County (Principality) of Waldburg-Waldsee Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Waldburg-Waldsee | |||||||||
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1667–1806 | |||||||||
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]
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]