried in the Fürstengruft in the Evangelische Stadtkirche in Dillenburg on 13 September 1599.[2] Bernhard Textor wrote a Leichenpredigt for Magdalene which was published in Herborn in 1600.[25]
John the Middle remarried at Rotenburg Castle[2][note 11] on 27 August 1603[note 12] to Duchess Margaret of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (Haus Sandberg am Alsensund near Sonderburg,[2] 24 February 1583[14] – Nassauischer Hof , Siegen, 10/20 April 1658[2][note 13]), the youngest daughter of Duke John II the Younger of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and his first wife Duchess Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen.[2][3][26]
When his father died on 8 October 1606, John the Middle succeeded his father together with his brothers William Louis, George, Ernest Casimir and John Louis.[27] On 30 March 1607 the brothers divided their possessions.[3][28] John acquired Siegen, Freudenberg, Netphen, Hilchenbach, Ferndorf and the Haingericht.[27]
John the Middle died aged 62 and was buried in the St. Nicholas Church[12][13][29][30] on 5/15 November 1623.[12] There he had planned the construction of a dignified burial vault for the dynasty he founded. For this, there are remarkable notes in Latin, partly in elegiac couplets, for a projected memorial and burial place of the sovereign family, from the time around 1620, with the names of all 25 children from his two marriages, also with details of birth, marriage and death of his relatives. Since the project was not carried out, the burials of the members of the sovereign family between 1607 and 1658 took place in the inadequate burial vault under the choir of the mentioned parish church.[31] At a time hitherto unknown, Magdalene was interred there with her husband John the Middle.[2] On 29 April 1690[11][note 14] Magdalene and John were transferred to the Fürstengruft in Siegen.[11][13][29][30]
in SiegenFrom the marriage of Magdalene with Philip Louis I of Hanau-Münzenberg, the following children were born:[32]
From the marriage of Magdalene with John VII the Middle of Nassau-Siegen, the following children were born:[33][34][35][36]
Magdalene has many known descendants. All reigning European monarchs, with the exception of the Fürst of Liechtenstein, are descendants of her, and also the heads of the no longer reigning royal houses of Baden, Greece, Lippe, Prussia, Romania and Waldeck and Pyrmont. Other known descendants are:[45]
Ancestors of Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen[18][46][47][48][49] | ||||||||
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Great-great-grandparents | Wolrad I of Waldeck-Waldeck (c. 1399–1475) ⚭ before 1440 Barbara of Wertheim (1420/22–after 1443) |
John IV of Nassau-Siegen (1410–1475) ⚭ 1440 Mary of Looz-Heinsberg (1424–1502) |
Thierry IV of Runkel (d. 1462) ⚭ Anastasia of Isenburg-Wied (d. 1429) |
John VII of Rollingen (d. 1457) ⚭ c. 1437 Margaret of Sierck (d. 1496) |
Gerlach I of Isenburg-Grenzau (d. 1485) ⚭ 1425 Jutta of Eppstein-Münzenberg (d. 1455) |
Arnold VII of Sierck (d. 1440) ⚭ Eve of Stein (d. 1485) |
Nicholas VI of Hunolstein-Neumagen (d. 1453) ⚭ ? (?–?) |
John IV de Boulay (d. 1468) ⚭ 1435 Elisabeth d'Autel (d. 1475) |
Great-grandparents | Philip I of Waldeck-Waldeck (1445–1475) ⚭ 1464 Joanne of Nassau-Siegen (1444–1468) |
William of Runkel (d. 1489) ⚭ 1454 Irmgard of Rollingen (d. 1514) |
Gerlach II of Isenburg-Grenzau (d. 1500) ⚭ 1455 Hildegard of Sierck (d. 1490) |
Henry of Hunolstein-Neumagen (d. 1486) ⚭ 1466 Elisabeth de Boulay (d. 1507) | ||||
Grandparents | Henry VIII of Waldeck-Wildungen (1465–1513) ⚭ before 1492 Anastasia of Runkel (d. 1502/03) |
Salentin VII of Isenburg-Grenzau (before 1470–1534) ⚭ Elisabeth of Hunolstein-Neumagen (c. 1475–1536/38) | ||||||
Parents | Philip IV of Waldeck-Wildungen (1493–1574) ⚭ 1554 Jutta of Isenburg-Grenzau (d. 1564) |
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