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Waldburg-Wolfegg

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County of Waldburg-Wolfegg
Grafschaft Waldburg-Wolfegg
1589–1798
Coat of arms of Waldburg-Wolfegg
Coat of arms
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalWaldburg
Common languagesAlemannic German
GovernmentPrincipality
Reichsgraf 
• 1667–81 (first)
Maximilian Franz Eusebius
• 1791–98 (last)
Karl Eberhard Wunibald
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Partitioned from
    Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil
1589
• Partitioned to create
    Waldburg-Waldsee

1667
• Annexed by W-Waldsee
1798
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil
Waldburg-Waldsee

Waldburg-Wolfegg was a County ruled by the House of Waldburg, located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Waldburg-Wolfegg was a partition of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil and was repartitioned in 1667, creating Waldburg-Waldsee, which annexed Waldburg-Wolfegg in 1798 and became the principality of Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldsee.

Counts of Waldburg-Wolfegg

  • Maximilian Franz Eusebius, 1667–81
  • Ferdinand Louis, 1681–1735
  • Joseph Franz, 1735–74
  • Ferdinand, 1774–79
  • Josef Alois, 1779–91
  • Karl Eberhard Wunibald, 1791–98
Wolfegg Castle