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{{Short description|Principality in the Holy Roman Empire and Germany}}
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{{Infobox country
| native_name            = {{lang|de|Fürstentum Waldeck und Pyrmont}}
| conventional_long_name = Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
| common_name            = Waldeck and Pyrmont
| era                    = Middle Ages
| status                 = Principality
| empire                 = Holy Roman Empire
| title_leader           = Prince
| leader1                = [[Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Friedrich Anton Ulrich]] {{small|(first)}}
| year_leader1           = 1712–1728
| leader2                = [[Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Friedrich]] {{small|(last)}}
| year_leader2           = 1893–1918
| status_text            = [[States of the Holy Roman Empire|State]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]<br />[[States of the Confederation of the Rhine|State]] of the [[Confederation of the Rhine]]<br />[[States of the German Confederation|State]] of the [[German Confederation]]<br />[[States of the North German Confederation|State]] of the [[North German Confederation]]<br />[[States of the German Empire|State]] of the [[German Empire]]
| year_start             = 1180
| year_end               = 1918
| event_start            = Established as a [[Count]]y
| date_start             = 
| event1                 = Became {{lang|de|[[Reichsgraf]]}} ([[Imperial immediacy|immediate]] count)
| date_event1            = 1349
| event2                 = Succeeded to [[Bad Pyrmont|Pyrmont]]
| date_event2            = 1625
| event3                 = Raised to [[Holy Roman Empire|Imp.]] [[Fürst|Principality]]
| date_event3            = January 1712
| event4                 = Administered by [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]]
| date_event4            = 1868
| event_end              = [[German Revolution of 1918–19|German Revolution]]
| date_end               = 
| event_post             = Subsumed into [[Free State of Prussia|Prussia]]
| date_post              = 1929
| p1                     = County of Schwalenberg
| image_p1               = 
| p2                     = Bad Pyrmont{{!}}County of Pyrmont
| s1                     = Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont
| flag_s1                = Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg
| today                  = [[Germany]]
| image_flag             = Flag of Waldeck before 1830.svg
| image_coat             = File:Coat of Arms of the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont.svg
| symbol_type            = Coat of arms
| image_map              = Waldeck in the German Reich (1871).svg
| image_map_caption      = Waldeck (red) within the [[German Empire]]. The small northern territory is Pyrmont while the southern lands are Waldeck.
| image_map2             = Map Waldeck.png
| image_map2_caption     = Map of Waldeck, showing the border between [[Province of Westphalia|Westphalia]] and [[Hesse-Nassau]]
| capital                = [[Waldeck, Hesse|Waldeck]] (to 1655)<br />[[Arolsen]] (from 1655)<br />{{coord|51|22|N|9|1|E|display=inline,title}}
| national_anthem        = "{{lang|de|[[Mein Waldeck]]}}"
| common_languages       = [[German language|German]]
| stat_year1             = 1848
| stat_pop1              = 56,000<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1848 |title=A Pictorial Geography of the World: Comprising a System of Universal Geography, Popular and Scientific |url= |location=Boston |publisher=C.D. Strong |page=762 |isbn=}}</ref>
| religion               = [[United Protestant]]: [[Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck|Evangelical State Church of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]
| image_flag2            = Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg
| flag_type              = Top: Flag<br />(before 1830)<br />Bottom: Flag<br />(after 1830)
}}
[[File:Map Waldeck.png|thumb|Waldeck 1712–1921]]
[[File:Blaeu 1645 - Waldeck Comitatus.jpg|thumb|County of Waldeck in 1645]]
[[File:Reilly 275b.jpg|thumb|[[County of Pyrmont]] ''Waldeck and Paderborn portion'' (1794)]]

The '''County of Waldeck''' (later the '''Principality of Waldeck''' and '''Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont''') was a state of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] and its successors from the late 12th century until 1929. In 1349 the county gained [[Imperial immediacy]] and in 1712 was raised to the rank of [[Imperial Prince|principality]]. After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 it was a constituent state of its successors: the [[Confederation of the Rhine]], the [[German Confederation]], the [[North German Confederation]], and the [[German Empire]]. After the abolition of the monarchy in 1918, the renamed [[Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont]] became a component of the [[Weimar Republic]] until divided between [[Province of Hanover|Hannover]] and other [[Free State of Prussia|Prussian]] provinces in 1929. It comprised territories in present-day [[Hesse]] and [[Lower Saxony]] ([[Germany]]).

==History==
[[File:Armoiries de Waldeck.svg|thumb|left|120px|Coat of arms of the counts of Waldeck (1349–1712)]]
[[File:Fürstenthümer Waldeck und Pyrmont 1863.jpg|thumb|left|Government bond of the Principality Waldeck and Pyrmont, issued 1 January 1863]]
The noble family of the {{ill|House of Waldeck|de|Haus_Waldeck|lt=Counts of Waldeck}} and the later Princes of Waldeck and Pyrmont were male line descendants of the {{ill|County of Schwalenberg|de|Grafschaft Schwalenberg|lt=Counts of Schwalenberg}} (based at [[Schieder-Schwalenberg|Schwalenberg]] Castle), ultimately descendent from {{ill|Widekind I of Schwalenberg|de|Widekind I. (Schwalenberg)}} (reigned 1127–1136/7). [[Waldeck Castle (Waldeck)|Waldeck Castle]], overlooking the [[Eder (Fulda)|Eder]] river at [[Waldeck, Hesse|Waldeck]], was first attested in 1120. A branch of the family was named after the castle in 1180, when {{ill|Volkwin II of Schwalenberg|de|Volkwin II. (Schwalenberg)}} acquired the castle through his marriage with Luitgard, daughter of Count {{ill|Poppo I of Reichenbach|de|Poppo I. (Reichenbach)|lt=Poppo I}} of {{ill|County of Reichenbach|de|Reichenbach (hessisches Adelsgeschlecht)|lt=Reichenbach}} and {{ill|Hollende Castle|de|Burg Hollende|lt=Hollende}}, who was heiress of Waldeck. Over time, the family built up a small lordship in modern day [[North Hesse]].

=== County of Waldeck ===
Initially, Waldeck was a [[fief]] of the [[Electorate of Mainz]]. In 1379, it became the County of Reichslehen.<ref>Johann Adolph Theodor Ludwig Varnhagen: ''Grundlagen der Waldeckischen Regentengeschichte,'' vol. 1. Göttingen 1824, No. 88.</ref> After the death of Count [[Henry VI, Count of Waldeck|Henry VI]] in 1397, the family split into two lines: the senior Landau line founded by [[Adolph III, Count of Waldeck|Adolph III]] and the junior Waldeck line founded by [[Henry VII, Count of Waldeck|Henry VII]], which sometimes feuded with one another. The two lines came under the sovereignty of the [[Landgraviate of Hesse]] in 1431 and 1438 respectively, due to financial difficulties and the final victory of the Landgraviate over Mainz in 1427, which led to the transfer of the {{ill|County of Ziegenhain|de|Grafschaft Ziegenhain}} to Hesse. The Landgraves levied tribute on the Counts of Waldeck in exchange for forgiving their debts to them and taking on all their debts to others.<ref>Thomas Brückner, [http://d-nb.info/967305640/34 ''Lehnsauftragung.''] [[Inaugural-Dissertation]]. Juristische Fakultät der Bayerischen Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg 2002, p.&nbsp;68.</ref>

After the death of [[Henry VIII, Count of Waldeck|Henry VIII]] in 1486, the Waldeck line split once more, into the Waldeck-Wildungen and Waldeck-Eisenberg lines. The senior Landau line ended with the death of [[Otto IV, Count of Waldeck|Otto IV]] in 1495 and its possessions passed to the Wildungen and Eisenberg lines. In 1526 and 1529,  [[Philipp IV, Count of Waldeck|Philip IV of Waldeck-Wildungen]] and [[Philip III, Count of Waldeck|Philip III of Waldeck-Eisenberg]] converted their respective principalities to [[Lutheranism]]. Several partitions led to the creation of further lines, but these were reunited by the new Wildung line in 1692.

In 1626, the family also inherited the {{ill|County of Pyrmont|de|Grafschaft Pyrmont}} and thereafter called themselves "Counts of Waldeck and Pyrmont." The two counties of Waldeck and Pyrmont were physically separated and were not united into a single legal entity until the 19th century.

In 1639, Count Philip Dietrich of Waldeck from the new Eisenberg line, inherited the {{ill|County of Culemborg|de|Herrschaft Cuylenburg}} in [[Gelderland]] along with the counties of {{ill|Werth (Isselburg)|de|Werth}} in [[Münsterland]], {{ill|Pallandt|de}}, and [[Wittem]]. The Lordship of Tonna in [[Thüringen]], a fief of the Dukes of [[Saxe-Altenburg]] was inherited by Waldeck-Pyrmont in 1640, but sold to Duke [[Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg|Frederick I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]] in 1677.  Waldeck remained the main residence of the county until 1655, when the residence was shifted from Waldeck to [[Arolsen]]. Philip Dietrich was succeeded in 1664 by his brother Count [[Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck|George Frederick]], whose full title was "Count and Lord of Waldeck, Pyrmont, and Cuylenburg, Lord of Tonna, Paland, Wittem, Werth." In 1682, he was promoted by [[Emperor Leopold I]] to the status of "Prince of Waldeck", with [[Imperial immediacy]]. His four sons all predeceased him, so on 12 June 1685, he made a contract with his cousin, [[Christian Louis, Count of Waldeck|Christian Louis]] of the new Wildung line, to transfer the whole Waldeck patrimony to him and for it to be inherited by [[primogeniture]] thereafter. This agreement was confirmed by Emperor Leopold in 1697. After George Frederick's death in 1692, Christian Louis became the sole ruler of the entire principality.

The County of Cuylenburg and the Lordship of Werth were lost in 1714, owing to the marriage of George Frederick's second daughter, Sophia Henriette (1662-1702) to [[Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen|Ernest]] of [[Saxe-Hildburghausen]].

=== Principality of Waldeck (1712–1848) ===
On 6 January 1712, Frederick Anthony Ulrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont was elevated to prince by [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Charles VI]]. During the [[American War of Independence]] from 1775 to 1783, Prince [[Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Frederick Carl Augustus]] provided a single battalion sized [[regiment]] to the British for the [[Germans_in_the_American_Revolution#Waldeck|war in America]] in exchange for payment. A total of 1,225 Waldeck soldiers fought in America. 

The principality was caught up in the [[Napoleonic Wars]] and in 1807 it joined the [[Confederation of the Rhine]],<ref>[http://www.documentarchiv.de/nzjh/1807/rheinbund_akzessionsvertrag-waldeck.html Akzessionsvertrag Waldecks zum Rheinbund, 18. April 1807]</ref> but not the Napoleonic [[Kingdom of Westphalia]]. Waldeck was required to guarantee equal rights of worship to its Catholic citizens and supply 400 soldiers in case of a campaign. For a brief period, from 1806 until 1812, Pyrmont was a separate principality as a result of the partition of the territory between the brothers Frederick and George, but the territories were reunited after Frederick's death.

