Principality of Fürstenberg

Fürstenberg was a county (), and later a principality (Fürstentum), of the Holy Roman Empire in Swabia, which was located in present-day southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its ruling family was the House of Fürstenberg.

History

The county emerged when Egino IV, Count of Urach by marriage, inherited large parts of the Duchy of Zähringen upon the death of Duke Berthold V in 1218, and it was originally called the county of Freiburg. Egino's grandson, Count Henry, started naming himself after his residence at Fürstenberg Castle around 1250.

The county was partitioned in 1284 between itself and the lower county of Villingen, and then again in 1408 between Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg and Fürstenberg-Wolfach.

Over the centuries, the various rulers expanded their territories to include the Landgraviate of Baar, the County of Heiligenberg, the Lordships of Gundelfingen, Hausen, Höwen, and Meßkirch, and the Landgraviate of Stühlingen in Germany, as well as domains around Křivoklát Castle (), Bohemia, Tavíkovice (German: Taikowitz) in Moravia and Weitra in Austria.

In 1664, Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg was raised to a principality and received a vote at the Reichstag. In 1744, various Fürstenberg territories were reunified to the Principality of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg, as all lines except one had become extinct.

The Rheinbundakte of 1806 dissolved the state of Fürstenberg. Most of its territory was given to Baden, and smaller parts were given to Württemberg, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and Bavaria.

Geography

As of 1789, the territory consisted of five larger, isolated parts as well as several smaller exclaves. The five larger parts were:

The Landgraviate of Baar and the Lordship of Höwen. Towns include Donaueschingen, Hüfingen, Engen, and Neustadt. Also includes Fürstenberg Castle. Bordered by Further Austria, Württemberg, the Abbacy of St. Blaise, and others. Given to Baden.
The Lordship of Hausen. Towns: Hausach, Wolfach, Haslach. Bordered by: Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg, Württemberg, Further Austria, Hohengeroldseck, Imperial City of Zell, Imperial Valley of Harmersbach. Given to Baden.
The Landgraviate of Stühlingen. Towns: Stühlingen. Bordered by: Abbacy of St. Blaise, Swiss Confederacy, Landgraviate of Klettgau. Given to Baden.
The Lordship of Meßkirch. Towns: Meßkirch. Bordered by: Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Abbacy of Zwiefalten, Further Austria, Abbacy of Buchau, and others. Given to Baden and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
The County of Heiligenberg. Towns: Heiligenberg. Bordered by: Königsegg, Abbacy of Weingarten, Austria, Lake Constance, Prince-Bishopric of Constance, Abbacy of Salmannsweiler, Imperial City of Überlingen, Imperial City of Pfullendorf, and others. Given to Baden.

The smaller exclaves included the towns of Ennabeuren, Salmendingen, Neufra, Trochtelfingen, Hayingen, and others.

As of 1806, Fürstenberg had an area of 2,000 km2 and a population of 100,000. Its capital was Donaueschingen.

Rulers of Fürstenberg

(Note: The analysis given here will go further back to the origins of the Counts of Urach/Freiburg, from which the Fürstenbergs descended in direct line, and with which shared the coats of arms and still exchanged property in the 13th century. After the fall of the main Freiburg line in 1458, the Fürstenberg branch (separated in 1236) emerged as the main line of the dynasty.)

{|align="center" style="border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;"

| colspan=1 style="background: #def;" |County of Urach (1040-1218)

| colspan=6 style="background: #eee;" |Rule by the House of Zahringen (1098-1218)

| colspan=7 style="background: #def;" |

| colspan=1 rowspan="3" style="background: #def;" |Raised to: County of Freiburg (1218-1385)

| colspan=6 style="background: #fff;" |

| colspan=1 style="background: #dce;" |County of Badenweiler (1st creation) (1271-1320)

| colspan=4 style="background: #fff;" |County of Fürstenberg (1236-1614)

| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #fed;" |County of Haslach (1284-1386)

| colspan=5 style="background: #fff;" |

| colspan=1 rowspan="15" style="background: #eee;" |Annexed to the House of Habsburg

| colspan=1 rowspan="3" style="background: #dce;" |County of Badenweiler (2nd creation, Freiburg line) (1385-1458)

