Wilderich von Walderdorff
Wilderich Freiherr von Walderdorff (14 January 1617, Würzburg – 4 September 1680, Vienna) from the Walderdorff family was Prince-Bishop of Vienna and Reichsvizekanzler (Vice-Chancellor) of the Holy Roman Empire (1660-1669). Biography He was a member of the Walderdorff family; the son of Johann Peter von Walderdorff (1575–1635) and his wife Maria Magdalena Greiffenklau zu Vollrads (1595–1678), sister of the Archbishop of Mainz, Georg Friedrich von Greiffenclau zu Vollrads. The epitaph of his parents is located in the town church of Limburg an der Lahn. His younger brother Johann Philipp von Walderdorff (1620–1689) was also a clergyman, as well as canon in Speyer and Trier. Together with him, he built the Walderdorffer Hof between 1665 and 1668. The young nobleman first studied in Würzburg, Speyer and the Collegium Germanicum in Rome, was not ordained a priest until 1659 and soon became a canon in Würzburg, Speyer and Mainz. From 1647 to 1669, Walderdorff was Vicar-General of Mainz, from 1650 dean, later also cathedral provost in the Diocese of Speyer. He became Imperial Privy Councilor and served as Reich Vice Chancellor for 11 years. Walderdorff acquired in the mid-seventeenth century the Stockheimer Hof on the then Frauenbrüderplatz called Carmelite Square. In 1720