Waldburg-Trauchburg

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Coat of arms of the Waldburg from the Scheibler coat of arms book from 1450 to 1480

Lords of Trauchburg

The former lords of Trauchburg were a branch line of the barons of Rettenberg. Via this, Trauchburg came to the Counts of Veringen through the marriage of Wilibirg and Wolfrad , who sold it to the Truchsessen von Waldburg on September 3, 1306 .

The Waldburgers as regents in Trauchburg

The Waldburg house was divided into three lines in 1429. First in the Eberhard line, the second in the Jacobean line and the third in the Georgian line. Trauchburg fell to the Jacobean line, whose founder was Count Jacob I. His grandson Friedrich joined the Teutonic Order , but then, like many other knights of the order, converted to Protestantism and founded the evangelical branch Waldburg-Capustigall in East Prussia . Count Wilhelm the Elder's son Otto von Waldburg was bishop of Augsburg from 1543 to 1573 . Otto's nephew Gebhard was elector and archbishop of Cologne from 1577 to 1583 . As a result of his attempt to transform the Archbishopric of Cologne into a secular duchy, Gebhard got so deeply into debt that the Trauchburg line was always close to bankruptcy in the following two centuries due to overwhelming mortgages. In 1612, the Trauchburg line split into the older Friedberg-Scheer and Trauchburg lines and, after the older Friedberg-Scheer lines died out in 1717, again into the younger Friedberg-Scheer and the younger Trauchburg lines. After the counts of Waldburg-Friedberg-Scheer died out in 1764, all parts of the Jacobean line were once again united in one hand.

After the Jacobean line died out in 1772, Trauchburg became part of the Georgian line Waldburg-Zeil and, after its mediatization, finally fell to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1810 .

List of Truchsesse from Waldburg-Trauchburg

Ruins of Alt-Trauchburg Castle , in the background the border and Isny
  • 1429–1460 Jacob I.
  • 1460–1505 Johann, son of the previous one
  • 1505–1505 Jacob II, son of the previous one
  • 1505–1557 Wilhelm the Elder , brother of the previous one, father of Bishop Otto von Augsburg
  • 1557–1566 Wilhelm the Younger, son of Count Wilhelm (the Elder), father of Elector Gebhard of Cologne
  • 1566–1570 Friedrich, son of Count Wilhelm (the younger)
  • 1570–1593 Karl, brother of the previous one
  • 1593–1612 Christoph, brother of the previous one, resided in Friedberg and Scheer since 1566
  • 1612–1636 Friedrich I, son of the previous one, since 1628 imperial count

List of the Counts of Waldburg-Trauchburg

Neutrauchburg Castle in Isny
New castle in Kißlegg , built 1721–1727 by Johann Georg Fischer under Count Johann Ernst II of Waldburg-Trauchburg
  • 1636–1687 Johann Ernst I, son of Count Friedrich I.
  • 1687–1717 Christoph Franz, son of the previous one
  • 1717–1737 Johann Ernst II., Son of the previous one
  • 1737–1744 Friedrich Marquard, son of the previous one
  • 1744–1772 Franz Karl Eusebius , brother of the previous one, since 1742 Prince-Bishop of Chiemsee

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Memminger OA Saulgau, page 113 tells that Hiltrud had given her husband the rule of Trauchburg and Saulgau.
  2. ↑ Mone, Zeitschr. I, page 81.

literature

  • Joseph Vochezer: History of the princely house of Waldburg in Swabia . 3 volumes. Kösel, Kempten 1888–1907 Proof of digitized material from wikisource
  • Max Wilberg : Regenten tables, a compilation of the rulers of countries from all continents up to the beginning of the 20th century , Frankfurt (Oder) 1906, p. 105 f.
  • Peter Truhart: Regents of Nations. Systematic chronology of states and their political representatives in past and present; A biographical reference book. Part III / 1 = Regents of Nations Part III / 1 . KG Saur, Munich, London etc. 1986, ISBN 3-598-10491-X , p. 2392