Joachim of Fürstenberg

Joachim von Fürstenberg- Heiligenberg ( born January 25, 1538 † October 21, 1598 in Holy Mountain ) was a Count of the noble von Furstenberg.

Life

Joachim was the youngest son of Count Friedrich von Furstenberg (* 1496, † 1559 ) and Countess Anna von Become mountain. After the division of the inheritance with his brothers Christopher and Heinrich left to him by his mother ( 1534) introduced allodial Heiligenberg, Trochtelfingen and Jungnau. He married in 1562 the wealthy Countess Anna of rooms ( * 1545 in Meßkirch, † 1602), she was the oldest of the ten daughters of Count Froben Christoph von rooms and a sister of Count William of rooms. They had fifteen children, of whom only four parents survived.

At the courts of Maximilian II and Rudolf II, he rarely appeared, but was entrusted by the emperors with some tasks in Swabia. Holy Mountain was his favorite residence. In the Knight's Hall, his portrait is. By his prudent and successful business he was able to expand the Heiligenberg Castle substantially and expand his coat of arms shows the entrance of the castle it was built in 1569 up to the wedding of his eldest son Frederick. (* 1563, † 1617) on 9. September 1584 spent the bride Elisabeth of Sulz, a daughter of the Count of Sulz Alwig, three years at his castle. For the wedding of the magnificent Knight's Hall and the chapel had been completed. Friedrich still chose to lifetime of his father Trochtelfingen as a residence, he married his second wife Anna Maria von Arco, widow of Wolf hull, spent his reign Weitra.