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

John was born on 7 November 1623 in Waldeck as the fourteenth child of Count Christian of Waldeck-Wildungen and his wife Countess Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen. John's eldest brother, Philip VII, succeeded their father early 1638 as Count of , while John became Count of . He had his Residenz in Landau since then. The entire County of Waldeck, was heavily in debt. The financial difficulties of the county did not change when the counts of Waldeck acquired the  in 1640. The lordship was sold to Duke Frederick I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg in 1677. John served as major general in the Swedish Army. He died in  on 10 October 1668. As he was childless, the county of Waldeck-Landau was inherited by his nephew Christian Louis of Waldeck-Wildungen. Marriages
John married firstly on 17 December 1644 to Alexandrine Maria Gräfin von Vehlen und Meggen (? – Thorn, 27 February 1662). She was the widow of Count Emich of Daun-Falkenstein. John remarried at  on 10 November 1667 to Landgravine Dorothy Henriette of Hesse-Darmstadt (Darmstadt, 14 October 1641 – Landau, 22 December 1672), daughter of Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt and Princess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony. Ancestors

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1623 births
1668 deaths
John 02, Count of Waldeck-Landau
German military officers
Military personnel from Hesse
Swedish Army major generals
17th-century German people