House of Waldburg
The House of Waldburg is a princely family of Upper Swabia, founded some time previous to the 12th century; the cadet lineages are comital families.
Eberhard von Tanne-Waldburg (? - 1234) was the steward, or seneschal, and adviser of the Staufen dukes of Swabia, and later the adviser of the Emperor Friedrich II. During the anti-Staufen uprising, he and his brother Friedrich von Tanne took opposing sides. Friedrich was killed in 1197 in Montefiascone and Eberhard became the guardian of his nephew, Heinrich, until 1220. Subsequently, he and his nephew administered Swabia during the absence of the emperors. He was entrusted with the imperial regalia that was kept at Waldburg from 1220–1225, hence the name "seneshal, or steward. Eberhard was the founding "father" of the Waldburg lines, and from him the medieval, early modern, and modern lines descend.[1]
Geographic origin
History
Notable members
- Georg Truchsess von Waldburg, (25 January 1488 – 29 May 1531), also known as Bauernjörg. He was born in Waldsee, the son of Johannes d. j. v. Waldburg and Helene Countess von Zollern. At Böblingen 12 May 1525 in one of the bloodiest battles of the German Peasants' War, Jörg Truchsess von Waldburg attacked a force of 15,000 armed peasants, of which 3,000 were killed. Married Appolonia von Waldburg-Sonnenberg in 1509; and, second, to Maria von Oettingen (11 April 1498 – 18 August 1555). Georg III ("Bauernjörg"), des H.R.R. Erbtruchseß (1519–1531), Field Captain of the Swabian League.[2]
- Christoph Truchsess von Waldburg (d. 1612)
- Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg (1546–1601). Archbishop and Prince-Elector of Cologne, 1577–1588. See also Cologne War
- Karl, Truchsess von Waldburg (1547–1593)
Comital families
- Waldburg-Waldburg
- Waldburg-Capustigall
- Waldburg-Wurzach
- Waldburg-Sonnenburg ⋅
- Waldburg-Friedburg-Scheer
- Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil
- Waldburg-Waldsee
- Waldburg-Scheer
- Waldburg-Trauchburg
- Waldburg-Wolfegg
- Waldburg-Zeil
Sources
- Citations and notes
- ↑ Rene Waldburg, Walburg lineage. Accessed 15 October 2009.
- ↑ Marek, Miroslav (2008). "Waldburg genealogical table". Genealogy.EU. Retrieved 15 October 2009..
- Bibliography
- (German) Gollwitzer, Heinz, Die Standesherren. Die politische und gesellschaftliche Stellung der Mediatisierten 1815-1918, Stuttgart 1957, Göttingen 1964.