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Count Philip II of Waldeck-Eisenberg (3 March 1453 – 26 October 1524 at Sparrenberg Castle in Bielefeld) was count of Waldeck-Eisenberg. His parents were Count Wolrad I of Waldeck and Barbara of Wertheim (b. 1422).As a younger son Philip was originally destinened for a career in the church but after his elder brother Philip I died he left the clergy for dynastic reasons and ruled the County of Waldeck as regent for his underage nephew Henry VIII.