John II, Count of Waldeck-Landau

Count John II of Waldeck-Landau (7 November 1623 – 10 October 1668), German: Johann II. Graf von Waldeck-Landau, official titles: Graf zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, Herr zu Tonna, was since 1638 Count of Waldeck-Landau. He served in the Swedish Army.

Biography

John was born on 7 November 1623 in Waldeck as the fourteenth child of Count Christian of Waldeck-Wildungen and his wife Countess Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen.

John's eldest brother, Philip VII, succeeded their father early 1638 as Count of Waldeck-Wildungen, while John became Count of Waldeck-Landau. He had his Residenz in Landau since then. The entire County of Waldeck, was heavily in debt. The financial difficulties of the county did not change when the counts of Waldeck acquired the Lordship of Tonna in 1640. The lordship was sold to Duke Frederick I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg in 1677.

John served as major general in the Swedish Army. He died in Landau on 10 October 1668. As he was childless, the county of Waldeck-Landau was inherited by his nephew Christian Louis of Waldeck-Wildungen.

Marriages

John married firstly on 17 December 1644 to Alexandrine Maria Gräfin von Vehlen und Meggen (? – Thorn, 27 February 1662). She was the widow of Count Emich of Daun-Falkenstein.

John remarried at Merlau Castle on 10 November 1667 to Landgravine Dorothy Henriette of Hesse-Darmstadt (Darmstadt, 14 October 1641 – Landau, 22 December 1672), daughter of Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt and Princess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony.

Ancestors

References

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1. John I, Count of Waldeck-Landau
2. Philip III, Count of Waldeck
3. Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg
4. Otto IV, Count of Waldeck
5. Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
6. Adolph III, Count of Waldeck
7. Otto III, Count of Waldeck
8. Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg
9. Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen
10. Christian, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen
11. Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg
12. Wolrad I, Count of Waldeck
13. Henry VIII, Count of Waldeck
14. Philip VII, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen
15. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
16. Henry VII, Count of Waldeck
17. Johann Ernst, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
18. Sophie Eleonore of Saxony
19. John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen
20. Wilhelmine Christine of Nassau-Siegen