Waldburg-Waldsee

County (Principality) of Waldburg-Waldsee
Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Waldburg-Waldsee
State of the Holy Roman Empire
← 1667–1806 →
Coat of arms
Capital		Bad Waldsee
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

Waldsee Castle

Wolfegg Castle

Waldburg-Waldsee was a County 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.

Rulers of Waldburg-Waldsee

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 and Waldsee (1803–06)

• Joseph Anthony (1803–06)

Princes of Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldsee (mediatized) ^[1]

• Joseph Anthony (1806–1833)
• Friedrich (1833-1871)
• Franz (1871-1906)
• Maximilian (1906-1950)
• Max Willibald (1950-1998)
• Johannes (b. 1957) (1998-), married to Countess Viviana Rimbotti

References

1. Online Gotha - Waldburg