| colspan=5 style="background: #fff;" |

| colspan=4 style="background: #fff;" |

| colspan=1 rowspan="3" style="background: #fde;" |County of Wolfach (1408-1490)

| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |

| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #fbd;" |County of Geisingen (1441-1483)

| colspan=1 rowspan="12" style="background: #eee;" |Annexed to the House of Baden

| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |

|

| colspan=4 style="background: #fff;" |

| colspan=1 rowspan="4" style="background: #ade;" |County of Heiligenberg (1559-1664) Raised to: Principality of Fürstenberg (1664-1716)

| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |

| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #ceb;" |County of Möhringen (1599-1641)

| colspan=1 rowspan="3" style="background: #fca;" |County of Messkirch (1614-1716) Raised to: Principality of Messkirch (1716-1744)

| colspan=2 style="background: #ffc;" |

| colspan=3 style="background: #ffc;" |County of Stühlingen (1614-1716)

| colspan=4 style="background: #fff;" |Principality of Fürstenberg (1716-1804) (Stühlingen line)

| colspan=4 style="background: #fff;" |

| colspan=1 rowspan="3"style="background: #dc8;" |County of Weitra (1744-1806)

| colspan=1 style="background: #fea898;" |Principality of Pürglitz (1762-1806)

| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |

| colspan=4 style="background: #fea898;" |

| colspan=4 style="background: #eee;" |(mediatisation in 1806 divided between Württemberg, Baden and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen)

| colspan=1 style="background: #eee;" |(mediatised to Austria in 1806)

(Note: The numbering for this family is somehow hard to ascertain. The numbering here follows two sequences: the sequence of the County of Fürstenberg, and the sequence of the County of Freiburg post-1237. Despite there is a established numbering for the counts Henry of Fürstenberg (which excludes count Henry of Trimberg), the counts named Conrad and John aren't usually numbered in sources, and the numbering for counts named Egon and Frederick is also not simple to follow. Therefore, the numbering here for both numberings is sequential, to avoid holes and other confusions. Any other explanation regarding this matter is given in footnote.)

{| class="wikitable sticky-header"

! colspan=2 | Ruler!!Born!!Reign!!Ruling part!!Consort!!Death!!Notes

|- style="background:#def;"

|Egon I the Elder||

|align="center"|?

|align="center"|c.1040-1050

||County of Urach|| Unknown four children

|align="center"|c.1050 ||The oldest known member of the family and also the first known count of Urach.

|- style="background:#def;"

|Egon II||

|align="center"|c.1030? Son of Egon I

|align="center"|1050 – 5 November 1105

||County of Urach|| Kunigunde four children

|align="center"|5 November 1105 aged 74–75?||

|- style="background:#def;"

|Egon III the Younger||

|align="center"|c.1090? Son of Egon II and Kunigunde

|align="center"|5 November 1105 – 25 July 1160

||County of Urach|| Kunigunde of Wasserburg three children

|align="center"|25 July 1160 aged 69–70?||

|- style="background:#def;"

|Egon IV the Bearded||100px

|align="center"|c.1150? Son of Egon III and Kunigunde of Wasserburg

|align="center"|25 July 1160 – 12 January 1230

||County of Urach (until 1218) County of Freiburg (with Urach; from 1218)|| three children

|align="center"|12 January 1230 Freiamt aged 79–80?|| Through Egon's marriage, the Urach family (later Fürstenberg family) received effectively the lands that would later become the county of Fürstenberg.

|- style="background:#def;"

| ||100px

|align="center"|1185 Bad Urach Son of Egon IV & I and

|align="center"|12 January 1230 – 1237

||County of Freiburg|| Adelaide of Neuffen (d.6 September 1239) eight children

|align="center"|1237 aged 54–55||

|- style="background:#fff;"

|||100px

|align="center"|1215 Third son of and Adelaide of Neuffen

|align="center"|1237 – 6 January 1284

||County of Fürstenberg|| Agnes of Truhendingen (d.1294) seven children

|align="center"|6 January 1284 aged 68–69

|rowspan="3"|Children of Egon V/II, divided their inheritance. After Berthold's death, Urach rejoined Freiburg.

