Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg

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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.

Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg coat of arms

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)

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Princes of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1664–1716)

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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

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  1. ^ Ersch, p. 493
  2. ^ Ersch, pp. 493–495
  3. ^ Ersch, pp. 495–497

Bibliography

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