Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg

Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg was a County of southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the historical territory of Heiligenberg. It was created as a partition of Fürstenberg-Baar in 1559, and suffered one partition: between itself and Fürstenberg-Donaueichingen in 1617. Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg was raised to a Principality in 1664, it inherited Fürstenberg-Donaueichingen in 1698, and was inherited by the Counts of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg in 1716 following the extinction of its branch.

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
  • Ernest Egon (1635–1652) with...
  • Ferdinand Frederick Egon (1635–1664) with...
  • Herman Egon (1635–1664)

Princes of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1664 - 1716)

• Herman Egon (1664–1674)
• Anton Egon (1674–1716)

Herman Egon's brothers Francis Egon, William Egon and Ferdinand Frederick Egon were also titular Princes of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, however, they never ruled the principality.

References

Bibliography

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