|- style="background:#def;"

|Berthold||100px

|align="center"|c.1220 Fourth son of and Adelaide of Neuffen

|align="center"|1237 – October 1261||County of Urach|| Agatha of Lechsgemund-Greisbach (d.1254/22 October 1261) one child

|align="center"|October 1261 aged 20–21

|- style="background:#def;"

||| 100px

|align="center"|1226 Fifth son of and Adelaide of Neuffen

|align="center"|1237 – 24 September 1271

||County of Freiburg|| Sophia of Hohenzollern (d.1270) five children

|align="center"|24 September 1271 aged 44–45

|- style="background:#def;"

|align=center colspan="8"|In 1341 Urach rejoined Freiburg

|- style="background:#def;"

|colspan=7 align=center|Regency of Sophia of Hohenzollern (1271-1277)

|rowspan="3"|Children of Conrad, divided their inheritance.

|- style="background:#def;"

|||100px

|align="center"|1263 First son of and Sophia of Hohenzollern

|align="center"|24 September 1271 – 1317

||County of Freiburg|| Catharina of Lichtenberg (d.1283) 1271 seven children

|align="center"|1317 aged 53–54

|- style="background:#dce;"

| ||100px

|align="center"|c.1265? Second son of and Sophia of Hohenzollern

|align="center"|24 September 1271 – 1303

||County of Badenweiler|| Anna of Wartenberg (d.1321) 1281 two children

|align="center"|1303 aged 37–38

|- style="background:#fff;"

|||100px

|align="center"|c.1250 Son of and Agnes of Truhendingen

|align="center"|6 January 1284 – 1 May 1296

||County of Fürstenberg|| Udehild of Wolfach (1254-1305) c.1275 five children

|align="center"|1 May 1296 aged 45–46

|rowspan="2"|Children of Henry I, divided their inheritance.

|- style="background:#fed;"

|||

|align="center"|c.1260 Son of and Agnes of Truhendingen

|align="center"|6 January 1284 – 23 April 1324

||County of Haslach|| Verena of Baden-Hachberg (c.1270-1322) 19 January 1298 seven children

|align="center"|23 April 1324 aged 63–64

|- style="background:#fff;"

|colspan=7 align=center|Regency of Conrad of Fürstenberg, Canon of Konstanz (1296-1303)

|rowspan="2"|

|- style="background:#fff;"

|||100px

|align="center"|c.1275 Wolfach Son of and Udehild of Wolfach

|align="center"|1 May 1296 – 14 December 1337

||County of Fürstenberg|| Verena of Freiburg, Countess of Badenweiler (1285-25 December 1320) 1307 seven children

|align="center"|14 December 1337 aged 61–62

|- style="background:#dce;"

|Margaret||

|align="center"|c.1285? First daughter of and Anna of Wartenberg

|align="center"|1303-c.1330

||County of Badenweiler (at Badenweiler proper)|| Otto, Count of Strassberg (d.1318) c.1300 at least one child

|align="center"|c.1330 aged 44–45

|rowspan="2"|Children of Henry, divided their inheritance, which had slightly different fates: while Verena's part went directly to Fürstenberg, Margaret's part was annexed to the Lordship of Strassberg, and was only annexed to Fürstenberg in 1364.

|- style="background:#dce;"

|Verena||100px

|align="center"|c.1285? Second daughter of and Anna of Wartenberg

|align="center"|1303 – 25 December 1320

||County of Badenweiler (at Hausach)|| 1307 seven children

|align="center"|25 December 1320 aged 34–35

|- style="background:#dce;"

|align=center colspan="8"|In 1320 Hausach joined Fürstenberg; Badenweiler was annexed to Strassberg domains in 1330, and went to Fürstenberg in 1364

|- style="background:#def;"

|||100px

|align="center"|c.1300? Son of and Catharina of Lichtenberg

|align="center"|1317 – 10 July 1350

||County of Freiburg|| Catherine of Lorraine (d.13 March 1316) 9 July 1290 three children Anna of Signau (d.1330) 1330 no children

|align="center"|10 July 1350 Freiburg im Breisgau aged 49–50?||

|- style="background:#fed;"