The independence of the principality was confirmed in 1815 by the [[Congress of Vienna]], and Waldeck and Pyrmont became a member of the [[German Confederation]]. In 1832 it joined the [[Zollverein]]. In 1847, on [[Prussia]]n initiative, the sovereignty of [[Hesse-Kassel]] over Waldeck (and [[Schaumburg-Lippe]]) was finally revoked by the [[Federal Convention (German Confederation)|Federal Convention]] of the Confederation. This had been the case ''de facto'' since Waldeck joined the Confederation of the Rhine in 1807, but the ruling meant that Hesse-Kassel lost the right to claim the territory in [[escheat]]. 

=== Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1849–1918) ===
Since 1645, Waldeck had been in a [[personal union]] with the {{ill|County of Pyrmont|de|Grafschaft Pyrmont|lt=County (later Principality) of Pyrmont}}. Beginning in 1813, the prince strove to unite the two territories legally into the Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont. However, political opposition meant that this did not take place until 1849. Even after the unification, Pyrmont retained its own tiny Landtag for budgetary matters until 1863/64. In 1849–1850, Waldeck was divided into three districts: the  {{ill|District of the Eder|de|Kreis der Eder}}, the {{ill|District of Eisenberg|de|Kreis des Eisenbergs|lt=of Eisenberg}} and the {{ill|District of the Twiste|de|Kreis der Twiste}}. 
[[File:Waldeck-Schlossmuseum1-Asio.JPG|thumb|upright|Fundamental law of the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont, 23 May 1849 (excerpts)]]
[[File:Waldeck.png|thumb|Waldeck in 1905]]
On 1 August 1862, Waldeck-Pyrmont concluded a military convention with [[Prussia]]. As a result, Waldeck-Pyrmont fought on the Prussian side in the [[Austro-Prussian War]] of 1866 and thus avoided annexation at the war's end – unlike the neighbouring [[Electorate of Hesse]]. However, the small, cash-strapped principality could not afford to pay its contributions to the new [[North German Confederation]], so the principality's Landtag unanimously voted to reject the [[North German Constitution]] in order to pressure the prince into signing an accession treaty Prussia. [[Otto von Bismarck|Bismarck]] had previously ruled out unification with Prussia on grounds of prestige. Therefore, under the treaty that Waldeck-Pyrmont and Prussia signed in October 1867, the principality remained nominally independent and retained its legislative sovereignty, but from 1 January 1868 Prussian took control of the principality's state deficit, internal administration, judiciary, and schools. Thereafter, Prussia appointed a State Director formally with the agreement of the prince. [[Appellate jurisdiction]] for Waldeck was exercised by the Prussian state court (''Landgericht'') in [[Kassel]] and for Pyrmont by the state court in [[Hannover]]. The prince retained control over the administration of the church, the [[prerogative of mercy]], and the right of veto over new laws. He also continued to receive the income from his domains.<ref>''Stenographische Berichte über die Verhandlungen des Preußischen Hauses der Abgeordneten: 1877/78'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=UCpt8UD1UTcC&pg=PA1025 Vol. 2, Part 123, p.&nbsp;1025]</ref> Prussian administration served to reduce administrative costs for the small state and was based on a ten-year contract that was repeatedly renewed for the duration of its existence. The situation continued in 1871, when the principality became a constituent state of the new [[German Empire]]. In 1905, Waldeck and Pyrmont had an area of 1121&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and a population of 59,000.

The princely house of Waldeck and Pyrmont is closely related to the royal family of the [[Netherlands]]. The last ruling prince, [[Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Frederick]], was the brother of [[Queen Consort]] [[Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Emma]] of the Netherlands.

=== Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1919–1929) ===
{{main|Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont}}
On 13 November 1918, at the end of [[World War I]], during the [[German Revolution]] that resulted in the fall of all the [[German monarchies]], a representative of the revolutionary [[German workers' and soldiers' councils 1918–1919|workers' and soldiers' council]] of [[Kassel]] came to Waldeck and declared that the monarchy was abolished. The principality became the Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont within the [[Weimar Republic]]. However, no new constitution was produced, so the monarchical constitution of 1849/1852 remained in force ''de jure'' until 1929.<ref>Frank-Lothar Kroll, ''Geschichte Hessens.'' C.&nbsp;H. Beck, München 2006, ISBN 3-406-53606-9, p.&nbsp;77.</ref> The terms of the treaty with Prussia also remained in force. Following a referendum, Pyrmont was separated from Waldeck on 30 November 1921 and joined Prussia, becoming part of the new [[Hameln-Pyrmont]] district of the [[Province of Hanover]].<ref>''[http://waldeck-pyrmont.de/pyrmont/pgs/pgs-37.htm Staatsvertrag zwischen Preußen und Waldeck-Pyrmont über die Vereinigung des Gebietsteils Pyrmont mit Preußen]'' of 29 November 1921 ({{ill|Preußische Gesetzessammlung|de|lt=Preuß. GS}} 1922, p.&nbsp;37, Waldeckisches Regierungsblatt. 1922, p.&nbsp;55, Sammlung des bereinigten niedersächsischen Rechts, Vol.&nbsp;II, p.&nbsp;7).</ref> After this, the territory was simply the Free State of Waldeck.

The remaining territory continued to be governed according to the 1867 treaty with Prussia until it was cancelled in 1926. On 9 April 1927, the federal Financial Equalisation act (''Finanzausgleichsgesetz'') was amended. For Waldeck, this meant that its allocation of federal tax income was reduced by almost 600,000 [[Reichsmark]]s. Without a massive rise in local taxes, the Free State was no longer financially viable. Therefore on 1 April 1929, the state was abolished and became part of the Prussian [[province of Hesse-Nassau]]. This marked the end of Waldeck's existence as a sovereign state.

===Developments since 1929===
When Waldeck joined Prussia in 1929, the three districts into which Waldeck had been divided in 1849–1850 (Eder, Eisenberg, and Twiste) were initially retained. Additionally, [[Höringhausen]] and [[Eimelrod]], which had been [[exclave]]s of Prussia surrounded by Waldeck since 1866, were joined to Eisenberg district. In 1932, the federal government merged Eder and Eisenberg districts. The district of the Twiste was to be merged with the neighbouring district of [[Wolfhagen]] on 1 April 1934, but this was delayed after the [[Adolf_Hitler%27s_rise_to_power#Seizure_of_control_(1931–1933)|Nazi seizure of power]] in 1933. A law of 28 February 1934 reversed the merger of Eder and Eisenberg and definitively cancelled the planned merger of Twiste and Wolfhagen.

On 1 February 1942, the three districts of Waldeck were merged into the new {{ill|Waldeck district|de|Landkreis Waldeck}}, which had its capital at [[Korbach]]. This new district had roughly the same borders as the old Free State. It was made part of [[Greater Hesse]] in 1945, which became the state of [[Hesse]] in the modern Federal Republic of Germany in 1946. On 1 August 1972, the city of [[Volkmarsen]] was separated from the district of Wolfhagen and reassigned to Waldeck. During the reform of the districts of Hesse in 1974, Waldeck was merged with the neighbouring district of Frankeberg to from the new district of [[Waldeck-Frankenberg]], while the city of [[Züschen, Fritzlar|Züschen]] became a suburb of [[Fritzlar]] in [[Schwalm-Eder-Kreis]].

==Military==
Waldeck had raised a battalion of infantry in 1681 but for much of the subsequent history leading up to the [[Napoleonic Wars]], Waldeckers generally served as what is commonly described as 'mercenaries', but was actually 'auxiliaries' hired out by the rulers of Waldeck for foreign service. Such was the demand that the single battalion became two in 1740 (the 1st Regiment), three battalions in 1744, four in 1767 (forming a 2nd Regiment). Most notably the foreign service was with the [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]] (the 1st and 2nd Regiments) and British (after an agreement was signed with [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] in 1776 to supply troops for the [[American War of Independence]], the 3rd Waldeck Regiment, of a single battalion, was raised). The 3rd Waldeck Regiment thus served in [[Germans in the American Revolution#Waldeck|America]], where they were known under the 'umbrella term' used during that conflict for all Germans—'[[Hessian (soldiers)|Hessians]]'. The regiment, which was made up of 4 'Battalion companies', a '[[Grenadier]]' company, staff and a detachment of [[artillery]], was captured by French and Spanish troops supporting the Americans and only a small number returned to Germany, where some formed part of a newly raised 5th Battalion (1784).

By the time of [[Napoleon]]'s conquest of Germany, the Waldeck regiments in Dutch service had been dissolved when, as the [[Batavian Republic]], the country was made into a kingdom ruled by Napoleon's brother Louis. Reduced to battalion strength, they now formed the 3rd battalions of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments of the [[Kingdom of Holland]]. The 5th Battalion was disbanded, and Waldeck was now also obliged to provide two companies to the II Battalion, 6th German Confederation (i.e., [[Confederation of the Rhine]]) Regiment (along with two companies from [[Reuß]]) in the service of the [[First French Empire|French Empire]]. As with all French infantry, they were referred to as '[[Fusiliers]]'. They served mainly in the [[Peninsular War]] against the [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Duke of Wellington]]. In 1812, the 6th Confederation Regiment was re-formed, with three companies from Waldeck and one from Reuß again forming the II Battalion. By the time of the downfall of the French Empire in 1814 the battalions in Dutch service had disappeared, but Waldeck now supplied three [[Infantry]] and one [[Jäger (military)|Jäger]] Companies to the newly formed [[German Confederation]].
[[Image:Cockade Waldeck.png|left|thumb|150px|Cockade of Waldeck, worn on a [[Pickelhaube]]]]

By 1866, the Waldeck contingent was styled ''Fürstlisches Waldecksches Füselier-Bataillon'', and in the [[Austro-Prussian War]] of that year Waldeck (already in a military convention with [[Prussia]] from 1862) allied with the Prussians; however the battalion saw no action. Joining the [[North German Confederation]] after 1867, under Prussian leadership, the Waldeck Fusilier Battalion became the III (Fusilier) Battalion of the Prussian Infantry Regiment von Wittich (3rd Electoral Hessian) No. 83, and as such it remained until 1918. The position of regimental 'Chef' (an honorary title) was held by the Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

Unlike [[Grand Duchy of Hesse|Hesse-Darmstadt]], [[Electorate of Hesse|Hesse-Kassel]] (or Hesse-Cassel) retained no distinctions to differentiate them from the Prussian. The Waldeckers however, were permitted the distinction of carrying the Cockade of Waldeck on the [[Pickelhaube]]. The Waldeck battalion was garrisoned, at various times, at [[Arolsen]]/[[Mengeringhausen]]/[[Helsen]], [[Bad Wildungen]], [[Bad Pyrmont]] and [[Warburg]].

The regiment saw action in the [[Franco-Prussian War]] of 1870 (where it acquired the nickname ''Das Eiserne Regiment''), and during the [[First World War]]—as part of the [[22nd Division (German Empire)|22nd Division]]—fought mainly on the Eastern Front.

