Fürstenberg-Wolfach was a county in western

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during the

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. It occupied a region surrounding

Wolfach Wolfach () is a town in the Black Forest and part of the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg (Germany) and borders the Freudenstadt and Rottweil districts. History Wolfach was first mentioned in 1084 as ''Wolphaha'' and was given a wide var ...

. It was created as a partition of the

Principality of Fürstenberg Fürstenberg was a county (), 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 (Swabia), House o ...

in 1408. With the extinction of its line of the

Fürstenberg Fürstenberg (also Fuerstenberg and Furstenberg) may refer to: Historical states * Fürstenberg-Baar, county (1441–1559) * Fürstenberg-Blumberg, county (1559–1614) * Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen, county (1617–1698) * Fürstenberg-Fürst ...

ers in 1490, it was inherited by the Counts of Fürstenberg-Baar.

Counts of Fürstenberg-Wolfach (1408–1490)

*Conrad IV (1408–1419) likely died sometime before October 1419. *Henry VIII the Noble (1419–1490), son of Conrad IV and Adelheid, succeeded his father as count at the age of five. He remained unmarried for his entire life.

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House of Fürstenberg (Swabia) Counties of the Holy Roman Empire States and territories established in 1408 {{DEFAULTSORT:Furstenberg-Wolfach