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JOHANN STEPHAN Mönch, Kutscher (Coachman) married 22.8.1706 ELISABETH DoGore in Helsen, a village west of Arolsen.
FamilyMünch was associated with the Rulers of Waldeck, Capital Arolsen in Hessen, Germany for several centuries, the oldest mentioned being one Henrich Mönch or Münch (1465-1518), Landvogt (Steward? Bailiff?) of the Count Philip II of Waldeck. All the Waldeck-Pyrmont Münch's are probably descended from him. The family served the Comital House in a variety of functions (pastor, steward, forester, chef, chamberlain, coachman, mayor) over the centuries.
His wife's name is puzzling. DoGore looks like a very strange German name and may be a transcription error. I wonder if her given names were actually ELISABETH DOROTHEA ('Do' shorthand for Dorothea--cf 'Geo' for George) and her surname Gore. The name Dorothea was used for her descendants for several generations.
I have tentatively added JOHANN HENRICH Münch/ Mönnich and CATHARINA GERTRUDA Scriba as his likely parents.
Waldeck was a county within the Holy Roman Empire from about 1200. Its counts included Adolf II of Waldeck from 1270 to 1276. In 1655, its seat and the chief residence of its rulers shifted from the castle and small town of Waldeck, overlooking the Eder river and first mentioned in 1120, to Arolsen. In 1625, the small county of Pyrmont became part of the county through inheritance. In January 1712, the count of Waldeck and Pyrmont was elevated to prince by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. For a brief period, 1805 to 1812, Pyrmont was a separate principality as a result of inheritance and partition after the death of the previous prince, but the two parts were united again in 1812. The independence of the principality was confirmed in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, and Waldeck and Pyrmont became a member of the German Confederation. From 1868 onward, the principality was administered by Prussia, but retained its legislative sovereignty. Prussian administration served to reduce administrative costs for the small state and was based on a ten-year contract that was repeatedly renewed until Waldeck was formally absorbed into the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau in 1929. In 1871, the principality became a constituent state of the new German Empire. (From Wikipedia)
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