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Philip IV, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

Bad Wildungen, 1493 – Waldeck (Stadt Waldeck), 10 Dec 1574

6 facts1 source

Facts and their sources

  • Born1493, Bad Wildungennot verified1 source
  • MarriedJutta of Isenberg-Grenzaunot verified1 source
  • Died10 Dec 1574, Waldeck (Stadt Waldeck)not verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 1493

    Born in Bad Wildungen

  2. 1530–1558

    2 children are born

  3. 10 Dec 1574

    Dies in Waldeck (Stadt Waldeck)

Family

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Children · 2

During his lifetime

He lived through 9 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Bad Wildungen.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1490s · Philip is born in Bad Wildungen

News and letters

Local Courier Compensation

Local messengers, known as Amtsboten, were responsible for regional deliveries and were often compensated simply with food and beer.

News and letters

Long-Distance Messenger Travel

Saxon court messengers could travel 183 Saxon miles, approximately 1500 kilometers, on horseback to deliver letters and were paid 8 pence per mile plus expenses.