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Fürstenberg
The House of Fürstenberg descended from the
ancient Imperial immediate Counts of Urach in Swabia [9: 1941; p.207-208]
[4: tome III; p.349].
Konrad I and Heinrich I (+1283/84), sons of Count
Egino of Urach and Freiburg (+1236/37), founded, respectively, the branches of
Freiburg and Fürstenberg [10: Neue Folge; Band V (1988); t.10]. The branch
of Konrad I, which ruled in Freiburg and Neuchâtel / Neuenburg, became
extinct in the male line in 1457, with the death of Count Johann [10: Neue
Folge; Band V (1988); t.11].
In 1283, Heinrich I of Urach, Count of
Fürstenberg, acquired the Imperial immediate land of Baar [10: Neue Folge;
Band V (1988); t.10] [9: 1941; p.208] (The ownership of Baar gave the House of
Fürstenberg the right to use the title of Landgrave [20: Band I
(1829); p.298]).
Friedrich I (+1296) and Egen (+1324), sons of
Heinrich I of Urach (+1283/84), Count of Fürstenberg, founded,
respectively, the branches of Fürstenberg and Haslach. The branch of
Haslach became extinct in the male line in 1386, with the death of Count Johann,
and its possessions passed to the branch of Fürstenberg [10: Neue Folge;
Band V (1988); t.10, 12, 13].
In 1516, Count Friedrich of Fürstenberg
(+1559), married Anna of Werdenberg (+1554), heiress to the Imperial immediate
lands of Heiligenberg, Trochtelfingen and Jungnau. Christoph I (+1559) and
Joachim (+1598), sons of Friedrich and Anna of Werdenberg, founded,
respectively, two major branches of the House of Fürstenberg, Kinzigtal and
Heiligenberg [10: Neue Folge; Band V (1988); t.14] [4: tome III; chapitre VIII;
t.139].
In May 1664, the Roman Emperor elevated
the County of Fürstenberg to the status of Princely County and granted
Franz-Egon (+1682) and his brothers, Hermann-Egon (+1674) and Wilhelm-Egon
(+1704), of the branch of Heiligenberg, the title of Prince and Princely
Landgrave of Fürstenberg [20: Band III (1832); p.117-124] [8: Band 2; p.55]
[10: Neue Folge; Band V (1988); t.16].
In 1667, Prince Hermann-Egon (+1674)
received an individual vote in the Council of Princes of the
Imperial Assembly [3: Abtheilung I; Band I; p.261] [1: Theil III; p.849] [10:
Neue Folge; Band V (1988); t.16].
In 1716, the branch of Heiligenberg became
extinct in the male line, with the death of Prince Anton-Egon, and its
possessions, titles, and individual vote in the Council of Princes
of the Imperial Assembly passed to the heads of the Messkirch and
Stühlingen sub-branches of the Kinzigtal branch [8: Band 2; p.55-56] [10:
Neue Folge; Band V (1988); t.15, 17].
Christoph I (+1559) founded the branch of
Kinzigtal of the House of Fürstenberg. The branch's possessions included
Kinzigtal, Möhringen, Haslach, Wolfach, Hüfingen, etc. [10: Neue
Folge; Band V (1988); t.15].
Wratislaus II (+1642) and Friedrich-Rudolf
(+1655), sons of Count Christoph II of Fürstenberg (+1614) from the branch
of Kinzigtal, founded two sub-branches. As Wratislaus II's first wife,
Johanna-Eleonora of Helfenstein (+1629), inherited Messkirch, his sub-branch
became known as Messkirch. In 1744, this sub-branch became extinct in the male
line, with the death of Karl-Friedrich-Nikolaus [10: Neue Folge; Band V (1988);
t.15], and its possessions passed to the sub-branch of Friedrich-Rudolf.
Friedrich-Rudolf (+1655), son of Count Christoph
II, founded another sub-branch of the Kinzigtal branch. As Friedrich-Rudolf's
first wife, Maria-Maximiliana of Pappenheim (+1635), was the heiress to the
Landgraviate of Stühlingen, this sub-branch became known as Stühlingen
[10: Neue Folge; Band V (1988); t.17].
Joseph-Wilhelm-Ernst (+1762) and
Ludwig-August-Egon (+1759), sons of Prosper-Ferdinand of Fürstenberg
(+1704), Landgrave of Stühlingen, founded two new branches of the House [9:
1910; p.134, 136]. Landgrave Ludwig-August-Egon received the family's
non-immediate possessions in the Lower Austria including Weitra [10: Neue Folge;
Band V (1988); t.17, 21]. All of the family's Imperial immediate possessions
passed to his elder brother, Joseph-Wilhelm-Ernst (Note 1).
