Franz von Waldburg zu Wolfegg and Waldsee

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Prince Franz von Waldburg zu Wolfegg and Waldsee

Prince Franz von Waldburg zu Wolfegg and Waldsee (born September 11, 1833 in Wolfegg ; † December 14, 1906 in Waldsee ) was a registrar in the Kingdom of Württemberg . He came from the line Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee of the Catholic noble family of Truchsesse von Waldburg in Upper Swabia .

Live and act

Franz von Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee (1833–1906) with his family, circa 1864

Hereditary Count Franz was the son of Prince Friedrich von Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee (* 1808; † 1871) and Princess Elisabeth (* 1812; † 1866), born Countess of Königsegg-Aulendorf . In 1864, Hereditary Count Franz entered the chamber of the landlord in Stuttgart for the first time as his father's representative . In 1871 he was legitimized there as the new Prince of Waldburg zu Wolfegg and Waldsee. In the Chamber he was a member of various commissions, including those relating to the Versailles Treaties and for legitimation, economics, internal administration and judicial legislation. Like the whole family, Prince Franz was firmly anchored in Catholicism . In the former monastery of Heggbach near Biberach , a congregation of the merciful sisters of Reute was created on his initiative to care for the poor, the mentally handicapped and epileptics. Prince Franz and his family took an active part in the growing movement of the Württemberg Catholics during the 1880s. Outstanding events were the Württemberg Catholic Days of November 23 and 24, 1890 in Ulm and at Whitsun 1892 in Ravensburg , the latter being only a regional event of the Catholic Volksverein in Upper Swabia.

The demand for the introduction of male monasteries, which was also supported by the Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee family, remained an unreached wish during the time of the Evangelical-dominated Kingdom of Württemberg, which was only to be fulfilled in 1919 with the constitution of the People's State of Württemberg . As a school patron, Prince Franz joined an initiative of the Württemberg noblemen, which demanded that prospective school teacher candidates declare themselves clearly and in writing against the abolition of religious school supervision . Prince Franz was close to political Catholicism , which in Württemberg did not find a permanent form of organization until Pentecost 1894 in Ellwangen with the establishment of the Center Party as an independent regional association. In his later years Prince Franz was the senior of the Princely House of Waldburg, Imperial Hereditary Steward of the Crown of Württemberg and Knight of Honor of the sovereign Order of Knights of Malta . In 1871 Franz von Waldburg zu Wolfegg and Waldsee was awarded the Olga Order , in 1870 he received the Grand Cross of the Order of Frederick and in 1878 the Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown

Sophie, b. by Arco Zinneberg

Marriage and offspring

On April 19, 1860, Hereditary Count Franz and Sophie Leopoldine Ludovica (* 1836; † 1909) married in Munich . Sophie Leopoldine Ludovica was a daughter of Count Maximilian von Arco-Zinneberg and his wife Countess Leopoldine von Waldburg-Zeil (* 1811; † 1886). The marriage ceremony was carried out by Sophie's maternal uncle, Father Georg Ferdinand von Waldburg-Zeil . Sophie was deeply religious and originally wanted to become a nun, which her father would not allow. As hereditary countess, she founded a Catholic journeyman's association in Waldsee in 1862. After she and her husband had moved to Wolfegg Castle as a princely couple in 1871, she and her family continued to look after the needs of the Catholic Church with great devotion, mainly in the charitable sector. Because of her charity she was also called the "mother of Upper Swabia".

The marriage had seven children:

  • Friedrich (born September 29, 1861 in Zeil , † April 21, 1895 in Ditton Hall, Widnes near Liverpool ). He entered the Jesuit order in 1887 .
  • Maximilian (born May 13, 1863 in Waldsee; † September 27, 1950 in Chur )
  • Joseph (born March 15, 1864 in Waldsee; † April 29, 1922 ibid)
  • Maria (born November 6, 1866 in Waldsee, † July 31, 1905 in Rome )
  • Elisabeth (born December 3, 1867 in Waldsee; † February 16, 1947 in Weinsberg). On September 5, 1893, she and Count Anton zu Stolberg-Wernigerode married in Wolfegg (born August 23, 1864 in Tervuren; † February 4, 1905 in Peterswaldau).
  • Ludwig (born October 27, 1871 in Waldsee; † June 24, 1906 in Baden-Baden). He and Countess von Galen married on April 17, 1902 in Salzburg (* November 17, 1881 in Meran; † June 22, 1970 in Tagmersheim).
  • Heinrich (born March 30, 1874 in Wolfegg, † February 19, 1949 in Sonthofen). He and Frederika Marvin (born April 7, 1895 in Geneva, † July 30, 1987 in London ) married in Buckfast (England) on June 7, 1934 .

literature

  • Walter-Siegfried Kircher: Catholic above all? The Waldburg House and the Catholic Church from the 19th to the 20th century. In: Nobility in Transition. Oberschwaben from the early modern times to the present Volume 1, Verlag Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-7995-0219-X , pp. 287–308.
  • Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 969-970 .

Web links

Commons : Franz von Waldburg zu Wolfegg and Waldsee  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ The full name was Franz Xaver Joseph Friedrich Erbgraf (since April 22, 1871 Prince) of Waldburg zu Wolfegg and Waldsee
  2. ↑ Walter-Siegfried Kircher: Catholic above all? ... In: Nobility in Transition. Volume 1, Verlag Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2006, p. 303.
  3. ↑ Walter-Siegfried Kircher: Catholic above all? ... In: Nobility in Transition. Volume 1, Verlag Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2006, p. 301.
  4. ↑ Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1901, p. 161.
  5. ↑ Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1901, p. 76.
  6. ↑ Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1901, p. 30.
  7. ↑ Walter-Siegfried Kircher: Catholic above all? ... In: Nobility in Transition. Volume 1, Verlag Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2006, p. 304.
  8. ↑ Cf. Manfred Berger:  Waldburg zu Wolfegg and Waldsee, Sophie Fürstin von. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 27, Bautz, Nordhausen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88309-393-2 , Sp. 1491-1496.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  9. ↑ Haus Waldburg in "Online Gotha" (English)
  10. ↑ Image of the house Ditton Hall on a web page (in English) with a map of the place Ditton near Liverpool from the 19th century. Accessed on May 29, 2011.
  11. ↑ Background information (in a published e-mail in English) on the history of the Jesuits of German descent in Ditton Hall . Accessed May 29, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Waldburg zu Wolfegg and Waldsee, Franz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldburg zu Wolfegg and Waldsee, Prince Franz von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfegg
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1906
Place of death Forest lake