House of Waldburg
The House of Waldburg is a princely family of Upper
Eberhard von Tanne-Waldburg (? - 1234) was the steward, or seneschal, and adviser of the Staufen dukes of Swabia, and later the adviser of the Emperor Friedrich II. During the anti-Staufen uprising, he and his brother Friedrich von Tanne took opposing sides. Friedrich was killed in 1197 in Montefiascone and Eberhard became the guardian of his nephew, Heinrich, until 1220. Subsequently, he and his nephew administered Swabia during the absence of the emperors. He was entrusted with the imperial regalia that was kept at Waldburg from 1220–1225, hence the name "seneshal," or steward. Eberhard was the founding "father" of the Waldburg lines, and from him the medieval, early modern, and modern lines descend.[1]
History
Alttrauchburg
In 1258 the
As a result, the Waldburgs mostly lived in the castle by themselves or let had it managed by
As a result of suffering capture and damage in various conflicts, the castle of Alttrauchburg was expanded and strengthened in the 16th century and upgraded into a representative seat of territorial lordship and government. In 1628, the Waldburgs became
, abandoning their seat at Trauchburg and using it as a quarry for the new schloss at Kißlegg.In 1772 the Jacobian line of the Waldburgs died out with Count Francis Charles Eusebius. The estate went to the line of the counts of Waldburg-Zeil and the castle is still owned by this family today.
Notable members
- Conrad of Winterstetten (d. 1243), imperial butler, procurator of Swabia, guardian of Henry (VII) and Conrad IV
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- Otto Truchsess von Waldburg
- Christoph Truchsess von Waldburg (d. 1612)
- Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg (1546–1601). Archbishop and Prince-Elector of Cologne, 1577–1588. See also Cologne War
- Karl, Truchsess von Waldburg (1547–1593)
- bishop of Chiemsee.
- Alois Graf von Waldburg-Zeil (1933-2014), German politician, manager and landowner
- Clemens Graf von Waldburg-Zeil (born 1960), German entrepreneur, manager and landowner
Comital families
- Waldburg-Waldburg
- Waldburg-Capustigall
- Waldburg-Wurzach
- Waldburg-Sonnenburg
- Waldburg-Friedburg-Scheer
- Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil
- Waldburg-Waldsee
- Waldburg-Scheer
- Waldburg-Trauchburg
- Waldburg-Wolfegg
- Waldburg-Zeil
Notable castles
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Waldsee Castle
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Zeil Castle near Leutkirch
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Wurzach Castle
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New Castle at Kißlegg
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Neutrauchburg Castle
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Hohenems Palace, Austria
Sources
- Citations and notes
- ^ Rene Waldburg, Walburg lineage Archived 2011-09-01 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 15 October 2009.
- ^ Marek, Miroslav (2008). "Waldburg genealogical table". Genealogy.EU. Retrieved 15 October 2009.[self-published source].
- Bibliography
- (in German) Gollwitzer, Heinz, Die Standesherren. Die politische und gesellschaftliche Stellung der Mediatisierten 1815-1918, Stuttgart 1957, Göttingen 1964.