He was an imperial count and the ruling Count of Königstein, Rochefort, Wernigerode and Hohnstein, as well as Lord of Eppstein, Münzenberg, Breuberg, Agimont, Lohra and Klettenberg He was the son of Count Henry Ernest of Stolberg and his wife Anna Elisabeth.
He was buried in the castle church at Ilsenburg on 21 December 1710.
Since he had no male heir, his possessions fell to his nephew Christian Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode.
This trust fund was known as the Greizer Bequest; it supported the poor and those in need in the County of Wernigerode until 1931.
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