Waldburg-Scheer

The Waldburger as regent Scheerer

The Steward of Waldburg divided in 1429 into three lines: the first in the Eberhardische ( Sonneberg ), the second in the Jacobian ( Trauchburger ) and the third in the Georgian ( Zeiler ) line.

Duke Sigismund of Tyrol sold to the Stewards Eberhard 1452 his county and glory to Friedberg including Scheer castle and town and what belonged, namely also the bailiwick to buses and to Dürmentingen, (which was previously the Eberhard already owned) to 32,000 guilders on a " eternal and stable ". 1463 was added the / Vorarlberg Located in today Austro County Sonnenberg. The Waldburger Steward, regent of the county of Friedberg- Scheer, were in possession until 1786, ie 334 years!

The Eberhardische line of the House Waldenburg in Friedberg and Scheer

Count Eberhard I died 1477th His wife was Gwendolyn, daughter of Count William of Montfort. Of their four sons were born: Otto, Eberhard, John and Andrew. Even in his lifetime, Count Eberhard I had in 1475 the county Friedberg- Scheer passed to his son Andrew. Eberhard II received the Waldenburg, John, Wolfegg and Otto became bishop of Konstanz and received his monetary claims. 1483 Eberhard II died childless.

1493 has significantly increased its goods Count Andreas von Sonnenberg. He received the legacy of his late brother Eberhard II the rule buses including Munderkingen, Nusplingen and Kallenberg. From 1486 to 1509 built by the Count Andreas Scheer castle and the church. He took up residence in Scheer. By 1510 the death occurred of the Steward John the Elder, Count Andreas had become the senior of the total house Waldenburg. On May 10, 1511 Count Andreas was murdered after a hunting trip and after a fight with Count Felix von Werdenberg- Sigmaringen ( Montfort ) in Herbert Inger Ried. With his death went out the Eberhardische line of Waldburger. His only daughter Sybilla was a descendant of the Jacobian line, with William Steward to Waldburg- Trauchburg, married.

The older Jacobian line of the House Waldenburg in Friedberg and Scheer

Steward Christoph from the Jacobian line of the House Waldenburg, Count in Friedberg and Scheer, died in 1612. His government is portrayed as the "Hard". His son Reichstruchsess Wilhelm Heinrich took over the heritage and ruled until 1652, since 1628 as Imperial Count. He built in this period, the Loretto Chapel. From 1652 to 1672 ruled Count Christoph Karl and 1672-1678 Count Franz Eusebius. 1678 came Maximilian Wunibald to the government. It was the son of the late Count Otto in 1663, which in turn was a son of Count Wilhelm Heinrich. Graf Maximilian Wunibald died 1717.

The younger line of the house Jacobian Waldenburg in Friedberg and Scheer

The 1717 late Count Maximilian Joseph Graf Wilhelm Wunibald followed Eusebius of the Trauchburger line. He left the gothic church barockisieren and died 1756th His only son of Count Leopold August died childless in 1764. He was the last of the three lines in Scheer. The widow of Count Leopold August, Countess Anna Maria Monica, who was left as the last royal resident in the castle Scheer, died on 17 June 1775. Inflation and currency reform ate the remaining assets on.

Scheerer recess on October 23, 1764

After the launch on October 1, 1764 the childless death of the Reich Erbtruchsessen and Count Leopold August Friedberg and Trauchburg, Freiherr to Waldenburg, Lord of Scheer, Dürmentingen to buses and Kissleg, his next legitimate descendants were ( agnates ):

• Franz -Karl, Prince and Bishop of Chiemsee, Count Trauchburg Franz Ernst, Count Wurzach Joseph Franz, Count Wolfegg Gebhard - Xavier, Count of Waldsee

By the Treaty of October 22, 1785, the Counts of Waldburg sell the whole county Friedberg- Scheer with the dominions Dürmentingen and buses to Prince Karl Anselm of Thurn and Taxis for the sum of 2,100,000, - guilders, while the annual income only to 26,000, - said to have been calculated guilders. 1786, the purchase was approved by the Emperor. Prince Karl Anselm von Thurn und Taxis was reichsgefürstet through the purchase and got a seat and vote in the Reichstag. In 1805, the sovereign rights fell to the Kingdom of Württemberg.

List of Counts of Waldburg- Scheer

Eberhardische line

Older Jacobian line

Younger Jacobian line