Waldburg-Waldsee

County (Principality) of Waldburg-Waldsee Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Waldburg-Waldsee
1667–1806
Coat of arms
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital	Bad Waldsee
Common languages	Alemannic German
Government	Principality
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Partitioned from     Waldburg-Wolfegg	1667
• Annexed Wolfegg	1798
• Raised to principality	1803
• Mediatised to     Kgdm Württemberg	1806
Preceded by Succeeded by Waldburg-Wolfegg Kingdom of Württemberg

Waldsee Castle

Wolfegg Castle

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

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)

• 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)

• Joseph Anthony (1803–06)

Princes of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee (mediatized)

• 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)

References

1. Francois Bisset Hawkins, Germany; the Spirit of Her History, Literature, Social Condition and National Economy, p. 53, London: John W. Parker, 1838 OCLC 315389088.
2. Gazetteer of the World, vol. 4, p. 564, Edinburgh, London, Dublin: A. Fullerton, 1656 OCLC 933154131.
3. Wilhelm Obermüller, Deutsch-Keltisches, geschichtlichgeographisches Wörterbuch, Berlin: Denicke's Verlag Link & Reinke, 1872 OCLC 36754326.

Further reading

• Marquis of Ruvigny, The Titled Nobility of Europe, London: Harrison & Sons, 1914, reprinted by Burke's Peerage, 1980 OCLC 1152953134.

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