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Fürstenberg-Weitra was a cadet branch of the princely
Count Frederick IV of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1563–1617) had acquired the remote Weitra estates in the Austrian Waldviertel region by marriage in 1607. His grandson Herman Egon was raised to a sovereign prince by the
Fürstenberg-Weitra was a cadet branch of the princely House of Fürstenberg
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, originally from Donaueschingen
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in Swabia
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The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of ...
, in present-day southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. From 1744 onwards the landgravial line resided at Weitra Castle in the Archduchy of Austria
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, a Renaissance fortress close to the border with Bohemia
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. Though the Austrian possessions were not part of the Swabian Principality of Fürstenberg, the princely family owns Weitra Castle up to today.
History
Count Frederick IV of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1563–1617) had acquired the remote Weitra estates in the Austrian Waldviertel region by marriage in 1607. His grandson Herman Egon was raised to a sovereign prince by the Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
emperor Leopold I in 1664. After the Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg line became extinct upon the death of Herman Egon's son Prince Anton Egon (1656–1716), the Fürstenberg-Weitra branch emerged when in 1744 his heir Prince Joseph Wilhelm Ernst of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen united all immediate Fürstenberg territories in Swabia under his rule and passed the Weitra estates to his younger brother Landgrave Louis Augustus Egon.
Upon Louis' death in 1759, the landgraviate of Fürstenberg-Weitra was partitioned between his son Joachim Egon and his brother Frederick Joseph Maximilian Augustus of Fürstenberg-Taikowitz
Fürstenberg-Taikowitz was a cadet branch of the princely House of Fürstenberg, originally from Swabia in present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It emerged in 1759 as a partition of the Austrian Fürstenberg-Weitra line. The landgraves resid ...
.
Landgraves of Fürstenberg-Weitra
*Louis Augustus Egon Posthumous (1744–1759) *Joachim Egon (1759–1828) *Frederick Egon (1828–1856) *John Nepomuk Joachim Egon (1856–1879) *Eduard Egon (1879–1932) Weitra line extinct, possessions fell back to Prince Maximilian Egon II as head of the House of Fürstenberg.See also
* Landgravine Josepha of Fürstenberg-Weitra {{DEFAULTSORT:Furstenberg-Weitra Fürstenberg (princely family) Counties of the Holy Roman Empire