Waldburg-Waldsee was a County and later Principality within Holy Roman Empire, ruled by the House of Waldburg, located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, around Bad Waldsee.
Waldburg-Waldsee was a partition of Waldburg-Wolfegg. When the Wolfegg branch extinguished in 1798, the Waldsee branch inherited Wolfegg. Waldburg-Waldsee was a county prior to 1803, when it was raised to a principality shortly before being mediatised to Württemberg in 1806.Francois Bisset Hawkins, Germany; the Spirit of Her History, Literature, Social Condition and National Economy, p. 53, London: John W. Parker, 1838 . The castle of the princes of Waldburg-Waldsee lies in the town of Kißlegg.Gazetteer of the World, vol. 4, p. 564, Edinburgh, London, Dublin: A. Fullerton, 1656 .
Rulers of Waldburg-Waldsee The Waldburg-Waldsee are one of five branches of the Waldburg family, the others being Waldburg-Waldburg, Walsdburg-Zei, Waldburg-Wolfeck, and Waldburg-Wurzach. By 1872, Waldburg, Wolfeck, and Waldsee merged into a single Waldburg-Waldsee branch. Zeil and Wurzach merged into a second branch.Wilhelm Obermüller, Deutsch-Keltisches, geschichtlichgeographisches Wörterbuch, Berlin: Denicke's Verlag Link & Reinke, 1872 .
Counts of Waldburg-Waldsee (1667–1803) John (1667–1724) Maximilian (1724–48) Francis Joseph (1724–29) Gebhard John (1748–90) Joseph Anthony (1790–1803)
Prince of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee (1803–06) Joseph Anthony (1803–06)
Princes of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee (mediatized)
Joseph Anthony, 1st Prince 1803-1833 (1766-1833) Friedrich, 2nd Prince 1833-1871 (1808-1871) Franz, 3rd Prince 1871-1906 (1833-1906) Maximilian, 4th Prince 1906-1950 (1863-1950) Franz Ludwig, 5th Prince 1950-1989 (1892-1989) Max Willibald, 6th Prince 1989-1998 (1924-1998) Johannes, 7th Prince since 1998 (b.1957) Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldsee (b.1990) Count Leonardo (b.1995)
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References
Further reading Marquis of Ruvigny, The Titled Nobility of Europe, London: Harrison & Sons, 1914, reprinted by Burke's Peerage, 1980 .