Principality of Fürstenberg
| County (Principality) of Fürstenberg | ||||||||||||
| Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Fürstenberg | ||||||||||||
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 Coat of arms
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 Fürstenberg territories in 1806
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| Capital | Fürstenberg | |||||||||||
| Languages | Alemannic | |||||||||||
| Government | Principality | |||||||||||
| Historical era |
Middle Ages Early modern period |
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| • | Egino IV of Urach inherited Zähringen | 1218 | ||||||||||
| • | County established | 1250 | ||||||||||
| • | Partitioned into Fürstenberg and Wolfach | 1408 | ||||||||||
| • | Mediatized | 1806 | ||||||||||
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Fürstenberg was a county (German: Grafschaft), and later a principality (Fürstentum), of the Holy Roman Empire in Swabia, which was located in present-day southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its ruling family was the House of Fürstenberg.
The county emerged when Egino IV, Count of Urach by marriage, inherited large parts of the Duchy of Zähringen upon the death of Duke Berthold V in 1218, and it was originally called the county of Freiburg. Egino's grandson, Count Henry, started naming himself after his residence at Fürstenberg Castle around 1250.
The county was partitioned in 1284 between itself and the lower county of Dillingen, and then again in 1408 between Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg and Fürstenberg-Wolfach.
Over the centuries, the various rulers expanded their territories to include the Landgraviate of Baar, the Lordships of Gundelfingen, Hausen, Heiligenberg, Höwen, and Meßkirch, and the Landgraviate of Stühlingen in Germany, as well as domains around Křivoklát Castle (German: Pürglitz), Bohemia, Tavíkovice (German: Taikowitz) in Moravia and Weitra in Austria.
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