==Gallery of castles==
<gallery>
File:Burg Waldeck 1.jpg|Castle [[Waldeck, Hesse]]
File:Residenzschloss Arolsen 011.jpg|[[Arolsen Castle]]
File:Bad Pyrmont Kasteel Pyrmont Castle Schloss Pyrmont Deutschland Germany Duitsland.jpg|[[Schloss Pyrmont]]
File:BadWildungen-Friedrichstein2-Asio.JPG|Friedrichstein Castle at [[Bad Wildungen]]
File:Burchteisenberg.JPG|[[Eisenberg Castle, Korbach|Ruins of Eisenberg Castle]] near [[Korbach]]
File:Schloss-Schaumburg-JR-G6-3708-2009-08-04.jpg|[[Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate|Schaumburg Castle]]
</gallery>

==Rulers of Waldeck==

===Partitions of Waldeck under Waldeck rule===
{|align="center" style="border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;"
|+ 
|- 
| colspan=5 style="background: #fff;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Waldeck--->
|- 
| colspan=4 style="background: #fff;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Waldeck--->
| colspan=1 rowspan="7" style="background: #dce;" | '''County of<br />Pyrmont'''<br />(1189–1494)
|- 
| colspan=2 style="background: #fff;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Waldeck--->
| colspan=2 style="background: #fde;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Schwalenberg--->
|- 
| colspan=2 style="background: #fff;" | '''County of<br>Waldeck'''<br />(1107–1486)<br />
| colspan=1 style="background: #fde;" | '''County of<br>Schwalenberg'''<br />(1220–1356)<br />
| colspan=1 rowspan="3"style="background: #ffc;" | '''County of<br />Sternberg'''<br />(1255–1402)<br />
|- 
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Waldeck--->
|- 
| colspan=1 rowspan="3" style="background: #ceb;" | '''County of<br />Landau'''<br /><small>(1st creation)</small><br />(1397–1495)<br />
| colspan=2 style="background: #fff;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Waldeck--->
|- 
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Waldeck--->
|- 
| colspan=1 style="background: #def;" |  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Eisenberg--->
| colspan=2 rowspan="4" style="background: #fff;" | <small>Waldeck renamed</small><br />'''County of Wildungen'''<br /><small>(1st creation, Waldeck line)</small><br />(1486–1598)
|- 
| colspan=2 style="background: #def;" |  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Eisenberg--->
| colspan=1 rowspan="6" style="background: #eee;" | <small>''Inherited by<br />[[Spiegelberg family]]<br />(1494-1557);<br />[[House of Lippe]]<br />(1557-1583);<br />[[Gleichen family]]<br />(1583-1625)''</small>
|- 
| colspan=1 style="background: #ceb;" | '''County of<br />Landau'''<br /><small>(2nd creation)</small><br />(1539–1579)<br />
| colspan=1 style="background: #def;" |  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Eisenberg--->
|- 
| colspan=2 style="background: #def;" |  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Eisenberg--->
|- 
| colspan=4 style="background: #def;" |  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Eisenberg--->
|- 
| colspan=2 rowspan="2" style="background: #def;" | '''County of<br>Eisenberg'''<br />(1475–1682)<br /><small>Raised to</small><br />'''Principality of<br />Eisenberg'''<br />(1682–1692)
| colspan=2 style="background: #fff;" | '''County of Wildungen'''<br /><small>(2nd creation, Eisenberg line)</small><br />(1607–1692)<br />
|- 
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Wildungen--->
|-
| colspan=4 style="background: #fff;" | '''County of Waldeck and Pyrmont'''<br />(1692–1712)<br /><small>(Wildungen (Eisenberg) line)</small><br /><small>Raised to</small><br />'''Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont'''<br />(1712–1918)
| colspan=1 style="background: #fedf;" |'''County of<br>Bergheim'''<br />(1706–1918)
|-
|}

