Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg

Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg
Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg
Coat of arms
Reign1578–1588
PredecessorWolrad II
Successor
Full name
Josias I Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg
Native nameJosias I. Graf von Waldeck-Eisenberg
BornJosias Graf von Waldeck-Eisenberg
(1554-03-18)18 March 1554
Eisenberg Castle
Died6 August 1588(1588-08-06) (aged 34)
Eisenberg Castle
Buried9 August 1588
Saint Nicholas Church, Korbach
Noble familyHouse of Waldeck
Spouse(s)Mary of Barby and Mühlingen
Issue
Detail
FatherWolrad II of Waldeck-Eisenberg
MotherAnastasia Günthera of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg

Count Josias I of Waldeck-Eisenberg (German: Josias I. Graf von Waldeck-Eisenberg; 18 March 1554 – 6 August 1588) was a German nobleman who was Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg from 1578 until his death.

In the ten years of his short reign, Josias began the long overdue reform of the state administration, including the regulation of the churches, which aimed to strengthen the internal affairs of the state and thus achieve a clear independence of the county and a separation from Hesse. To solve the problems of the time, however, a longer reign of Josias would have been necessary, as well as a like-minded attitude of the other counts of Waldeck. Among them he took the leading position.[1]

  1. ^ Haarmann (2014), p. 23.

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