FURSTENBERG  , the name of two See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble houses of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . r . The more important is in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of a mediatized principality in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• FOREST

Forest and the Upper See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, which comprises the countship of Heiligenberg, about 7 M. to the N. of the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake of See also:

• CONSTANCE
• CONSTANCE (Ger. Konstanz or Costnitz)
• CONSTANCE, COUNCIL OF
• CONSTANCE, LAKE OF (called by the Romans Lacus Brigantinus or lake of Bregenz, and now usually named in German Bodensee, as well as the " Swabian Sea ")

Constance, the landgraviates of Stiihlingen and Haar, and the lordships of Jungnau, Trochtelfingen, Hausen and Moskirch or Messkirch . The territory is discontinuous; and as it lies partly in See also:

• BADEN
• BADEN, GRAND DUCHY OF

Baden, partly in See also:

• WURTTEMBERG

Wurttemberg, and partly in the Prussian See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• SIGMARINGEN

Sigmaringen, the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• FAMILY

family is an hereditary member of the first chamber of Baden and of the chamber of peers in Wurttemberg and in See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia . The relations of the principality with Baden are defined by the treaty of May 1825, and its relations with Wurttemberg by the royal See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

declaration of 1839 . The Stammort or ancestral seat of the family is Furstenberg in the Black Forest, about 13 M . N. of See also:

• SCHAFFHAUSEN
• SCHAFFHAUSEN (Fr. Schaffhouse)

Schaffhausen, b11t the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

• PRESENT

present representatives of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• LINE

line is at Donaueschingen . The family of Furstenberg claims descent from a certain See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count Unruoch, a contemporary of See also:

• CHARLEMAGNE [CHARLES THE GREAT] (c. 742-814)
• CHARLEMAGNE, JEAN ARMAND (1753–1838)

Charlemagne, but their See also:

• AUTHENTIC (from Gr. aOO 'rns, one who does a thing himself)

authentic See also:

• PEDIGREE

pedigree is only traceable to Egino II., count of Urach, who died before 1136 . In 1218 his successors inherited the possessions of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• ZAHRINGEN

Zahringen in the Baar district of the Black Forest, where they built the See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Furstenberg . Of the two sons of Egino V. of Urach, See also:

• CONRAD (d. 955)
• CONRAD, JOSEPH (1856– )
• CONRAD, or KONRAD (M. H. Ger. Kuonrdl, i.e. " keen in counsel," Lat. Conradus, It. Corrado, cf. the A.S. Ccenred)

Conrad, the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder, inherited the See also:

• BREISGAU

Breisgau and founded the line of the See also:

• COUNTS

counts of See also:

• FREIBURG

Freiburg, while the younger, Heinrich (1215—1284), received the territories lying in the Kinzigthal and Baar, and from 1250 onward styled himself first See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord, then count, of Furstenberg . His territories were subsequently divided among several branches of his descendants, though temporarily re-See also:

• UNITED

united under Count See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich III., whose wife, See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

Anna, heiress of the last count of Wardenberg, brought him the countship of Heiligenberg and lordships of Jungnau'and Trochtelfingen in 1534• On Friedrich's See also:

• DEATH

death (1559) his territories were divided between his two sons, See also:

• JOACHIM, JOSEPH (1831—1907)

Joachim and Christof I . Of these the former founded the line of Heiligenberg, the latter that of Kinzigthal .

The Kinzigthal See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch was again subdivided in the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century between the two sons of Christof II . (d . 1614), the elder, Wratislaw II . (d . 1642), See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding the line of Mosskirch, the younger, Friedrich See also:

• RUDOLF (otherwise known as Basso NOROK and Gannon)

Rudolf (d . 1655), that of Stuhlingen . The Heiligenberg branch received an See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of dignity by the See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of Count See also:

• HERMANN, JOHANN GOTTFRIED JAKOB (1772–1848)
• HERMANN, KARL FRIEDRICH (1804–1855)

Hermann Egon (d . 1674) to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire in 1664, but his line became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct with the death of his son Prince Anton Egon, favourite of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus the Strong and See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony, in 1716 . The heads of both the Mosskirch and Stuhlingen lines .were now raised to the dignity of princes of the Empire (1716) . The Mosskirch branch died out with Prince Karl Friedrich (d . 1744); the territories of the Stuhlingen branch had been divided on the death of Count Prosper See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand (1662—1704) between his two sons, See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Wilhelm See also:

• ERNST, HEINRICH WILHELM (1814–1865)

Ernst (1699—1762) and See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

Ludwig See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August Egon (1705—1759) . The first of these was created prince of the Empire on the loth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1716, and founded the princely line of the Swabian Furstenbergs; in 1772 he obtained from the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis I. for all his legitimate sons and their descend-ants the right to See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear, instead of the See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of See also:

• LANDGRAVE (Ger. Landgraf, from Land, " a country" and Graf, "count" )

landgrave, that of prince, which had so far been confined to the reigning head of the family .

Ludwig, on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, founded the family of the landgraves of Furstenberg, who, since their territories See also:

• LAY

lay in See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria and See also:

• MORAVIA (Ger., Ma/wen; Czech, Morava)

Moravia, were known as the " See also:

• CADET (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. capitettum, a diminutive of caput, head, through the Provencal form capdet)

cadet line in Austria." The princely line became extinct with the death of Karl Joachim in 1804, and the See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance passed to the Bohemian branch of the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian cadet line in the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of Karl Egon II . (see below) . Two years later the principality was mediatized . In 1909 there were two branches of the princely house of Furstenberg: (i) the main branch, that of Furstenberg-Donaueschingen, the head of which was Prince See also:

• MAXIMILIAN
• MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

Maximilian Egon (b . 1863), who succeeded his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin Karl Egon .III. in 1896; (2) that of Furstenberg-Kbnigshof, in Bohemia, the head of which was Prince Emil Egon (b . 1876), See also:

• CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
• CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)

chamberlain and secretary of See also:

• LEGATION (Lat. legalio, a sending or mission)

legation to the Austro-Hungarian See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy in See also:

• LONDON

London (1907) . The cadet line of the landgraves of Furstenberg is now extinct, its last representative having been the landgrave Joseph Friedrich Ernst of Furstenberg-Weitra (1860—1896), son of the landgrave Ernst (1816—1889) by a morganatic See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage . He was not recognized as ebenburlig by the family . The landgraves of Furstenberg were in 1909 represented only by the landgravines See also:

• THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa (b . 1839) and Gabrielle (b . 1844), daughters of the landgrave Johann Egon (1802-1879) . From the days, of Heinrich of Urach, a relative and notable supporter of See also:

• RUDOLPH
• RUDOLPH (d. 1o8o)
• RUDOLPH, or RAOUL

Rudolph of See also:

• HABSBURG, or HAPSBURG

Habsburg, the Furstenbergs have played a stirring See also:

• PART

part in See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• HISTORY

history as statesmen, ecclesiastics and notably soldiers .

There was a popular saying that " the emperor fights no See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• BATTLE

battle but a Furstenberg falls." In the Heiligenberg line the following may be more particularly noticed .