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Karl, Truchsess von Waldburg (7 August 1548 – 18 June 1593), Baron and Steward of Waldburg in Trauchburg (1580), Imperial minister. Karl was born in the Fürstenburg fortress of Heiligenberg, the third son of William, known as the Younger, (6 March 1518 – 17 January 1566), Baron and Seneschal of Waldburg and an Imperial Councilor, and his wife, Johanna v. Fürstenberg (1529–1589). His family was an old Swabian house and he was descended from the Jacobin line of the House.[1]
After 1580, he also bore the title Truchseß von Waldburg in Trauchburg (1580) and president of the Imperial Judicial Chambers.[2][better source needed] He served his brother, Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, as steward and stadtholder of Bonn after 1582, and as his brother's general in the Cologne War (1582–1589). He migrated with his brother to Strasbourg at the conclusion of the war in 1589, and died there in 1593.[3] He is buried in the Strasbourg Minister.[4]
On 6 May 1572, he married Countess Leonore of Hohenzollern (15 February 1551 – after 2 April 1605), daughter of Charles I, Count of Hohenzollern and Margravine Anna of Baden-Durlach.[5][better source needed]
- ^ Joseph Vochezer, Geschichte des fürstlichen hauses Waldburg in Schwaben, v. 3 (1907), Kempten, Kösel, 1888–1907, p. 30.
- ^ Marek, Miroslav (17 March 2008). "Waldburg". Genealogy.EU. Retrieved 29 October 2009.[self-published source]
- ^ Michaela Waldburg, Waldburg und Waldburger – Ein Geschlecht steigt auf in den Hochadel des Alten Reiche. 2009, Accessed 15 October 2009
- ^ Johannes Pappus, Angehengtem Programmate publico Rectoris Academiae, Abdankung Genealogia. (undated.) no page number. OCLC 257821109.
- ^ Marek, Miroslav. "Descendants of Eitel Friedrich". Genealogy.EU.[self-published source].