Frederick IV of Fürstenberg

Count of Fürstenberg
Count of Fürstenberg
Predecessor Joachim, Count of Fürstenberg
Successor Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
Spouse(s) Elisabeth of Sulz
Maria of Arco

Issue

Egon VIII, Count of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
Born 9 May 1563
Died 8 August 1617 (aged 54)
Dresden, Saxony

Frederick IV of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1563–1617), (German: Friederich von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg), member of the Swabian noble house of Fürstenberg, was Count (Graf) of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, today a part of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was the son of Count Joachim of Fürstenberg (1538–1598) and his wife Countess Anna of Zimmern.

Marriage and children

On 10 September 1584 he married Countess Elisabeth of Sulz. Together they had the following children:

Elisabeth died in 1601 and in 1606 Frederick married Maria of Arco, the widow of Wolfgang Rumpf vom Wullroß at Weitra, chamberlain of Emperor Rudolf II. She died however only one year later. The comital title was inherited by Frederick's surviving son Ernst Egon.

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