|Godfrey||100px

|align="center"|c.1310 Son of and Verena of Baden-Hachberg

|align="center"|23 April 1324 – April/June 1341

||County of Haslach|| Anna of Montfort-Feldkirch (d.27 October 1373) 1323 five children

|align="center"|April/June 1341 aged 30–31||

|- style="background:#fff;"

|Conrad I||

|align="center"|c.1305 First son of and Verena of Freiburg

|align="center"|14 December 1337 – 1370

||County of Fürstenberg (at Wartenberg|| Adelaide of Griesenberg (d.8 June 1372) c.1340 no children

|align="center"|23 February 1367 aged 61–62

|rowspan="3"|Children of Henry II, possibly divided the inheritance. After Conrad and John's deaths, Wartenberg, Wolfach and Hausach returned to Fürstenberg's main land at Baar.

|- style="background:#fff;"

|John I||

|align="center"|c.1305 Second son of and Verena of Freiburg

|align="center"|14 December 1337 – 1365

||County of Fürstenberg (at Wolfach and Hausach)|| Joanna of Signau (d.1358) 8 August 1348 one child

|align="center"|1365 aged 59–60

|- style="background:#fff;"

||| 100px

|align="center"|c.1305 Third son of and Verena of Freiburg

|align="center"|14 December 1337 – 23 February 1367

||County of Fürstenberg (at Baar)|| Anna of Montfort-Tettnang (1310-1373) c.1335 six children

|align="center"|23 February 1367 aged 61–62

|- style="background:#fff;"

|align=center colspan="8"|In 1365 and 1370 Wartenberg, Hausach and Wolfach rejoined Baar/Fürstenberg

|- style="background:#fed;"

|Hugo||

|align="center"|c.1330 First son of Godfrey and Anna of Montfort-Feldkirch

|align="center"|April/June 1341 – 24 May 1371

||County of Haslach|| Adelaide of Krenkingen (d.15 July 1359) 1323 three children

|align="center"|24 May 1371 aged 30–31

|rowspan="2"|Children of Godfrey, divided their inheritance. After Henry's death Trimberg returned to Hausach

|- style="background:#fed;"

|Henry (IV)||

|align="center"|c.1330 Second son of Godfrey and Anna of Montfort-Feldkirch

|align="center"|April/June 1341 – 30 November 1355

||County of Haslach (at )|| Irmengard of Werdenberg (d.28 February 1358) c.1350 one child

|align="center"|30 November 1355 aged 27–28

|- style="background:#fed;"

|align=center colspan="8"|In 1355 Trimberg rejoined Haslach

|- style="background:#def;"

|||100px

|align="center"|1316 Freiburg im Breisgau First son of and Catherine of Lorraine

|align="center"|10 July 1350 – 9 November 1356

||County of Freiburg|| Anna of Baden-Sausenberg (d.28 February 1331) 1330 one child Mahaut de Montfaucon c.1335? no children

|align="center"|9 November 1356 Freiburg im Breisgau aged 39–40?||

|- style="background:#def;"

|||100px

|align="center"|c.1330 Freiburg im Breisgau Daughter of and Anna of Baden-Sausenberg

|align="center"|9 November 1356 – 9 June 1358 9 June 1358 – 1386

||County of Freiburg (at only from 1358)|| Godfrey II, Count Palatine of Tübingen (d.1369) 1340 five children

|align="center"|1386 aged 55–56|| Chosen by the city of Freiburg as the new ruler; the succession was contested by her uncle, who succeeded in deposing her in 1358. She however retained a seat at for herself.

|- style="background:#dce;"

|rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"| 100px

|align="center" rowspan="2"|c.1320 Freiburg im Breisgau Second son of and Catherine of Lorraine

|align="center" style="background:#def;"|9 June 1358 – 30 March 1368

|style="background:#def;"|County of Freiburg

|rowspan="2"| Verena of Neuchâtel (d.15 June 1374) 1360 two children

|align="center" rowspan="2"|3 September 1385 Freiburg im Breisgau aged 64–65?

|rowspan="2"| Contested the succession of his niece in 1356, and won in 1358, deposing her; In 1368, after a heavy defeat, sold Freiburg to the Habsburgs. In compensation, he was given the County of Badenweiler by his cousin, Count Henry IV of Fürstenberg.

