Waldburg-Waldsee
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County (Principality) of Waldburg-Waldsee Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Waldburg-Waldsee | |||||||||
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| 1667–1806 | |||||||||
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| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Bad Waldsee | ||||||||
| Common languages | Alemannic German | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
| 1667 | |||||||||
• Annexed Wolfegg | 1798 | ||||||||
• Raised to principality | 1803 | ||||||||
| 1806 | |||||||||
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Waldburg-Waldsee was a County and later Principality within Holy Roman Empire, ruled by the House of Waldburg, located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, around Bad Waldsee.
Waldburg-Waldsee was a partition of Waldburg-Wolfegg. When the Wolfegg branch extinguished in 1798, the Waldsee branch inherited Wolfegg. Waldburg-Waldsee was a county prior to 1803, when it was raised to a principality shortly before being mediatised to Württemberg in 1806.[1] The castle of the princes of Waldburg-Waldsee lies in the town of Kißlegg.[2]
Rulers of Waldburg-Waldsee
[edit]The Waldburg-Waldsee are one of five branches of the Waldburg family, the others being Waldburg-Waldburg, Walsdburg-Zei, Waldburg-Wolfeck, and Waldburg-Wurzach. By 1872, Waldburg, Wolfeck, and Waldsee merged into a single Waldburg-Waldsee branch. Zeil and Wurzach merged into a second branch.[3]
Counts of Waldburg-Waldsee (1667–1803)
[edit]- John (1667–1724)
- Maximilian (1724–48)
- Francis Joseph (1724–29)
- Gebhard John (1748–90)
- Joseph Anthony (1790–1803)
Prince of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee (1803–06)
[edit]- Joseph Anthony (1803–06)
Princes of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee (mediatized)
[edit]- Joseph Anthony, 1st Prince 1803-1833 (1766-1833)
- Friedrich, 2nd Prince 1833-1871 (1808-1871)
- Franz, 3rd Prince 1871-1906 (1833-1906)
- Maximilian, 4th Prince 1906-1950 (1863-1950)
- Franz Ludwig, 5th Prince 1950-1989 (1892-1989)
- Max Willibald, 6th Prince 1989-1998 (1924-1998)
- Johannes, 7th Prince since 1998 (b.1957)
- Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldsee (b.1990)
- Count Leonardo (b.1995)
- Johannes, 7th Prince since 1998 (b.1957)
- Max Willibald, 6th Prince 1989-1998 (1924-1998)
- Franz Ludwig, 5th Prince 1950-1989 (1892-1989)
- Maximilian, 4th Prince 1906-1950 (1863-1950)
- Franz, 3rd Prince 1871-1906 (1833-1906)
- Friedrich, 2nd Prince 1833-1871 (1808-1871)
References
[edit]- ^ Francois Bisset Hawkins, Germany; the Spirit of Her History, Literature, Social Condition and National Economy, p. 53, London: John W. Parker, 1838 OCLC 315389088.
- ^ Gazetteer of the World, vol. 4, p. 564, Edinburgh, London, Dublin: A. Fullerton, 1656 OCLC 933154131.
- ^ Wilhelm Obermüller, Deutsch-Keltisches, geschichtlichgeographisches Wörterbuch, Berlin: Denicke's Verlag Link & Reinke, 1872 OCLC 36754326.
Further reading
[edit]- Marquis of Ruvigny, The Titled Nobility of Europe, London: Harrison & Sons, 1914, reprinted by Burke's Peerage, 1980 OCLC 1152953134.
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