===Table of rulers===
{{Sticky header}}
{| class="wikitable sticky-header" 
! colspan=2 | Ruler!!Born!!Reign!!Ruling part!!Consort!!Death!!Notes
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[:de:Widekind I. (Schwalenberg)|Widekind I]] || 
|align="center"|c.1090?<br><small>Nephew of Bernard, Count of Hardenhausen</small>
|align="center"|1107 – 11 June 1137||[[Waldeck, Hesse|County of Waldeck]]<br /><small>(at [[Schwalenberg]] until 1127)</small>||[[Lutrud of Itter]]<br /><small>(d. bef. 2 March 1149)</small><br />five children
|align="center"|11 June 1137<br><small>aged 46-47?</small>
|rowspan="2"| Brothers and first known ruling members of the family.
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Volkwin I, Count of Schwalenberg|Volkwin I]] || 
|align="center"|c.1090?<br><small>Nephew of Bernard, Count of Hardenhausen</small>
|align="center"|1107–1111||[[Waldeck, Hesse|County of Waldeck]]<br /><small>(at [[Schwalenberg]])</small>||''Unknown''
|align="center"|c.1111<br><small>aged c.20-21?</small>
|- bgcolor=#fff
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Lutrud of Itter]] (1137-1139)''</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of Widekind, divided their inheritance.
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[:de:Volkwin II (Schwalenberg)|Volkwin II]] || 
|align="center"|1125<br><small>First son of [[:de:Widekind I. (Schwalenberg)|Widekind I]] and [[Lutrud of Itter]] </small>
|align="center"|11 June 1137 – 1178||[[Waldeck, Hesse|County of Waldeck]]||Luitgard of Reichenbach<br /><small>(d. aft. 1161)</small><br />1144<br /><small>(annulled 1161)</small><br />five children
|align="center"|1178<br><small>aged 52-53</small>
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| [[:de:Wittekind II. von Schwalenberg|Widekind II]] || 
|align="center"|1148<br><small>Second son of [[:de:Widekind I. (Schwalenberg)|Widekind I]] and [[Lutrud of Itter]] </small>
|align="center"|1178–1189||[[Bad Pyrmont|County of Pyrmont]]||''Unknown''<br />three children
|align="center"|1189<br><small>aged 40-41</small>
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| [[:de:Wittekind III. von Schwalenberg|Widekind III]] || 
|align="center"|1162<br><small>First son of [[:de:Volkwin II (Schwalenberg)|Volkwin II]] and Luitgard of Reichenbach</small>
|align="center"|1178–1190||[[Waldeck, Hesse|County of Waldeck]]<br /><small>(at [[Schwalenberg]])</small>||''Unknown''<br />three children
|align="center"|c.1190<br><small>aged 27-28</small>
|rowspan="3" bgcolor=#fff| Sons of Volkwin II, divided the inheritance, but most of it was quickly reunited with Waldeck.
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| [[:de:Hermann I (Schwalenberg)|Herman I]] || 
|align="center"|1163<br><small>Second son of [[:de:Volkwin II (Schwalenberg)|Volkwin II]] and Luitgard of Reichenbach</small>
|align="center"|1178–1225||[[Waldeck, Hesse|County of Waldeck]]<br /><small>(at [[Schwalenberg]])</small>||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1225<br><small>aged 61-62</small>
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| [[:de:Heinrich I. (Waldeck und Schwalenberg)|Henry I]] || 
|align="center"|c.1165<br><small>Third son of [[:de:Volkwin II (Schwalenberg)|Volkwin II]] and Luitgard of Reichenbach</small>
|align="center"|1178–1214||[[Waldeck, Hesse|County of Waldeck]]||Heseke of Dassel<br /><small>(d. 25 July 1220)</small><br />five children
|align="center"|1214<br><small>aged 48-49</small>
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|colspan="8" align="center"|''Schwalenberg annexed to Waldeck''
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| [[:bg:Готшалк I фон Пирмонт|Gottschalk I]] || 
|align="center"|c.1170?<br><small>Son of [[:de:Wittekind II. von Schwalenberg|Widekind II]]</small>
|align="center"|1189–1247||[[Bad Pyrmont|County of Pyrmont]]||Kunigunde of Limmer<br /><small>(d.1239)</small><br />six children
|align="center"|1247<br><small>aged 76-77?</small>||
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| [[:de:Adolf I. (Waldeck und Schwalenberg)|Adolph I]] || 
|align="center"|c.1190<br><small>First son of [[:de:Heinrich I. (Waldeck und Schwalenberg)|Henry I]] and Heseke of Dassel</small>
|align="center"|1214 – 3 October 1270
|rowspan="2"|[[Waldeck, Hesse|County of Waldeck]]||Sophie<br /><small>(d.1254)</small><br />two children<br /><br />[[Ethelind of Lippe]]<br /><small>(1204-1273)</small><br />14 February 1254<br />no children
|align="center"|3 October 1270<br><small>aged 79-80?</small>
|rowspan="3"|Children of Henry I, divided the land. Adolph associated his eldest son to his rule, but he predeceased him.
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| [[:de:Heinrich III. von Waldeck|Henry III]]<ref>Numbered III because, despite being the second ruler named Henry, traditional genealogies numbered another Henry, son of Count Henry I, and a canon at [[Paderborn]] (1211-1288) as ''Henry II''. This ''Henry II'' never ruled.</ref> || 
|align="center"|1225<br><small>Son of [[:de:Adolf I. (Waldeck und Schwalenberg)|Adolph I]] and Sophie</small>
|align="center"|c.1250–1267||[[:bg:Мехтхилд фон Куик-Арнсберг|Matilda of Cuyk-Arnsberg]]<br />c.1240?<br />four children
|align="center"|1267<br><small>aged 41-42</small>
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| [[:de:Volkwin IV (Schwalenberg)|Volkwin III]] || 
|align="center"|c.1190<br><small>Second son of [[:de:Heinrich I. (Waldeck und Schwalenberg)|Henry I]] and Heseke of Dassel</small>
|align="center"|1214–1255||[[:de:Burg Schwalenberg|County of Schwalenberg]]||[[Ermengard of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]]<br /><small>(d.22 March 1274)</small><br>14 February 1254<br>twelve children
|align="center"|c.1255<br><small>aged 64-65</small>
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| [[:bg:Готшалк II фон Пирмонт|Gottschalk II]] || 
|align="center"|c.1220?<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Готшалк I фон Пирмонт|Gottschalk I]] and Kunigunde of Limmer</small>
|align="center"|1247–1262
|rowspan="2"|[[Bad Pyrmont|County of Pyrmont]]||Beatrice of Hallermund<br /><small>(d.1272)</small><br />five children
|align="center"|1262<br><small>aged 41-42</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Gottschalk I, ruled jointly.
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| [[Hermann I, Count of Pyrmont|Herman I]] || 
|align="center"|c.1220?<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Готшалк I фон Пирмонт|Gottschalk I]] and Kunigunde of Limmer</small>
|align="center"|1247 – May 1265||Hedwig<br /><small>(d.20 June 1262)</small><br />two children
|align="center"|May 1265<br><small>aged 44-45</small>
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| [[Widekind I, Count of Schwalenberg|Widekind I]] || 
|align="center"|c.1240<br><small>First son of [[:de:Volkwin IV (Schwalenberg)|Volkwin III]] and [[Ermengard of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|1255 – 28 September 1264||[[:de:Burg Schwalenberg|County of Schwalenberg]]||''Unknown''<br />c. 1246<br /><br />Ermengard<br />c. 1250<br /><br />''Unknown''<br />c. 1260<br /><br />two children (in total)
|align="center"|28 September 1264<br><small>aged 23-24</small>
|rowspan="2"| Elder children of Volkwin III, divided the land. Widekind didn't have children and his part was inherited by his younger brothers, while Henry I ruled independently at Sternberg and passed it to his own descendants.
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| [[:bg:Heinrich I. von Schwalenberg|Henry I]] || 
|align="center"|c.1240<br><small>Second son of [[:de:Volkwin IV (Schwalenberg)|Volkwin III]] and [[Ermengard of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|1255–1279||[[:de:Burg Sternberg|County of Sternberg]]||? of Woldenberg<br />two children
|align="center"|1279<br><small>aged 38-39</small>
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| [[:bg:Адолф I фон Шваленберг|Adolph]] || 
|align="center"|c.1250?<br><small>Third son of [[:de:Volkwin IV (Schwalenberg)|Volkwin III]] and [[Ermengard of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|28 September 1264 – 26 January 1305
|rowspan="2"|[[:de:Burg Schwalenberg|County of Schwalenberg]]||Adelaide<br /><small>(d.6 July 1274)</small><br /><br />Jutta<br /><small>(d.1 April 1305)</small>
|align="center"|26 January 1305<br><small>aged 54-55</small>
|rowspan="2"| Younger children of Volkwin III, ruled jointly in Schwalenberg.
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| [[:bg:Албрехт I фон Шваленберг|Albert]] || 
|align="center"|c.1250?<br><small>Fourth son of [[:de:Volkwin IV (Schwalenberg)|Volkwin III]] and [[Ermengard of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|28 September 1264 – 1317||Jutta of Rosdorf<br /><small>(d.aft.1 April 1305)</small><br />14 February 1254<br />twelve children
|align="center"|1317<br><small>aged 66-67?</small>
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| [[:bg:Херман II фон Пирмонт|Herman II]] || 
|align="center"|c.1240?<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Готшалк II фон Пирмонт|Gottschalk II]] and Beatrice of Hallermund</small>
|align="center"|May 1265 – 25 November 1328
|rowspan="3"|[[Bad Pyrmont|County of Pyrmont]]||[[Luitgard of Waldeck-Schwalenberg]]<br /><small>(d.14 September 1317)</small><br />five children
|align="center"|25 November 1328<br><small>aged 87-88?</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of Gottschalk II and Herman I, ruled jointly. Herman III was a son of Herman I, and cousin of the other two rulers, sons of Gottschalk I.
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| [[Gottschalk III, Count of Pyrmont|Gottschalk III]] || 
|align="center"|c.1240?<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Готшалк II фон Пирмонт|Gottschalk II]] and Beatrice of Hallermund</small>
|align="center"|May 1265 – 1279
|rowspan="2"|''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1279<br><small>aged 38-39?</small>
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| [[Herman III, Count of Pyrmont|Herman III]] || 
|align="center"|c.1240?<br><small>Third son of [[:bg:Готшалк II фон Пирмонт|Gottschalk II]] and Beatrice of Hallermund</small>
|align="center"|c.1265
|align="center"|c.1265<br><small>aged 24-25?</small>
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| [[Adolf II of Waldeck|Adolph II]] || 
|align="center"|1258<br><small>First son of [[:de:Heinrich III. von Waldeck|Henry III]] and [[:bg:Мехтхилд фон Куик-Арнсберг|Matilda of Cuyk-Arnsberg]]</small>
|align="center"|3 October 1270 – 1276||[[Waldeck, Hesse|County of Waldeck]]||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|13 December 1302<br><small>aged 43-44</small>|| Abdicated in 1276 to his brother Otto, after a dispute with him and his other brothers on who would marry [[Sophia of Hesse]], daughter of [[Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse]], which Otto won, resulting in Adolph's resignation. Entering in clergy, Adolph eventually became [[Bishop of Liège]] (1301-1302).
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| [[Otto I, Count of Waldeck|Otto I]] || 
|align="center"|1262<br><small>Third son of [[:de:Heinrich III. von Waldeck|Henry III]] and [[:bg:Мехтхилд фон Куик-Арнсберг|Matilda of Cuyk-Arnsberg]]</small>
|align="center"|1276 – 11 November 1305||[[Waldeck, Hesse|County of Waldeck]]||[[:de:Sophia von Hessen|Sophia of Hesse]]<br />1276<br />nine children
|align="center"|11 November 1305<br><small>aged 42-43</small>|| Inherited the county as prize from his brothers after being chosen to marry Sophia of Hesse.
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| [[:bg:Хойер I фон Щернберг|Hoyer I]] || 
|align="center"|1252<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Heinrich I. von Schwalenberg|Henry I]] and ? of Woldenberg</small>
|align="center"|1279 – 28 October 1299||[[:de:Burg Sternberg|County of Sternberg]]||[[:bg:Агнес фон Липе|Agnes of Lippe]]<br>c.1270?<br>five children
|align="center"|28 October 1299<br><small>aged 46-47</small>|| 
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих III фон Щернберг|Henry II]] || 
|align="center"|c.1270?<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хойер I фон Щернберг|Hoyer I]] and [[:bg:Агнес фон Липе|Agnes of Lippe]]</small>
|align="center"|28 October 1299 – 8 January 1318||[[:de:Burg Sternberg|County of Sternberg]]||[[Jutta of Tecklenburg]]<br /><small>(d.bef. 8 January 1318)</small><br />five children
|align="center"|8 January 1318<br><small>aged 47-48</small>|| 
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| [[Henry IV, Count of Waldeck|Henry IV]]<ref>Actually the third ruler named Henry.</ref> || 
|align="center"|1282<br><small>Son of [[Otto I, Count of Waldeck|Otto I]] and [[:de:Sophia von Hessen|Sophia of Hesse]]</small>
|align="center"|11 November 1305 – 1 May 1348||[[Waldeck, Hesse|County of Waldeck]]||[[Adelaide of Cleves, Countess of Waldeck|Adelaide of Cleves]]<br /><small>(d.1327)</small><br />1304<br />six children
|align="center"|1 May 1348<br><small>aged 65-66</small>|| 
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих II фон Шваленберг|Henry II]]<ref>This numbering takes in account Henry I, Count of Sternberg as ''Henry I of Schwalenberg''</ref>|| 
|align="center"|1287<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Албрехт I фон Шваленберг|Albert]] and Jutta of Rosdorf</small>
|align="center"|1317 – 11 April 1349||[[:de:Burg Schwalenberg|County of Schwalenberg]]||Elisabeth of Wölpe<br /><small>(d. 2 February 1336)</small><br />nine children<br /><br />Matilda of Rietberg<br /><small>(d.25 April 1400)</small><br />1342/45<br />one child
|align="center"|11 April 1349<br><small>aged 61-62</small>|| 
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих IV фон Щернберг|Henry III]] || 
|align="center"|c.1290<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Хайнрих III фон Щернберг|Henry II]] and [[Jutta of Tecklenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|8 January 1318 – 1346
|rowspan="2"|[[:de:Burg Sternberg|County of Sternberg]]||Hedwig of Diepholz<br /><small>(d.aft.1335)</small><br />bef.14 September 1330<br />four children
|align="center"|1346<br><small>aged 55-56</small>
|rowspan="2"|Children of Hoyer II, ruled jointly. 
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| [[Hoyer II, Count of Sternberg|Hoyer II]] || 
|align="center"|c.1290<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Хайнрих III фон Щернберг|Henry II]] and [[Jutta of Tecklenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|8 January 1318 – 1320||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1320<br><small>aged 29-30</small>
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| [[:bg:Готшалк IV фон Пирмонт|Gottschalk IV]] || 
|align="center"|1289<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Херман II фон Пирмонт|Herman II]] and [[Luitgard of Waldeck- Schwalenberg]]</small>
|align="center"|25 November 1328 – 24 February 1342
|rowspan="3"|[[Bad Pyrmont|County of Pyrmont]]||[[Adelaide of Homburg]]<br /><small>(d.11 October 1341)</small><br />six children
|align="center"|24 February 1342
|rowspan="3"| Children of Herman II, ruled jointly.
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| [[Henry I, Count of Pyrmont|Henry I]] || 
|align="center"|c.1290<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Херман II фон Пирмонт|Herman II]] and [[Luitgard of Waldeck- Schwalenberg]]</small>
|align="center"|25 November 1328 – c.1330
|rowspan="2"|''Unmarried''
|align="center"|c.1330
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| [[Hermann IV, Count of Pyrmont|Herman IV]] || 
|align="center"|1310<br><small>Third son of [[:bg:Херман II фон Пирмонт|Herman II]] and [[Luitgard of Waldeck- Schwalenberg]]</small>
|align="center"|25 November 1328 – 1334
|align="center"|1334<br><small>aged 23-24</small>
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих II фон Пирмонт|Henry II]] || 
|align="center"|c.1320?<br><small>First son of [[:bg:Готшалк IV фон Пирмонт|Gottschalk IV]] and [[Adelaide of Homburg]]</small>
|align="center"|24 February 1342 – 1390
|rowspan="4"|[[Bad Pyrmont|County of Pyrmont]]||''Unknown''<br />three children
|align="center"|1390<br><small>aged 69-70</small>
|rowspan="4"| Children of Gottschalk IV, ruled jointly.
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| [[Gottschalk V, Count of Pyrmont|Gottschalk V]] || 
|align="center"|c.1320?<br><small>Second son of [[:bg:Готшалк IV фон Пирмонт|Gottschalk IV]] and [[Adelaide of Homburg]]</small>
|align="center"|24 February 1342 – 1355||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1355<br><small>aged 34-35?</small>
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| [[Hermann V, Count of Pyrmont|Herman V]] || 
|align="center"|c.1320?<br><small>Third son of [[:bg:Готшалк IV фон Пирмонт|Gottschalk IV]] and [[Adelaide of Homburg]]</small>
|align="center"|24 February 1342 – 1360||Oda<br /><small>(d.1360)</small><br />no children/<br />three children
|align="center"|1360<br><small>aged 39-40?</small>
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| [[Hermann VI, Count of Pyrmont|Herman VI]] || 
|align="center"|c.1320?<br><small>Fourth son of [[:bg:Готшалк IV фон Пирмонт|Gottschalk IV]] and [[Adelaide of Homburg]]</small>
|align="center"|24 February 1342 – 1377||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1377<br><small>aged 56-57?</small>
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| [[:bg:Хайнрих V фон Щернберг|Henry IV]] || 
|align="center"|c.1330<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих IV фон Щернберг|Henry III]] and Hedwig of Diepholz</small>
|align="center"|1346–1385||[[:de:Burg Sternberg|County of Sternberg]]||[[Adelaide of Holstein-Pinneberg]]<br /><small>(c.1330–bef. 21 May 1376)</small><br />1348<br />two children
|align="center"|1385<br><small>aged 54-55?</small>|| 
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Otto II, Count of Waldeck|Otto II]] || 
|align="center"|c.1305<br><small>Son of [[Henry IV, Count of Waldeck|Henry IV]] and [[Adelaide of Cleves, Countess of Waldeck|Adelaide of Cleves]]</small>
|align="center"|1 May 1348 – 11 November 1369||[[Waldeck, Hesse|County of Waldeck]]||[[Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Countess of Waldeck|Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]<br /><small>(d.1355)</small><br />27 August 1339<br />two children<br /><br />Margaret of Löwenberg<br />no children
|align="center"|11 November 1369<br><small>aged 63-64</small>|| 
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| [[Henry III, Count of Schwalenberg|Henry III]] || 
|align="center"|c.1330<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих II фон Шваленберг|Henry II]] and Elisabeth of Wölpe</small>
|align="center"|11 April 1349 – 1356||[[:de:Burg Schwalenberg|County of Schwalenberg]]||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1369<br><small>aged 38-39</small>|| Sold his estates to Waldeck in 1356, and pursued a religious life.
|- bgcolor=#fde
|colspan="8" align="center"|''Schwalenberg reabsorbed in Waldeck''
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Henry VI, Count of Waldeck|Henry VI ''of Iron'']]<ref>Numbered VI because, despite being the fourth ruler named Henry, traditional genealogies numbered another Henry, son of Count Henry IV, and a [[Dean (Christianity)|dean]] at [[Minden]] (d.1349) as ''Henry V''. This ''Henry V'' never ruled.</ref>|| 
|align="center"|c.1340<br><small>Son of [[Otto II, Count of Waldeck|Otto II]] and [[Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Countess of Waldeck|Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]</small>
|align="center"|11 November 1369 – 16 February 1397||[[Waldeck, Hesse|County of Waldeck]]||[[:bg:Елизабет фон Берг|Elizabeth of Berg]]<br />16 December 1363<br />seven children
|align="center"|16 February 1397<br>[[:de:Schloss Waldeck|Waldeck]]<br><small>aged 56-57</small>|| 
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| [[John, Count of Sternberg|John]] || 
|align="center"|c.1350<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих V фон Щернберг|Henry IV]] and [[Adelaide of Holstein-Pinneberg]]</small>
|align="center"|1385–1402||[[:de:Burg Sternberg|County of Sternberg]]||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1402<br><small>aged 51-52</small>|| Left no heirs. The county was annexed to Waldeck.
|- bgcolor=#ffc
|colspan="8" align="center"|''Sternberg annexed to Waldeck''
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[:bg:Хайнрих III фон Пирмонт|Henry III]] || 
|align="center"|c.1360?<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих II фон Пирмонт|Henry II]]</small>
|align="center"|1390–1429||[[Bad Pyrmont|County of Pyrmont]]||Pelek<br />two children<br /><br />Haseke of Spiegelberg<br /><small>(d.22 March 1465)</small><br />two children
|align="center"|1429<br><small>aged 68-69?</small>|| 
|- bgcolor=#ceb
| [[Adolph III, Count of Waldeck|Adolph III]] || 
|align="center"|c.1365<br><small>First son of [[Henry VI, Count of Waldeck|Henry VI]] and [[:bg:Елизабет фон Берг|Elizabeth of Berg]]</small>
|align="center"|16 February 1397 – 19 April 1431||[[:de:Landau (Bad Arolsen)|County of Landau]]||Agnes of Ziegenhain<br /><small>(d.aft.26 December 1438)</small><br />1387<br />one child
|align="center"|19 April 1431<br><small>aged 65-66</small>
|rowspan="2" bgcolor=#fff|Children of Henry VI, divided the land. 
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Henry VII, Count of Waldeck|Henry VII]]<ref>Despite never missing any number from this point on, the numbering of the Henrys is irredeemably compromised (because of ''Henry II'' and ''Henry V'', who never ruled). So, despite the total counting of 9 Henrys, only 7 actually ruled. Henry VII was the fifth ruler named Henry.</ref>|| 
|align="center"|c.1370<br><small>Second son of [[Henry VI, Count of Waldeck|Henry VI]] and [[:bg:Елизабет фон Берг|Elizabeth of Berg]]</small>
|align="center"|16 February 1397 – 1445||[[Waldeck, Hesse|County of Waldeck]]||[[Margaret of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein]]<br /><small>(1380–aft.1435)</small><br />27 August 1398<br />three children
|align="center"|c.1445<br><small>aged 74-75</small>
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[Henry IV, Count of Pyrmont|Henry IV]] || 
|align="center"|c.1410?<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих III фон Пирмонт|Henry III]] and Pelek</small>
|align="center"|1429–1478
|rowspan="2"|[[Bad Pyrmont|County of Pyrmont]]||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|1478<br><small>aged 67-68?</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Henry III, ruled jointly.
|- bgcolor=#dce
| [[:bg:Moritz (Pyrmont)|Maurice]] || 
|align="center"|1418<br><small>Son of [[:bg:Хайнрих III фон Пирмонт|Henry III]] and Haseke of Spiegelberg</small>
|align="center"|1429–1494||[[Margaret of Nassau-Beilstein]]<br /><small>(d.27 December 1498)</small><br />1462<br />no children
|align="center"|1494<br><small>aged 75-76?</small>
|- bgcolor=#dce
|colspan="8" align="center"|''Inherited by the [[Spiegelberg family]] (1494-1557), the [[House of Lippe]] (1557-1583) and the [[Gleichen family]] (1583-1625)<br />Definitely annexed to Waldeck-Wildungen (from 1625)''
|- bgcolor=#ceb
| [[Otto III, Count of Waldeck|Otto III]] || 
|align="center"|1389<br><small>Son of [[Adolph III, Count of Waldeck|Adolph III]]  and Agnes of Ziegenhain</small>
|align="center"|19 April 1431 – 1459||[[:de:Landau (Bad Arolsen)|County of Landau]]||[[Anna of Oldenburg, Countess of Waldeck|Anna of Oldenburg]]<br /><small>(d.aft.7 April 1438)</small><br />1424<br />three children
|align="center"|1459<br><small>aged 69-70</small>||
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Wolrad I, Count of Waldeck|Wolrad I]] || 
|align="center"|1399<br><small>Son of [[Henry VII, Count of Waldeck|Henry VII]] and [[Margaret of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein]]</small>
|align="center"|c. 1445–1475||[[Waldeck, Hesse|County of Waldeck]]||[[Barbara of Wertheim]]<br /><small>(1420–aft.1443)</small><br />Bef.9 March 1440<br />three children
|align="center"|1475<br><small>aged 75-76</small>|| 
|- bgcolor=#ceb
| [[Otto IV, Count of Waldeck|Otto IV]] || 
|align="center"|1440<br><small>Son of [[Otto III, Count of Waldeck|Otto III]] and [[Anna of Oldenburg, Countess of Waldeck|Anna of Oldenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|1459 – 14 October 1495||[[:de:Landau (Bad Arolsen)|County of Landau]]||Matilda of Neuenahr<br /><small>(d.26 May 1465)</small><br />16 January 1464<br />one child<br /><br />[[Elisabeth of Tecklenburg]]<br /><small>(d.aft.1499)</small><br />1465<br />no children
