Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg

Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg was a county and later a principality in southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the historical territory of Heiligenberg. It was created as a partition of Fürstenberg-Baar in 1559, and it suffered one partition between itself and Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen in 1617.

When Herman Egon of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg was elevated to the estate of imperial princes (Reichsfürstenstand) in 1664, Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg was raised to a principality and existed as an imperially immediate territory. It inherited Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen in 1698, but following the extinction of its branch in 1716, it was inherited by Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg.

Counts of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1559–1664)

Joachim, 1559–1598[1]
Frederick IV, 1598–1617[2]
William II, 1617–1618
Egon VIII, 1618–1635[3]
Co-rulers:
- Ernst Egon, 1635–1652
- Ferdinand Frederick Egon, 1635–1662
- Herman Egon, 1635–1664

Princes of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1664–1716)

Herman Egon, 1664–1674
Anton Egon, 1674–1716

Herman Egon's two surviving brothers, Francis Egon and Wilhelm Egon, were also titular Princes of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, but they never ruled the principality.

References

Ersch, p. 493
Ersch, pp. 493–495
Ersch, pp. 495–497

Bibliography

Ersch, Johann Samuel (1850). "Fürstenberg". Allgemeine Encyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste in alphabetischer Folge (in German). 51. Leipzig: Brockhaus.

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[1] Ersch, p. 493

[2] Ersch, pp. 493–495

[3] Ersch, pp. 495–497