In Dec 1716, after the Heiligenberg branch
became extinct in the male line, the Roman Emperor transferred its title of
Prince (primogeniture) to Joseph-Wilhelm-Ernst (+1762) [8: Band 2;
p.55-56] [10: Neue Folge; Band V (1988); t.17].
In Jan 1762, the Roman Empire granted the title
of Prince to all of Joseph-Wilhelm-Ernst's descendants [8: Band 2; p.56] [9:
1910; p.134].
Joseph-Wenzel-Johann-Nepomuk (+1783) and
Karl-Egon I (+1787), sons of Prince Joseph-Wilhelm-Ernst (+1762), founded,
respectively, the sub-branches of Fürstenberg and Pürglitz [10: Neue
Folge; Band V (1988); t.18] .
Notes.
1. The Weitra branch of the Fürstenberg
House founded by Ludwig-August-Egon (+1759) became known as branch of
Landgraves, the one founded by his elder brother, Joseph-Wilhelm-Ernst, became
known as the Princely branch [9: 1910; p.134, 136].
1. Fürstenberg
Joseph-Wenzel-Johann-Nepomuk (+1783), son of
Prince Joseph-Wilhelm-Ernst (+1762), continued the senior sub-branch of
Fürstenberg that received the family's Imperial immediate possessions and
the Fürstenberg individual vote in the Council of Princes of the Imperial
Assembly [10: Neue Folge; Band V (1988); t.18].
In May 1804, with the death of Prince
Karl-Joachim, the senior sub-branch of Fürstenberg became extinct in the
male line, and its possessions passed to the sub-branch of
Pürglitz.
List of the Rulers
Joseph-Maria-Benedikt (1758-1796) [1783-1796]
Karl-Joachim (1771-May 1804) [1796-1804]
Titles
>-1806
HRE Prince of Fürstenberg;
Landgrave in the Baar, of Stühlingen;
Count of Heiligenberg,
Werdenberg;
Baron of Gundelfingen;
Lord of Hausen im Kinzingertal, Messkirch,
Hohenhöwen, Wildenstein, Waldsberg, Weitra, Pürglitz;
Voices in the Imperial Circle assemblies in
1789 [2: p.14] [3: Abtheilung I; Band I;
p.241]
Swabia:
= The Bench of the Secular
Princes:
- Heiligenberg;
= The Bench of Counts &
Lords:
- Stühlingen;
- Baar;
- Hausen in Kinzigtal;
- Messkirch / Mösskirch;
- Gundelfingen;
Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1789
Individual voices in the Council of
Princes:
- Fürstenberg [2: p.5];
Curial voices in the Council of Princes:
= the Counts of Swabia =
- Heiligenberg & Werdenberg [2:
p.8];
Territorial Possessions in 1789
The Imperial Circle of Swabia: [7:
p.27-29] [11: Heft II; p.106] [7: p.44]
- Heiligenberg;
- Jungnau;
- Trochtelfingen;
- Stühlingen;
- Hohenhöwen / Hohenhewen /
Heben;
- Baar, Hüfingen,
Möhringen;
- Messkirch;
- Hausen im Kinzingertal, Haslach,
Wolfach;
- Gundelfingen;
The Knightly Circle of Swabia:
- Waldsberg / Waldsperg [3: Abtheilung I; Band
II; p.233] [7: p.61]
Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1803
[3: Abtheilung II; Band I; p.358] [5: tome I;
p.323-324]
(Changes by the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation)
Individual voices in the Council of
Princes:
- Fürstenberg;
- Baar & Stühlingen;
2. Pürglitz
Karl-Egon I (+1787), son of Prince
Joseph-Wilhelm-Ernst of Fürstenberg (+1762), founded the sub-branch of
Pürglitz. Karl-Egon received the family's non-immediate lands in Bohemia
including Pürglitz (Krivoklat) [4: tome III; p.349].
In 1804, Karl-Egon II (+1854), grandson of
Karl-Egon I (+1787), succeeded the senior Fürstenberg sub-branch.
In July 1806, Prince Karl-Egon II of
Fürstenberg lost his status of Imperial immediate ruler when his
Imperial immediate possessions were mediatized by the Act of the Confederation
of the Rhine [2: p.95] [3: Abtheilung II; Band II; p.185-186] [7: p.102, 107,
108].
List of the Rulers
Karl-Egon II (1796-1854) [1804-1806]
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