|align="center"|14 October 1495<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>aged 54-55</small>||
|- bgcolor=#ceb
|colspan="8" align="center"|''Landau annexed by Eisenberg''
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Philip I, Count of Waldeck|Philip I]] || 
|align="center"|1445<br><small>First son of [[Wolrad I, Count of Waldeck|Wolrad I]] and [[Barbara of Wertheim]]</small>
|align="center"|1475||[[Waldeck, Hesse|County of Waldeck]]||[[Joanne of Nassau-Siegen]]<br />16 August 1452 or<br />14 October 1464<br />one child
|align="center"|1475<br><small>aged 29-30</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Wolrad I. Philip I died months after his father, and Philip II ruled as regent of his nephew.
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| [[Philip II, Count of Waldeck|Philip II]] ||  [[File:Philip II, Count of Eisenberg.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|3 March 1453<br><small>Second son of [[Wolrad I, Count of Waldeck|Wolrad I]] and [[Barbara of Wertheim]]</small>
|align="center"|1475 – 16 October 1524||[[Waldeck-Eisenberg|County of Eisenberg]]||[[Catherine of Solms-Lich]]<br /><small>(1458–12 December 1492)</small><br />3 November 1478<br />six children<br /><br />Catherine of Querfurt<br /><small>(1450-22 February 1521)</small><br />1497<br />no children
|align="center"|16 October 1524<br>[[Bielefeld]]<br><small>aged 71</small>
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|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Philip II, Count of Waldeck|Philip II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg]] (1475-1486)''</small>
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| [[Henry VIII, Count of Waldeck|Henry VIII]]<ref>Henry VIII was the sixth ruler named Henry.</ref> || 
|align="center"|1465<br><small>Son of [[Philip I, Count of Waldeck|Philip I]] and [[Joanne of Nassau-Siegen]]</small>
|align="center"|1475 – 28 May 1513||[[Waldeck, Hesse|County of Waldeck]]<br /><small>(1475–86)</small><br /><br />[[Bad Wildungen|County of Wildungen]]<br /><small>(1486-1513)</small>||Anastasia of Runkel<br /><small>(d.24 April 1503)</small><br />Aft. 8 January 1492<br />three children 
|align="center"|28 May 1513<br><small>aged 47-48</small>
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| [[Philipp IV, Count of Waldeck|Philip IV]]<ref>Despite succeeding first, he was numbered IV, probably because he was born after the then-still-heir Philip III of Eisenberg</ref>|| [[File:Philip IV, Count of Wildungen.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1493<br>[[Bad Wildungen]]<br><small>Son of [[Henry VIII, Count of Waldeck|Henry VIII]] and Anastasia of Runkel</small>
|align="center"|28 May 1513 – 30 November 1574||[[Bad Wildungen|County of Wildungen]]||[[:de:Margarethe von Ostfriesland|Margaret of East Frisia]]<br />17 February 1523<br />[[Emden]]<br />nine children<br /><br />Catherine of Hatzfeld<br /><small>(d.1546)</small><br />1539<br />no children<br /><br />[[:fr:Jutta d'Isenbourg|Jutta of Isenburg-Grenzau]]<br />6 October 1554<br />two children
|align="center"|30 November 1574<br>[[Waldeck, Hesse|Waldeck]]<br><small>aged 80-81</small>
|rowspan="2"| Philip associated his eldest surviving son, Samuel, in a co-rulership after his marriage. However, Samuel didn't survive his father.
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| [[:de:Samuel von Waldeck|Samuel]] || [[File:Samuel Count of Wildungen.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|2 May 1528<br>[[Waldeck, Hesse|Waldeck]]<br><small>Second son of [[Philipp IV, Count of Waldeck|Philip IV]] and [[:de:Margarethe von Ostfriesland|Margaret of East Frisia]]</small>
|align="center"|8 October 1554  – 6 January 1570||[[Bad Wildungen|County of Wildungen]]<br><small>(at [[:de:Schloss Friedrichstein (Bad Wildungen)|Friedrichstein]])</small>||[[Anna Maria of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]]<br><small>(7 December 1538 – 11 August 1583)</small><br />8 October 1554<br />[[Waldeck, Hesse|Waldeck]]<br />seven children
|align="center"|6 January 1570<br>[[:de:Schloss Friedrichstein (Bad Wildungen)|Friedrichstein]]<br><small>aged 46</small>
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| [[Philip III, Count of Waldeck|Philip III ''the Elder'']] || [[File:Philip III, Count of Eisenberg.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|9 December 1486<br>[[Waldeck, Hesse|Waldeck]]<br><small>Son of [[Philip II, Count of Waldeck|Philip II]] and [[Catherine of Solms-Lich]]</small>
|align="center"|16 October 1524 – 20 June 1539||[[Waldeck-Eisenberg|County of Eisenberg]]||[[:bg:Аделхайд фон Хоя|Adelaide of Hoya]]<br />20 November 1503<br />[[Bad Wildungen]]<br />four children<br /><br />[[:bg:Анна фон Клеве|Anna of Cleves]]<br />22 January 1519<br />[[Kleve]]<br />four children
|align="center"|20 June 1539<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>aged 52</small>|| 
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| [[Otto V, Count of Waldeck|Otto V]] || 
|align="center"|1504<br><small>First son of [[Philip III, Count of Waldeck|Philip III]] and [[:bg:Аделхайд фон Хоя|Adelaide of Hoya]]</small>
|align="center"|20 June 1539 – 1539<ref>Otto joined the [[Order of St. John]] in 1539, and abdicated in the same year of his father's death, which seems to imply that he reigned in that year. See Haarmann (2014), p.&nbsp;21.</ref>
|rowspan="2"|[[Waldeck-Eisenberg|County of Eisenberg]]||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|8 March 1541<br><small>aged 36-37</small>
|rowspan="5"| Children of Philip III, divided the land, by mediation of [[Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse]]: the elder children kept Waldeck, while the younger ones inherited Landau. For the children who are usually said that did not reign (Otto, Philip and Francis), they are sometimes treated as ''Waldeck-Eisenberg'' (for Otto) and ''Waldeck-Landau'' (for Philip V and Francis), which are the parts the called ''reigning brothers'' actually ruled. This may imply a level of co-regency between each group of brothers.
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| [[Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck|Wolrad II ''the Scholar'']] ||[[File:Wolrad II von Waldeck-Eisenberg.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|27 March 1509<br>[[:de:Eilhausen (Bad Arolsen)|Eilhausen]]<br><br><small>Second son of [[Philip III, Count of Waldeck|Philip III]] and [[:bg:Аделхайд фон Хоя|Adelaide of Hoya]]</small>
|align="center"|20 June 1539 – 15 April 1575||[[Anastasia Günthera of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]]<br /><small>(31 March 1526 – 1 April 1570)</small><br />6 June 1546<br />[[Waldeck, Hesse|Waldeck]]<br />thirteen children
|align="center"|15 April 1575<br>[[:de:Eilhausen (Bad Arolsen)|Eilhausen]]<br><small>aged 66</small>
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| [[:nl:Filips V van Waldeck-Landau|Philip V ''the Dove'']] ||[[File:Filips V van Waldeck-Landau.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|1519<br><small>First son of [[Philip III, Count of Waldeck|Philip III]] and [[:bg:Анна фон Клеве|Anna of Cleves]]</small>
|align="center"|20 June 1539 – c.1544?<ref>Philip V, like Otto, may have reigned, even if for only a few months, in Landau, together with his brother John I. Also, at the time of the division, Philip was not exercising any clerical position (was canon at [[Mainz]] in 1530, and then reappears as canon in [[Cologne]] in 1544), which would possibly extend a co-rulership that ended with Philip resuming his religious life at Cologne.  See Haarmann (2014), p.&nbsp;21; and Blankertz, Wilhelm, [http://www.bgv-hueckeswagen.de/veroeffentlichungen/aufsatzeblankertz/Schloss%20Hueckeswagen.pdf Schloß Hückeswagen] Sonderdruck einer Artikelserie des „Bergischer Volksbote" (Burscheider Zeitung) July 1940, PDF, retrieved 14 December 2014.</ref>
|rowspan="3"|[[:de:Landau (Bad Arolsen)|County of Landau]]||Elisabeth von Elsen<br /><small>(d. 12 June 1584)</small><br />27 June 1576<br />[[Hückeswagen]]<br />no children
|align="center"|5 March 1584<br>[[Hückeswagen]]<br><small>aged 64-65</small>
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| [[John I, Count of Waldeck|John I ''the Pious'']] ||[[File:Johann I von Waldeck-Landau.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1521<br><small>Second son of [[Philip III, Count of Waldeck|Philip III]] and [[:bg:Анна фон Клеве|Anna of Cleves]]</small>
|align="center"|20 June 1539 – 9 April 1567||[[:bg:Анна фон Липе (1529 – 1590)|Anna of Lippe]]<br>1 October 1550<br>[[Detmold]]<br>eight children
|align="center"|9 April 1567<br>[[:de:Landau (Bad Arolsen)|Landau]]<br><small>aged 45-46</small>
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| [[Francis II, Count of Waldeck|Francis II]]<ref>Counted II because ''Francis I'' was a son of Count Philip II, and counted as I, despite never ruling, and that was bishop of [[Münster]] and [[Osnabrück]] (r.1532-1553).</ref>  || 
|align="center"|1526<br><small>Third son of [[Philip III, Count of Waldeck|Philip III]] and [[:bg:Анна фон Клеве|Anna of Cleves]]</small>
|align="center"|20 June 1539 – c.1540?<ref>He was taken by [[Anne of Cleves]] to [[England]] in 1540. Given that he is documented starting his religious career only in 1549, nothing seems to oppose a brief co-rulership of Francis in 1539–40, before his trip to England.</ref>||Maria Gogreve<br /><small>(d.1580)</small><br />1563<br />no children
|align="center"|29 July 1574<br><small>aged 47-48</small>
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| [[Philip VI, Count of Waldeck|Philip VI ''the Younger'']] || [[File:Philip VI, Count of Landau.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|4 October 1551<br><small>First son of [[John I, Count of Waldeck|John I]] and [[:bg:Анна фон Липе (1529 – 1590)|Anna of Lippe]]</small>
|align="center"|9 April 1567 – 9 November 1579
|rowspan="2"|[[:de:Landau (Bad Arolsen)|County of Landau]]
|rowspan="2"|''Unmarried''
|align="center"|9 November 1579<br>[[Darmstadt]]<br><small>aged 28</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of John I, ruled jointly. As neither of them left descendants, Landau was reabsorbed in Eisenberg.
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| [[Francis III, Count of Waldeck|Francis III]]<ref>In fact he was the second Francis ruling.</ref>|| 
|align="center"|27 June 1553<br>[[Cloppenburg]]<br><small>Second son of [[John I, Count of Waldeck|John I]] and [[:bg:Анна фон Липе (1529 – 1590)|Anna of Lippe]]</small>
|align="center"|9 April 1567 – 12 March 1597
|align="center"|12 March 1597<br><small>aged 43</small>
|- bgcolor=#ceb
|colspan="8" align="center"|''Landau was reabsorbed into Eisenberg''
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| [[Daniel, Count of Waldeck|Daniel]] || 
|align="center"|1 August 1530<br><small>Third son of [[Philipp IV, Count of Waldeck|Philip IV]] and [[:de:Margarethe von Ostfriesland|Margaret of East Frisia]]</small>
|align="center"|30 November 1574 – 7 June 1577||[[Bad Wildungen|County of Wildungen]]||[[Barbara of Hesse]]<br />11 November 1568<br />[[Kassel]]<br />no children
|align="center"|7 June 1577<br>[[Waldeck, Hesse|Waldeck]]<br><small>aged 46</small>|| Left no heirs, and was succeeded by his brother Henry.
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| [[Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg|Josias I]] || 
|align="center"|18 March 1554<br>[[Eisenberg Castle, Korbach|Eisenberg]]<br><small>First son of [[Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck|Wolrad II]] and [[Anastasia Günthera of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|15 April 1575 – 6 August 1588
|rowspan="2"|[[Waldeck-Eisenberg|County of Eisenberg]]||[[:fr:Marie de Barby-Mühlingen|Maria of Barby-Mühlingen]]<br />8 March 1582<br />four children
|align="center"|6 August 1588<br>[[Eisenberg Castle, Korbach|Eisenberg]]<br><small>aged 34</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Wolrad II, ruled jointly. 
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| [[:nl:Wolraad III van Waldeck-Eisenberg|Wolrad III]] || 
