Karl, Truchsess von Waldburg
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Karl, Truchsess von Waldburg (7 August 1548 – 18 June 1593), Baron and Steward of Waldburg in Trauchburg (1580), Imperial minister. Karl was born in the Fürstenburg fortress of Heiligenberg
, the third son of William, known as the younger, (6 March 1518 – 17 January 1566), Freiherr and Seneschal of Waldburg and an Imperial Councilor, and his wife, Johanna v. Fürstenberg
(1529–1589). His family was an old Swabia
n house and he was descended from the Jacobin line of the House.
After 1580, he also bore the title Truchseß von Waldburg in Trauchburg (1580) and Imperial Legal Chambers President. He served his brother, Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg
, as steward and stadtholder (governor) of Bonn after 1582, and as his brother's general in the Cologne War
(1582–1589). He migrated with his brother to Strassbourg at the conclusion of the war in 1589, and died there in 1593. He is buried in the Strassbourg Minister. On 6 May 1572, he married Countess Leonore von Hohenzollern (15 February 1551 – after 2 April 1605), daughter of Charles I, Count of Hohenzollern and Anna, Mark-countess of Baden-Durlach.
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Heiligenberg
Heiligenberg is a municipality and a village in the Bodensee district in Baden-Württemberg, about seven kilometres north of Salem, in Germany.-Location and climate:...
, the third son of William, known as the younger, (6 March 1518 – 17 January 1566), Freiherr and Seneschal of Waldburg and an Imperial Councilor, and his wife, Johanna v. Fürstenberg
Fürstenberg
Fürstenberg and can refer to the following.- Historical states :* Fürstenberg , county * Fürstenberg-Baar, county * Fürstenberg-Blumberg, county...
(1529–1589). His family was an old Swabia
Swabia
Swabia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.-Geography:Like many cultural regions of Europe, Swabia's borders are not clearly defined...
n house and he was descended from the Jacobin line of the House.
After 1580, he also bore the title Truchseß von Waldburg in Trauchburg (1580) and Imperial Legal Chambers President. He served his brother, Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg was Archbishop-Elector of Cologne. After pursuing an ecclesiastical career, he won a close election in the Cathedral chapter of Cologne over Ernst of Bavaria. After his election, he fell in love with and later married Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben, a Protestant...
, as steward and stadtholder (governor) of Bonn after 1582, and as his brother's general in the Cologne War
Cologne War
The Cologne War devastated the Electorate of Cologne, a historical ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire, present-day North-Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany...
(1582–1589). He migrated with his brother to Strassbourg at the conclusion of the war in 1589, and died there in 1593. He is buried in the Strassbourg Minister. On 6 May 1572, he married Countess Leonore von Hohenzollern (15 February 1551 – after 2 April 1605), daughter of Charles I, Count of Hohenzollern and Anna, Mark-countess of Baden-Durlach.
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FootnotesBibliography
- Miroslav Marek, Waldburg, March 17, 2008 version, Accessed 29 October 2009.
- Waldburg, Michaela, Waldburg und Waldburger – Ein Geschlecht steigt auf in den Hochadel des Alten Reiches, 2009, Accessed 15 October 2009
- Vochezer, Joseph, Geschichte des fürstlichen hauses Waldburg in Schwaben, v. 3 (1907), Kempten, Kösel, 1888–1907.