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County (Principality) of Waldburg-Waldsee
Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Waldburg-Waldsee
1667–1806
Coat of arms of Waldburg-Waldsee
Coat of arms
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalBad Waldsee
Common languagesAlemannic German
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Partitioned from
    Waldburg-Wolfegg
1667
• Annexed Wolfegg
1798
• Raised to principality
1803
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)

Prince of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee (1803–06)

Princes of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee (mediatized)

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

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