Anton Anselm Fugger von Babenhausen

Anton Anselm Fürst Fugger von Babenhausen (13 January 1800 – 28 May 1836) was a German nobleman of the Fugger family. He was the titular Prince of the Principality of Babenhausen (mediatized to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806), in what is now the Landkreis Unterallgäu.

Early life Anton was born on 13 January 1800 in Babenhausen. He was the eldest son of Anselm, 1st Prince Fugger von Babenhausen and Countess Maria Antonia Elisabetha von Waldburg zu Zeil-Wurzach (1774–1814). Among his siblings were Countess Maria Josepha Fugger von Babenhausen, who married their cousin, Leopold, 2nd Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach.

His paternal grandparents were Count Anselm Viktorian Fugger and Countess Maria Walburga von Waldburg-Wolfegg-Wolfegg. His paternal aunt, Countess Maria Walpurga Franziska Fugger von Babenhausen, married Hereditary Count Leopold von Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (eldest son and heir apparent of Eberhard, 1st Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach).

Personal life

On 20 October 1825, Prince Anton married Princess Franziska of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein-Jagtsberg (August 29, 1807 – September 28, 1873), a daughter of Charles Joseph, 1st Prince of Hohenlohe-Jagstberg and Duchess Henriette of Württemberg (the youngest daughter of Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, reigning Duke of Württemberg). Together, they were the parents of the following children:

Countess Theresia Fugger von Babenhausen (1826–1884), who died unmarried. Leopold Fugger von Babenhausen (1827–1885), who married Countess Anna von Gatterburg in 1857. Karl Ludwig Fugger von Babenhausen (1829–1906), who married Countess Friederike von Christallnigg in 1855. Countess Eugenia Fugger von Babenhausen (1833–1853), who died unmarried.

After a long illness, Prince Anton died at Babenhausen on 28 May 1836. His successor as Prince and Head of the Babenhausen estate and the entire princely entail was his eldest son Leopold, Hereditary Count Fugger of Babenhausen.

Descendants Through his second son, Karl Ludwig, he was a grandfather of Karl, 5th Prince Fugger von Babenhausen (1861–1925), who married Princess Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (third child of Prince Carl zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein); and Countess Marie Fugger von Babenhausen, who married Count Christoph von Wydenbruck, Ambassador of Austria-Hungary to Madrid.