|- style="background:#dce;"

|align="center"|30 March 1368 – 3 September 1385||County of Badenweiler

|- style="background:#def;"

|align=center colspan="8"|In 1368 Freiburg was annexed to the Habsburgs

|- style="background:#fff;"

|Henry IV||

|align="center"|1344 Wolfach Son of and Anna of Montfort-Tettnang

|align="center"|23 February 1367 – 15 August 1408

||County of Fürstenberg|| Adelaide of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (d. 6 November 1370) 1367 one child Sophia of Zollern (1345-29 March 1427) 1372 eight children

|align="center"|15 August 1408 aged 61–62||

|- style="background:#fed;"

|John II||

|align="center"|c.1350 Haslach im Kinzigtal Son of Hugo and Adelaide of Krenkingen

|align="center"|24 May 1371 – 9 July 1386

||County of Haslach|| Anna of Thierstein (d.7 November 1382) c.1370? no children

|align="center"|9 July 1386 Sempachaged 35–36

|rowspan="2"|Children of Godfrey, divided their inheritance. After John's death Haslach returned to Fürstenberg.

|- style="background:#fed;"

|Adelaide||

|align="center"|1356 Haslach im Kinzigtal Daughter of Hugo and Adelaide of Krenkingen

|align="center"|24 May 1371 – 19 March 1413

||County of Haslach (at Braunlingen)|| Frederick XI, Count of Hohenzollern 1377 six children

|align="center"|19 March 1413 aged 56–57

|- style="background:#fed;"

|align=center colspan="8"|In 1386 Haslach rejoined Fürstenberg; in 1413 Braunlingen was annexed to Hohenzollern

|- style="background:#dce;"

||| 100px

|align="center"|1372 Son of and Verena of Neuchâtel

|align="center"|3 September 1385 – 16 April 1424

||County of Badenweiler|| Marie de Vergy (d.29 March 1407) 1390 two children 1413 no children

|align="center"|16 April 1424 Neuchâtel aged 51–52|| In 1395 inherited, from his aunt Isabelle, the county of Neuchâtel.

|- style="background:#fff;"

|Henry V||

|align="center"|c.1380 First son of Henry IV and Sophia of Zollern

|align="center"|15 August 1408 – 10 August 1441

||County of Fürstenberg|| Verena of Baden-Hachberg (3 December 1392 - 8 Dec 1416) 1413 three children Anna of Tengen-Nellenburg (d. 21 April 1427) 1419 two children Elisabeth of Lupfen (d.1437) 14 March 1429 one child

|align="center"|10 August 1441 aged 60–61

|rowspan="2"|Children of Henry IV, divided their inheritance.

|- style="background:#fde;"

|Conrad II||

|align="center"|c.1380 Second son of Henry IV and Sophia of Zollern

|align="center"|15 August 1408 – 3 May 1419

||County of Wolfach|| Adelaide of Zweibrücken-Bitsch (d. 1 October 1452) 2 May/15 June 1413 two children

|align="center"|3 May 1419 aged 61–62

|- style="background:#fde;"

|Adelaide of Zweibrücken-Bitsch||

|align="center"|c.1390 Daughter of Simon IV, Count of Zweibrücken-Bitsch and Hildegard of Lichtenberg

|align="center"|3 May 1419 – 1 October 1452

||County of Wolfach (at Wolfach proper)|| Conrad II (c.1380-3 May 1419) 2 May/15 June 1413 two children

|align="center"|1 October 1452 aged 61–62

|rowspan="3"|Widow and son of Conrad III. While Adelaide stayed at Wolfach, Henry VI (until 1432 under regency of his uncles of Fürstenberg) moved his capital to Hausach. After Adelaide's death her seat at Wolfach also reverted to Henry. He left no children, and after his death, Wolfach returned to Fürstenberg. For a biography of Henry VI, see this link.

