County of Waldeck

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The County of Waldeck was a small historic principality in what is now central Germany, ruled by the House of Waldeck and later elevated to a principality within the Holy Roman Empire.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
County of Waldeck canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county
former principality
former state of the Holy Roman Empire
borderedBy Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn
surface form: Bishopric of Paderborn

Landgraviate of Hesse
surface form: County of Hesse

County of Schaumburg
capital Arolsen
Korbach
coatOfArms Arms of the House of Waldeck
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
currency Reichsthaler
elevatedTo Principality of Waldeck
surface form: Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
endTime 1712
event elevation to principality
governmentType feudal monarchy
monarchy
hasDynasticHouse House of Waldeck
surface form: House of Waldeck-Pyrmont
hasRulerTitle Graf zu Waldeck
surface form: Count of Waldeck
hasTerritorialSuccessor Free State of Waldeck
Prussia
hasTitleHolder Graf zu Waldeck
surface form: Counts of Waldeck
historicalEra Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages
historicalRegion Waldeck region
language German
laterRulerTitle Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
locatedIn Hesse
central Germany
memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
nobleFamily House of Waldeck
partOf Holy Roman Empire
Upper Rhenish Circle
presentLocation Germany
state of Hesse
religion Lutheranism
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
ruledBy House of Waldeck
shortName Waldeck
sovereigntyType imperial immediacy
startTime 12th century
c. 1180
status immediate territory of the Empire
successor Principality of Waldeck
Principality of Waldeck
surface form: Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
todayPartOf Waldeck-Frankenberg district
surface form: district of Waldeck-Frankenberg

state of Hesse
surface form: federal state of Hesse

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn borderedBy County of Waldeck
Duchy of Westphalia borderedBy County of Waldeck
Landgraviate of Hesse borderedBy County of Waldeck
House of Waldeck hasMainTerritory County of Waldeck
House of Waldeck ruled County of Waldeck
George Frederick of Waldeck birthPlace County of Waldeck
George Frederick of Waldeck deathPlace County of Waldeck
Graf zu Waldeck titleHolderIn County of Waldeck
Graf zu Waldeck predecessorEntity County of Waldeck
Arms of the House of Waldeck associatedWith County of Waldeck
Waldeck-Pyrmont dynasty originatesFrom County of Waldeck