|align="center"|16 June 1563<br>[[Waldeck, Hesse|Waldeck]]<br><small>Second son of [[Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck|Wolrad II]] and [[Anastasia Günthera of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|15 April 1575 – 12 November 1587||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|12 November 1587<br>[[Anneau]]<br><small>aged 24</small>
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| [[Henry IX, Count of Waldeck|Henry IX]]<ref>Henry IX was the seventh and final ruler named Henry.</ref> || 
|align="center"|10 December 1531<br><small>Fourth son of [[Philipp IV, Count of Waldeck|Philip IV]] and [[:de:Margarethe von Ostfriesland|Margaret of East Frisia]]</small>
|align="center"|7 June – 3 October 1577||[[Bad Wildungen|County of Wildungen]]||[[:de:Anna von Viermund|Anna of Viermund-Nordenbeck]]<br />19 December 1563<br />[[Korbach]]<br />no children
|align="center"|3 October 1577<br>[[:de:Ober-Werbe|Werbe]]<br><small>aged 45</small>|| Died shortly after his brother, and didn't have children as well.
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| [[:de:Günther (Waldeck)|Günther]] || 
|align="center"|19 June 1557<br>[[:de:Schloss Friedrichstein (Bad Wildungen)|Friedrichstein]]<br><small>Son of [[:de:Samuel von Waldeck|Samuel]] and [[Anna Maria of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg]]</small>
|align="center"|3 October 1577 – 23 May 1585||[[Bad Wildungen|County of Wildungen]]<br><small>(at [[:de:Schloss Friedrichstein (Bad Wildungen)|Friedrichstein]] since 1570)</small>||[[Margaret of Waldeck-Landau]]<br /><small>(1559-20 October 1580)</small><br />15 December 1578<br />[[Bad Wildungen]]<br />no children<br /><br />[[Margaret of Gleichen]]<br /><small>(28 May 1556 – 14 January 1619)</small><br />20 May 1582<br />[[Gräfentonna]]<br />one child
|align="center"|23 May 1585<br>[[:de:Schloss Friedrichstein (Bad Wildungen)|Friedrichstein]]<br><small>aged 27</small>|| His second marriage brought the county of [[Bad Pyrmont]] back to Waldeck control.
|- bgcolor=#fff
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Margaret of Gleichen]] (1585-1598)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| His death determined the extinction of the main branch of the House of Waldeck.
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| [[:de:Wilhelm Ernst (Waldeck)|William Ernest]] || [[File:William Ernest Count of Wildungen.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|8 June 1584<br><small>Son of [[:de:Günther (Waldeck)|Günther]] and [[Margaret of Gleichen]]</small>
|align="center"|23 May 1585 – 16 September 1598||[[Bad Wildungen|County of Wildungen]]||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|16 September 1598<br>[[Tübingen]]<br><small>aged 14</small>
|- bgcolor=#fff
|colspan="8" align="center"|''Wildungen briefly annexed to Eisenberg''
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Christian, Count of Waldeck|Christian]] || 
|align="center"|25 December 1585<br>[[Eisenberg Castle, Korbach|Eisenberg]]<br><small>First son of [[Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg|Josias I]] and [[:fr:Marie de Barby-Mühlingen|Maria of Barby-Mühlingen]]</small>
|align="center"|6 August 1588 – 31 December 1637||[[Bad Wildungen|County of Wildungen]]<br><small>(in Eisenberg in co-rulership until 1607)</small>||[[:fr:Élisabeth de Nassau-Siegen|Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen]]<br />18 November 1604<br />[[Bad Wildungen]]<br />fifteen children
|align="center"|31 December 1637<br>[[Waldeck, Hesse|Waldeck]]<br><small>aged 52</small>
|rowspan="2"|Children of Josias I, divided their inheritance in 1607.
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| [[Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck|Wolrad IV ''the Pious'']]<ref name="Fruit">Known in the [[Fruitbearing Society]] as ''the Early Godfather''.</ref> || 
|align="center"|7 June 1588<br>[[Eisenberg Castle, Korbach|Eisenberg]]<br><small>Second son of [[Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg|Josias I]] and [[:fr:Marie de Barby-Mühlingen|Maria of Barby-Mühlingen]]</small>
|align="center"|6 August 1588 – 6 October 1640||[[Waldeck-Eisenberg|County of Eisenberg]]||[[:fr:Anne de Bade-Durlach|Anna of Baden-Durlach]]<br />8 September 1607<br />[[Durlach]]<br />ten children
|align="center"|6 October 1640<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>aged 52</small>
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| [[Philip VII, Count of Waldeck|Philip VII]] ||[[File:Philipp VII von Waldeck-Wildungen.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|25 November 1613<br>[[Eisenberg Castle, Korbach|Eisenberg]]<br><small>Second son of [[Christian, Count of Waldeck|Christian]] and [[:fr:Élisabeth de Nassau-Siegen|Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen]]</small>
|align="center"|31 December 1637 – 24 February 1645||[[Bad Wildungen|County of Wildungen]]||[[:fr:Anne-Catherine de Sayn-Wittgenstein|Anna Catharina of Sayn-Wittgenstein]]<br />26 October 1634<br />[[Frankfurt am Main]]<br />six children
|align="center"|24 February 1645<br>[[Jankov (Benešov District)|Jankov]]<br><small>aged 31</small>
|rowspan="2"|Children of Christian, divided their inheritance
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| [[John II, Count of Waldeck-Landau|John II]] ||
|align="center"|7 November 1623<br>[[Waldeck, Hesse|Waldeck]]<br><small>Fourth son of [[Christian, Count of Waldeck|Christian]] and [[:fr:Élisabeth de Nassau-Siegen|Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen]]</small>
|align="center"|31 December 1637 – 10 October 1668||[[:de:Landau (Bad Arolsen)|County of Landau]]||Alexandrine Maria of Vehlen-Meggen<br><small>(d.27 February 1662)</small><br>17 December 1644<br>no children<br><br>[[:fr:Henriette-Dorothée de Hesse-Darmstadt|Henriette Dorothea of Hesse-Darmstadt]]<br>10 November 1667<br />[[:de:Burg Merlau|Merlau]]<br>no children
|align="center"|10 October 1668<br>[[:de:Landau (Bad Arolsen)|Landau]]<br><small>aged 44</small>
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|colspan="8" align="center"|''Landau reannexed to Wildungen''
|- bgcolor=#def
| [[Philip Dietrich, Count of Waldeck|Philip Theodore]] ||[[File:Graf Philipp Theodor von Waldeck (1614-1645).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|2 November 1614<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>Second son of [[Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck|Wolrad IV]] and [[:fr:Anne de Bade-Durlach|Anna of Baden-Durlach]]</small>
|align="center"|6 October 1640 – 7 December 1645||[[Waldeck-Eisenberg|County of Eisenberg]]||[[:fr:Marie-Madeleine de Nassau-Siegen|Maria Magdalena of Nassau-Siegen]]<br />25 August 1639<br />[[Culemborg]]<br />two children
|align="center"|7 December 1645<br>[[Korbach]]<br><small>aged 31</small>|| 
|- bgcolor=#def
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck|George Frederick, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg]] (1645-1659)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| Left no heirs, and was succeeded by his uncle and previous regent.
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| [[Henry Wolrad, Count of Waldeck|Henry Wolrad]] || 
|align="center"|28 March 1642<br>[[Culemborg]]<br><small>Son of [[Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck|Wolrad IV]] and [[:fr:Anne de Bade-Durlach|Anna of Baden-Durlach]]</small>
|align="center"|7 December 1645 – 15 July 1664||[[Waldeck-Eisenberg|County of Eisenberg]]||[[:de:Juliane Elisabeth von Waldeck|Juliane Elisabeth of Waldeck-Wildungen]]<br />27 January 1660<br />no children
|align="center"|15 July 1664<br>[[Graz]]<br><small>aged 22</small>
|- bgcolor=#fff
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regencies of [[:fr:Anne-Catherine de Sayn-Wittgenstein|Anna Catherine of Sayn-Wittgenstein]] (1645-1660) and [[Henry Wolrad, Count of Waldeck|Henry Wolrad, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg]] (1659-1660)''</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of Philip VII, ruled jointly.
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| [[Christian Louis, Count of Waldeck|Christian Louis]] ||[[File:Graf Christian Ludwig von Waldeck (1635-1706).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|29 July 1635<br>[[Waldeck, Hesse|Waldeck]]<br><small>First son of [[Philip VII, Count of Waldeck|Philip VII]] and [[:fr:Anne-Catherine de Sayn-Wittgenstein|Anna Catharina of Sayn-Wittgenstein]]</small>
|align="center"|24 February 1645 – 12 December 1706
|rowspan="2"|[[Bad Wildungen|County of Wildungen]]<br /><small>(1645–92)</small><br /><br />County of [[Waldeck, Hesse|Waldeck]] and [[Bad Pyrmont|Pyrmont]]<br /><small>(1692–1706)</small>||Anna Elisabeth of Rappoltstein<br /><small>(7 March 1644 – 6 December 1676)</small><br />2 July 1658<br />fifteen children<br /><br />[[Johanna of Nassau-Idstein]]<br /><small>(14 September 1657 – 14 March 1733)</small><br />6 June 1680<br />[[Idstein]]<br />ten children
|align="center"|12 December 1706<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>aged 71</small>
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen|Josias II]] ||[[File:Graf Josias II. von Waldeck (1636-1669).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|2 July 1636<br>[[Bad Wildungen]]<br><small>Second son of [[Philip VII, Count of Waldeck|Philip VII]] and [[:fr:Anne-Catherine de Sayn-Wittgenstein|Anna Catharina of Sayn-Wittgenstein]]</small>
|align="center"|24 February 1645 – 8 August 1669||[[Wilhelmine Christine of Nassau-Siegen]]<br />26 January 1660<br />[[Bad Arolsen]]<br />seven children
|align="center"|8 August 1669<br>[[Heraklion]]<br><small>aged 33</small>
|- bgcolor=#def
| [[Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck|George Frederick]] ||[[File:Georg Friedrich, count of Waldeck, painted by Johann Valentin Tischbein, ca 1750.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|31 January 1620<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>Third son of [[Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck|Wolrad IV]] and [[:fr:Anne de Bade-Durlach|Anna of Baden-Durlach]]</small>
|align="center"|15 July 1664 – 19 November 1692||[[Waldeck-Eisenberg|County of Eisenberg]]<br /><small>(1664–82)</small><br /><br />[[Waldeck-Eisenberg|Principality of Eisenberg]]<br /><small>(1682–92)</small>||[[:fr:Élisabeth-Charlotte de Nassau-Siegen|Elisabeth Charlotte of Nassau-Siegen]]<br />29 November 1643<br />[[Culemborg]]<br />nine children
|align="center"|19 November 1692<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>aged 72</small>|| In 1682, he received the title of ''Prince''. Left no surviving male heirs. The principality was inherited by Wildungen, which was kept as a county until a few years later.
|- bgcolor=#def
|colspan="8" align="center"|''Eisenberg (except [[Culemborg]]) was definitely annexed to Wildungen''
|- bgcolor=#def
| [[Louise Anna of Waldeck|Louise Anna]] || 
|align="center"|18 April 1653<br>[[Berlin]]<br><small>Daughter of [[Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck|George Frederick]] and [[:fr:Élisabeth-Charlotte de Nassau-Siegen|Elisabeth Charlotte of Nassau-Siegen]]</small>
|align="center"|19 November 1692 – 30 June 1714||[[Waldeck-Eisenberg|County of Eisenberg]]<br /><small>(at [[Culemborg]])</small>||[[George IV, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau]]<br />22 August 1671<br />[[Arolsen]]<br />four children
|align="center"|30 June 1714<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>aged 61</small>|| Kept the lordship of Culemborg. As she survived all her children, the lordship was inherited, after her death, by her nephew, [[Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen]].
|- bgcolor=#def
|colspan="8" align="center"|''Culemborg was inherited by [[Saxe-Hildburghausen]]''
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Frederick Anton Ulrich]] ||[[File:Friedrich Anton Ulrich Waldeck.jpeg|100px]] 
|align="center"|26 November 1676<br>[[Waldeck, Hesse|Waldeck]]<br><small>Son of [[Christian Louis, Count of Waldeck|Christian Louis]] and Anna Elisabeth of Rappoltstein</small>
|align="center"|12 December 1706 – 1 January 1728||County of [[Waldeck, Hesse|Waldeck]] and [[Bad Pyrmont|Pyrmont]]<br /><small>(1706–12)</small><br /><br />Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont<br /><small>(1712–28)</small>||[[:bg:Луиза фон Пфалц-Биркенфелд-Бишвайлер|Louise of Palatinate-Birkenfeld]]<br />22 October 1700<br />[[Hanau]]<br />eleven children
