Waldburg-Waldsee

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.

County (Principality) of Waldburg-Waldsee Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Waldburg-Waldsee
1667–1806
Coat of arms
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital	Bad Waldsee
Common languages	Alemannic German
Government	Principality
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Partitioned from     Waldburg-Wolfegg	1667
• Annexed Wolfegg	1798
• Raised to principality	1803
• Mediatised to     Kgdm Württemberg	1806
Preceded by Succeeded by Waldburg-Wolfegg Kingdom of Württemberg

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)

• John (1667–1724)
• Maximilian (1724–48)
  • Francis Joseph (1724–29)
• Gebhard John (1748–90)
• Joseph Anthony (1790–1803)

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

• Joseph Anthony (1803–06)

Princes of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee (mediatized)

• Joseph Anthony, 1st Prince 1803-1833 (1766-1833)
  • Friedrich, 2nd Prince 1833-1871 (1808-1871)
    • Franz, 3rd Prince 1871-1906 (1833-1906)
      • Maximilian, 4th Prince 1906-1950 (1863-1950)
        • Franz Ludwig, 5th Prince 1950-1989 (1892-1989)
          • Max Willibald, 6th Prince 1989-1998 (1924-1998)
            • Johannes, 7th Prince since 1998 (b.1957)
              • Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldsee (b.1990)
              • Count Leonardo (b.1995)

Properties

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  Waldsee Castle
• 
  Wolfegg Castle