Waldburg-Waldsee
County (Principality) of Waldburg-Waldsee
Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Waldburg-Waldsee
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Coat of arms
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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 | ||||||||
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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. The castle of the princes of Waldburg-Waldsee lies in the town of Kißlegg.
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.
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)
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Joseph Anthony, 1st Prince 1803-1833 (1766-1833)
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Friedrich, 2nd Prince 1833-1871 (1808-1871)
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Franz, 3rd Prince 1871-1906 (1833-1906)
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Maximilian, 4th Prince 1906-1950 (1863-1950)
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Franz Ludwig, 5th Prince 1950-1989 (1892-1989)
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Max Willibald, 6th Prince 1989-1998 (1924-1998)
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Johannes, 7th Prince since 1998 (b.1957)
- Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldsee (b.1990)
- Count Leonardo (b.1995)
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Johannes, 7th Prince since 1998 (b.1957)
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Max Willibald, 6th Prince 1989-1998 (1924-1998)
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Franz Ludwig, 5th Prince 1950-1989 (1892-1989)
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Maximilian, 4th Prince 1906-1950 (1863-1950)
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Franz, 3rd Prince 1871-1906 (1833-1906)
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Friedrich, 2nd Prince 1833-1871 (1808-1871)