Graf von Waldeck-Landau, official titles: Graf zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, Herr zu Tonna, was since 1638 Count of Waldeck-Landau [nl].

John was born on 7 November 1623 in Waldeck as the fourteenth child of Count Christian of Waldeck-Wildungen and his wife Countess Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen.

The financial difficulties of the county did not change when the counts of Waldeck acquired the Lordship of Tonna [de] in 1640.

[1] As he was childless, the county of Waldeck-Landau was inherited by his nephew Christian Louis of Waldeck-Wildungen.John married firstly on 17 December 1644[1][2] to Alexandrine Maria Gräfin von Vehlen und Meggen (?

[1][5] John remarried at Merlau Castle [de] on 10 November 1667 to Landgravine Dorothy Henriette of Hesse-Darmstadt (Darmstadt, 14 October 1641 – Landau, 22 December 1672),[1] daughter of Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt[2] and Princess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony.