William Wirich, Count of Daun-Falkenstein

William Wirich, Count of Daun-Falkenstein
William Wirich, Count of Daun-Falkenstein
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth of Waldeck-Wildungen Agnes Catherine of Limburg-Styrum
Noble family	Counts of Falkenstein
Father	John Adolph, Count of Daun-Falkenstein
Mother	Anna Maria of Nassau-Siegen
Born	1 June 1613
Died	26 August 1682 (aged 69)

Count William Wirich of Daun-Falkenstein (1 June 1613 – 26 August 1682) was a German nobleman. By descent, he was a Count of Falkenstein; by inheritance, he was Lord of Broich and Bürgel.

Life

William Wirich was a son of Count John Adolph (1582–1623) and his wife, Countess Anna Maria (1589–1620), a daughter of Count John VII of Nassau-Siegen and Countess Magdalena of Waldeck.

On 28 October 1634, he married at Waldeck Castle to his cousin Elisabeth of Waldeck. In 1636, he inherited the County of Falkenstein from his third cousin once removed Count Francis Christopher of Daun-Oberstein.

Charles Alexander was his only son who survived into adulthood. However, he was shot by Count Moritz of Limburg during a fight on 7 October 1659. William Wirich remarried to Countess Agnes Catherine of Limburg-Styrum. However, this marriage remained childless, so when he died, the Daun-Falkenstein branch died out in the male line.

The impoverished count sold the county of Falkenstein to Duke Charles IV of Lorraine in 1667. The Lordships of Broich and Bürgel were inherited by his third cousin once remove, Emich Christian of Leiningen-Dagsburg.

Marriage and issue

On 28 November 1634 at Waldeck Castle, he married his cousin Elizabeth (1610–1647), the daughter of Count Christian of Waldeck-Wildungen. They had the following children:

• Anna Elizabeth (9 January 1636 – 1685), married:

1. in 1658 to George William (1636-1672), the son of Count Emich XIII of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1612-1658) and Christiane of Solms-Laubach (1607-1638)
2. in 1673 to George Frederick, the son of Wild- and Rhinegrave John Casimir of Salm-Kyrburg (1577-1651) and Dorothea of Solms-Laubach (1579-1631)

• Ferdinand Christian (25 December 1636 – 29 March 1642)
• Charlotte Auguste (30 December 1637 – 1713)

married Rev. A. Siebel

• Amalie Sibylle (b. 27 January 1639)

married on 22 August 1664 (renounced 1674), John Louis (1643-1687), the son of Count Emich XIII of Leiningen-Dagsburg and Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen

• Christine Louise (18 July 1640 – December 1717)

married on 17 July 1664 to Count Emich Christian (1642-1702), another son of Count Emich XIII of Leiningen-Dagsburg and Dorothea of Waldeck-Wildungen

• Charles Alexander (23 February 1643 – 7 October 1659)
• William (23 July 1644 – 4 October 1653)

In 1663, he remarried, to Agnes Catherine (1629–1686), the daughter of Count Bernard Albert of Limburg-Styrum (1597–1637) and Countess Maria Anna of Berg (1600–1653). This marriage remained childless.

Ancestors

Ancestors of William Wirich, Count of Daun-Falkenstein

16. Wirich V, Count of Daun-Falkenstein c. 1473 – end of 1546               8. Philip II, Count of Daun-Falkenstein c. 1514 – spring 1554                       17. Irmgard of Sayn d. 27 August 1551               4. Wirich VI, Count of Daun-Falkenstein c. 1542 – 11 October 1598                             18. Arnold of Holtey               9. Mary Caspara of Holtey 1520 – 14 January 1558                       19. Hermanna Sobecke               2. John Adolf, Count of Daun-Falkenstein 5 June 1582 – 3 March 1623                                   20. John I of Manderscheid-Blankenheim 1446 – 9 January 1524               10. Arnold I of Manderscheid-Blankenheim 14 November 1500 – 6 May 1548                       21. Margaret of La Marck-Arenberg 1460 – 27 June 1542               5. Elisabeth of Manderscheid-Blankenheim 3 April 1544 – 3 September 1586                             22. John III, Count of Wied-Runckel 1485 – 18 May 1533               11. Margaret of Wied 1516 – 15 August 1571                       23. Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, Countess of Wied 1 December 1488 – 3 June 1559               1. William Wirich of Daun-Falkenstein 1 June 1613 – 22 August 1682                                         24. William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg 10 April 1487 – 6 October 1559               12. John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg 22 November 1536 – 28 October 1606                       25. Juliana of Stolberg 15 February 1506 – 18 June 1580               6. John VII, Count of Nassau 7 June 1561 – 27 September 1623                             26. George III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg 13 December 1502 – 21 May 1555               13. Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg March 1537 – 6 July 1579                       27. Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach 24 September 1495 – 23 September 1552               3. Anna Maria of Nassau-Siegen 3 March 1589 – 27 February 1620                                   28. Henry VIII, Count of Waldeck 1465 – 28 May 1513               14. Philip IV, Count of Waldeck 1493 – 30 November 1574                       29. Anastasia of Runkel 1470 – before 1502               7. Countess Magdalena of Waldeck 1558 – August 1599                             30. Salentin VI, Count of Isenburg-Neumagen c. 1462 – 14 November 1536               15. Jutta of Isenburg-Grenzau 1520 – 28 July 1564                       31. Elisabeth of Hunolstein c. 1475 – 11 November 1536

References

• Dr. Otto Redlich (1939), Mülheim an der Ruhr - Seine Geschichte von den Anfängen bis zum Übergang an Preußen 1815, Stadt Mülheim an der Ruhr: self-published by the City of Mülheim an der Ruhr