|align="center"|1 January 1728<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>aged 51</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Christian Louis. Frederick Anton was elevated in 1712 to hereditary prince by [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Charles VI]]. On 30 September 1695, their father had changed the primogeniture house law of the Waldeck house, which he had enacted in 1685 and modified in 1687, insofar as he issued a paragium under the established suzerainty of the ruling line of the house, consisting of the three villages of Bergheim, Königshagen and Welle. This paragium, or vassal line, was inherited by Christian Louis' second son, Josias I.
|- bgcolor=#fca
| [[:de:Josias I. (Waldeck-Bergheim)|Josias I]] ||[[File:Josias I. von Waldeck-Bergheim (1696-1763).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|20 August 1696<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>Son of [[Christian Louis, Count of Waldeck|Christian Louis]] and [[Johanna of Nassau-Idstein]]</small>
|align="center"|12 December 1706 – 2 February 1763||[[:de:Schloss Bergheim (Edertal)|County of Bergheim]]||[[Dorothea Sophia of Solms-Rödelheim]]<br /><small>(27 January 1698 – 6 February 1774)</small><br />17 January 1825<br />seven children 
|align="center"|2 February 1763<br>[[:de:Bergheim (Edertal)|Bergheim]]<br><small>aged 66</small>
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[:fr:Christian-Philippe de Waldeck-Pyrmont|Christian Philip]] ||[[File:Fürst Christian Philipp von Waldeck (1701-1728).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|13 October 1701<br>[[Edertal]]<br><small>First son of [[Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Frederick Anton Ulrich]] and [[:bg:Луиза фон Пфалц-Биркенфелд-Бишвайлер|Louise of Palatinate-Birkenfeld]]</small>
|align="center"|1 January – 17 May 1728||Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|17 May 1728<br>[[Mannheim]]<br><small>aged 26</small>|| Survived his father for a few months, and left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother.
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| [[Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Charles August]] ||[[File:Follower of Rigaud - Portrait of a gentleman in a red cloak with ermine trim, and a sash and medal of honour.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|24 September 1704<br>[[Hanau]]<br><small>Second son of [[Friedrich Anton Ulrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Frederick Anton Ulrich]] and [[:bg:Луиза фон Пфалц-Биркенфелд-Бишвайлер|Louise of Palatinate-Birkenfeld]]</small>
|align="center"|17 May 1728 – 29 August 1763||Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont||[[Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|Christiane Henriette of Palatinate-Birkenfeld]]<br />19 August 1741<br />[[Zweibrücken]]<br />seven children
|align="center"|29 August 1763<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>aged 58</small>|| 
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Frederick Charles August]] || [[File:Frederik Karel August van Waldeck-Pyrmont.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|25 October 1743<br>[[Zweibrücken]]<br><small>Second son of [[Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Charles August]] and [[Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|Christiane Henriette of Palatinate-Birkenfeld]]</small>
|align="center"|29 August 1763 – 24 September 1812||Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|24 September 1812<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>aged 68</small>||Left no heirs and was succeeded by his brother.
|- bgcolor=#fca
| [[George, Count of Waldeck-Bergheim|George]] ||[[File:Graf Georg Friedrich Ludwig Belgicus von Waldeck-Bergheim (1732-1771).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|20 July 1732<br>[[:de:Bergheim (Edertal)|Bergheim]]<br><small>Second son of [[:de:Josias I. (Waldeck-Bergheim)|Josias I]] and [[Dorothea Sophia of Solms-Rödelheim]]</small>
|align="center"|2 February 1763 – 9 April 1771||[[:de:Schloss Bergheim (Edertal)|County of Bergheim]]||[[Christine of Isenburg-Meerholz]]<br /><small>(22 November 1742 – 20 March 1808)</small><br />31 August 1766<br />no children
|align="center"|9 April 1771<br>[[:de:Bergheim (Edertal)|Bergheim]]<br><small>aged 38</small>|| Left no heirs and was succeeded by his brother.
|- bgcolor=#fca
| [[:de:Josias II. (Waldeck-Bergheim)|Josias II]] ||[[File:Josias II. Graf von Waldeck-Bergheim.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|16 October 1733<br>[[:de:Bergheim (Edertal)|Bergheim]]<br><small>Third son of [[:de:Josias I. (Waldeck-Bergheim)|Josias I]] and [[Dorothea Sophia of Solms-Rödelheim]]</small>
|align="center"|9 April 1771 – 4 January 1788||[[:de:Schloss Bergheim (Edertal)|County of Bergheim]]||[[Christine Wilhelmine of Isenburg-Büdingen]]<br /><small>(24 June 1756 – 13 November 1826)</small><br />5 March 1772<br />no children
|align="center"|4 January 1788<br>[[:de:Bergheim (Edertal)|Bergheim]]<br><small>aged 54</small>||
|- bgcolor=#fca
| [[Josias III, Count of Waldeck-Bergheim|Josias III]] ||[[File:Josias Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Carl Graf zu Waldeck und Pyrmont (1774-1829).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|13 May 1774<br>[[:de:Bergheim (Edertal)|Bergheim]]<br><small>First son of [[:de:Josias II. (Waldeck-Bergheim)|Josias II]] and [[Christine Wilhelmine of Isenburg-Büdingen]]</small>
|align="center"|4 January 1788 – 9 June 1829||[[:de:Schloss Bergheim (Edertal)|County of Bergheim]]||[[Wilhelmine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg]]<br /><small>(23 April 1774 – 25 June 1817)</small><br />10 January 1802<br />no children
|align="center"|9 June 1829<br>[[:de:Bergheim (Edertal)|Bergheim]]<br><small>aged 55</small>|| Left no heirs and was succeeded by his brother.
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|George I]] ||[[File:Fürst Georg von Waldeck und Pyrmont.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|6 May 1747<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>Third son of [[Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Charles August]] and [[Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|Christiane Henriette of Palatinate-Birkenfeld]]</small>
|align="center"|24 September 1812 – 9 September 1813||Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont||[[:es:Augusta de Schwarzburgo-Sondershausen|Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]]<br />12 September 1784<br />[[Otterwisch]]<br />three children
|align="center"|9 September 1813<br>[[Rhoden]]<br><small>aged 66</small>||
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|George II]] ||[[File:Georg II. Fürst zu Waldeck und Pyrmont.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|20 September 1789<br>[[Weil am Rhein]]<br><small>Son of [[George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|George I]] and [[:es:Augusta de Schwarzburgo-Sondershausen|Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]]</small>
|align="center"|9 September 1813 – 15 May 1845||Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont||[[Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym]]<br />26 June 1823<br />[[Schaumburg]]<br />five children
|align="center"|15 May 1845<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>aged 55</small>||
|- bgcolor=#fca
| [[Charles, Count of Waldeck-Bergheim|Charles]] ||[[File:Graf Karl von Waldeck-Bergheim (1778-1849).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|17 November 1778<br>[[:de:Bergheim (Edertal)|Bergheim]]<br><small>Fourth son of [[Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Bergheim|Josias II]] and [[Christine Wilhelmine of Isenburg-Büdingen]]</small>
|align="center"|9 June 1829 – 21 January 1849||[[:de:Schloss Bergheim (Edertal)|County of Bergheim]]||Karoline Schilling von Canstatt<br /><small>(2 February 1798 – 7 October 1866)</small><br />25 April 1819<br />six children
|align="center"|21 January 1849<br>[[:de:Bergheim (Edertal)|Bergheim]]<br><small>aged 70</small>||
|- bgcolor=#fff
|colspan="7" align=center| <small>''Regency of [[Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym]]  (1845-1858)''</small>
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|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|George Victor]] ||[[File:Fürst Georg Viktor zu Waldeck und Pyrmont.jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|14 January 1831<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>Son of [[George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|George II]] and [[Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym|Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym]]</small>
|align="center"|15 May 1845 – 12 May 1893||Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont||[[Princess Helena of Nassau|Helena of Nassau]]<br />26 September 1853<br />[[Wiesbaden]]<br />seven children<br /><br />[[Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]]<br />29 April 1891<br />[[Luisenlund]]<br />one child
|align="center"|12 May 1893<br>[[Mariánské Lázně]]<br><small>aged 62</small>
|- bgcolor=#fca
| [[Adalbert I, Count of Waldeck-Bergheim|Adalbert I]] || 
|align="center"|19 February 1833<br>[[:de:Bergheim (Edertal)|Bergheim]]<br><small>Son of [[Charles, Count of Waldeck-Bergheim|Charles]] and Karoline Schilling von Canstatt</small>
|align="center"|21 January 1849 – 24 July 1893||[[:de:Schloss Bergheim (Edertal)|County of Bergheim]]||[[Agnes Caroline of Sayn-Hohenstein]]<br /><small>(18 April 1834 – 18 February 1886)</small><br />3 August 1858<br />seven children<br /><br />[[Ida Charlotte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein]]<br /><small>(25 February 1837 – 7 May 1922)</small><br />18 October 1887<br />no children
|align="center"|24 July 1893<br>[[:de:Bergheim (Edertal)|Bergheim]]<br><small>aged 60</small>||
|- bgcolor=#fff
| [[Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Frederick]] ||[[File:Prince Frederick of Waldeck and Pyrmont. (Album Photographs. Royal Portraits, 1875-1890).jpg|100px]] 
|align="center"|20 January 1865<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>Son of [[George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|George Victor]] and [[Princess Helena of Nassau|Helena of Nassau]]</small>
|align="center"|12 May 1893 – 13 November 1918||Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont||[[Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe|Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe]]<br />9 August 1895<br />[[Náchod]]<br />four children
|align="center"|26 May 1946<br>[[Bad Arolsen]]<br><small>aged 81</small>||Brother of Queen [[Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Emma]] of the Netherlands. Abolition of the monarchy in 1918.
|- bgcolor=#fca
| [[Adalbert II, Count of Waldeck-Bergheim|Adalbert II]] || 
|align="center"|6 January 1863<br>[[:de:Bergheim (Edertal)|Bergheim]]<br><small>Son of [[Adalbert I, Count of Waldeck-Bergheim|Adalbert I]] and [[Agnes Caroline of Sayn-Hohenstein]]</small>
|align="center"|24 July 1893 – 13 November 1918||[[:de:Schloss Bergheim (Edertal)|County of Bergheim]]||''Unmarried''
|align="center"|23 February 1934<br>[[:de:Bergheim (Edertal)|Bergheim]]<br><small>aged 71</small>||Abolition of the monarchy in 1918.
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==See also==
* [[Arolsen Castle]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{EB1911 poster|Waldeck-Pyrmont}}
{{CE poster|Principality of Waldeck}}
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.deutsche-schutzgebiete.de/fuerstentum_waldeck.htm Principality of Waldeck] {{in lang|de}}
*[http://www.lwl.org/westfaelische-geschichte/portal/Internet/ku.php?tab=que&ID=1559 Canon law of the regnancy Waldeck, 1556]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090908075333/http://home.att.net/~david.danner/militaria/waldeck.htm Decorations of the Principality of Waldeck]
*[http://www.nationalanthems.us/forum/YaBB.pl?action=print;num=1101849953 National anthem and flags]

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