Frederick Rudolf of Fürstenberg

Frederick Rudolf of Fürstenberg was a Count of Fürstenberg. He fought in the Thirty Years' War. He died near Datschitz in the modern-day Czech Republic.[1]

Frederick Rudolf
Count of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen
PredecessorChristoph II of Fürstenberg
SuccessorMaximilian Franz of Fürstenberg
Years active1615-1650
BornFrederick Rudolf
April 23, 1602
Blumberg
DiedOctober 25, 1655
Datschitz
Wars and battlesThirty Years' War
ParentsChristoph II of Fürstenberg and Dorothea of Sternberg

Marriages and issue

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Frederick Rudolf married firstly to Maria of Pappenheim († 1635), they had a son:

  • Maximilian Franz (1634–1681)[2]

Frederick Rudolf married secondly to Anna Magdalena of Hanau-Lichtenberg. They had five children:

  • Francis (1636 – 1636)
  • Ferdinand Anselm (1637 – 1637)
  • Maria Franziska (1638 – 1680)
  • Adam Leopold (1642 – 1643)
  • Catherine Elizabeth (1643 – 1643)

References

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  1. ^ Johann Christian von Stramberg: Fürstenberg - Die Linie in Stühlingen. In: Johann Samuel Ersch, Johann Gottfried Gruber (Hrsg.): Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste, 1. Sektion, Teil 51, 1850, (Fulcher - Fyzabad. Nachträge), S. 510-511 online
  2. ^ Eintrag Fürstenberg, Maximilian Franz bei der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München