|- style="background:#fde;"

|colspan=7 align=center|Regency of Henry V, Count of Fürstenberg and Egon of Fürstenberg (1419-1432)

|- style="background:#fde;"

|Henry VI||

|align="center"|c.1415 Son of Conrad II and Adelaide of Zweibrücken-Bitsch

|align="center"|3 May 1419 – 30 November 1490

||County of Wolfach (at Hausach)|| Margaretha Küfferin no children

|align="center"|30 November 1490 Wolfach aged 74–75

|- style="background:#fde;"

|align=center colspan="8"|In 1490 Wolfach rejoined Fürstenberg

|- style="background:#dce;"

|John||100px

|align="center"|26 May 1396 Neuchâtel Son of and Marie de Vergy

|align="center"|16 April 1424 – 19 February 1458||County of Badenweiler (at Neuchâtel only from 1444)|| Marie of Châlon-Arlay (d.1465) 13 July 1416 three children

|align="center"|19 February 1458 Neuchâtel aged 62|| In 1444 sold Badenweiler to the Habsburgs, keeping only Neuchâtel. After his death, Neuchâtel was annexed to the Baden domains.

|- style="background:#dce;"

|align=center colspan="8"|In 1444 Badenweiler was annexed to the Habsburgs; in 1458 Neuchâtel was annexed to Baden

|- style="background:#fbd;"

|John III|| 100px

|align="center"|c.1410? Son of Henry V and Verena of Baden-Hachberg

|align="center"|10 August 1441 – 30 March 1443

||County of Geisingen|| Anna of Kirchberg (d. 1469) 2 May/15 June 1413 two children

|align="center"|30 March 1443 Fürstenberg aged 32–33

|rowspan="2" style="background:#fff;"|Children of Henry V, divided their inheritance.

|- style="background:#fff;"

|Conrad III|| 100px

|align="center"|c.1430 Son of Henry V and Elisabeth of Lupfen

|align="center"|10 August 1441 – 24 April 1484

||County of Fürstenberg|| Kunigunde of Matsch (d. 19 April 1469) 1462 three children

|align="center"|21 April 1484 aged 53–54

|- style="background:#fbd;"

|Egon (VII)||100px

|align="center"|19 June 1496 Wolfach Second son of and Elisabeth of Solms-Braunfels

|align="center"|31 December 1509 – 8 March 1559|| Anna of Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen (1500-1554) 19 February 1516 Ortenberg sixteen children

|align="center"|8 March 1559 aged 62

|- style="background:#fff;"

|Christoph I||

|align="center"|24 August 1534 Sixth son of and Anna of Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen

|align="center"|8 March – 17 August 1559||County of Fürstenberg (at Blumberg)|| Barbara of Montfort-Tettnang (d.2 December 1592) 2/6 January 1556 Tettnang two children

|align="center"|17 August 1559 Heiligenberg aged 24

|rowspan="3"|Children of Frederick II, divided their inheritance.

|- style="background:#fff;"

|Henry VIII||

|align="center"|19 September 1536 Seventh son of and Anna of Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen

|align="center"|8 March 1559 – 12 October 1596||County of Fürstenberg (at Baar)|| Amalia of Solms-Lich (10 December 1537 - 18 June 1593) 1 April 1560 Lich one child

|align="center"|12 October 1596 Heiligenberg aged 60

|- style="background:#ade;"

|Joachim|| 100px

|align="center"|25 January 1538 Eighth son of and Anna of Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen

|align="center"|8 March 1559 – 21 October 1598||County of Heiligenberg|| Anna of Zimmern-Messkirch (1545-1601) 9 February 1562 fifteen children

|align="center"|21 October 1598 Heiligenberg aged 60

|- style="background:#fff;"

|align=center colspan="8"|In 1496 Baar rejoined Blumberg, reuniting the main line of Fürstenberg

|- style="background:#fff;"

|colspan=7 align=center|Regency of Barbara of Montfort-Tettnang (1559-1569)

|rowspan="2"|

|- style="background:#fff;"

|||

|align="center"|15 March 1557 Son of Christoph I and Barbara of Montfort-Tettnang

|align="center"|17 August 1559 – 13 September 1599||County of Fürstenberg (at Blumberg; also in Baar since 1596))|| Elisabeth of Pernstein (6 November 1557 - 31 August 1610) 31 August 1578 Prague thirteen children

|align="center"|13 September 1599 Prague aged 42

|- style="background:#ade;"

|Frederick III