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Stewardship of Waldburg-Zeil → County of Waldburg-Zeil → Principality of Waldburg-Zeil Truchsessenamt Waldburg-Zeil → Grafschaft Waldburg-Zeil → Fürstentum Waldburg-Zeil | |||||||||
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| 1589–1806 | |||||||||
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| Status | State of theHoly Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Zeil | ||||||||
| Common languages | Alemannic German | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
| 1589 | |||||||||
• Raised to County | 1628 | ||||||||
1660 | |||||||||
1674 | |||||||||
• Raised to principality | 1803 | ||||||||
| 1806 | |||||||||
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Waldburg-Zeil was aCounty and laterPrincipality withinHoly Roman Empire, ruled by theHouse of Waldburg, located in southeasternBaden-Württemberg,Germany, located aroundSchloss Zeil, nearLeutkirch im Allgäu.
Waldburg-Zeil was a partition ofWaldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil. Originally ruled by Truchesses (stewards), Waldburg-Zeil was elevated to a County in 1628, and a Principality in 1803 shortly before beingmediatised toWürttemberg in 1806.
In 1674, Waldburg-Zeil was partitioned between itself andWaldburg-Wurzach. Count Francis Anthony inheritedWaldburg-Trauchburg in 1772 (the districts ofFriedburg andScheer were later sold toThurn und Taxis in 1785), and Steward Froben and Steward Henry ofWaldburg-Wolfegg partitionedWaldburg-Waldburg after the death ofSteward Gebhard.
The present prince is Erich, Fürst von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (born 1962), the only son of Georg, Prince von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (1928-2015) and Princess Marie Gabrielle ofBavaria (b. 1931), daughter ofAlbrecht, Duke of Bavaria. In 1988 he married Mathilde, Duchess ofWürttemberg, daughter ofCarl, Duke of Württemberg andPrincess Diane of Orléans. As Erich has five daughters, his heir presumptive is his first cousin, Count Clemens von Waldburg-Zeil (b. 1960), married to Princess Georgina ofLiechtenstein, who has three sons.
In 1779 acollateral branch of the Counts of Waldburg-Zeil came into possession of the sovereign county ofLustenau by marriage. Countess Maria Walburga Cajetana vonHarrach zu Rohrau und Thannhausen (1756-1828) inherited the county from her mother, Countess Maria Rebekka (1742-1806), the last living member of an ancientHouse of Hohenems.[1] In 1813, Maria Walburga's husband, Count Clemens ofWaldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg (1799-1869), whom she married in 1779, bought of the Counties of Lustenau andHohenems from his wife and thus became the Count ofWaldburg-Zeil-Lustenau-Hohenems, in his own right. Since all their four sons had already died, in the same year, he adopted his nephew, Count Maximilian Clemens (1799-1868) as his universal heir.[2]
DuringGerman mediatisation, when redistribution and reshaping of territorial holdings took place between 1802 and 1814, the formerImeprial county of Lustenau was mediatized to Bavaria in 1806 and became part of Austria in 1830.
The present Head of this branch of the family is Count Franz Josef von Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems (b. 1962), an elder son of Count Franz Josef von Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems (b. 1927) by his wife, Countess Priscilla vonSchönborn-Wiesentheid (b. 1934).[3][4] He is married to Countess Stephanie Marie Catherine Eugenie (Nini) vonBlanckenstein (b. 1966) and they have four daughters.[5]
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