Eberhard, 1st Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach

Eberhard, 1st Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (20 December 1730 – 23 September 1807) was a German prince.

Early life He was the son of Count Francis Ernest von Waldburg-Wurzach (1704–1781) and Countess Maria Eleonora von Königsegg-Rothenfels. Among his siblings were Countess Eleonore Wallburgis von Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (wife of Count Siegmund of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Bedburg); Countess Maria Karolina Antonia Johanna von Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (wife of Count Ferdinand Maria von Waldburg-Wolfegg); Countess Maria Crescentia von Waldburg-Zeil (wife of Count Franz Fidelis von Königsegg-Rothenfels); and Countess Maria Antonia von Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (wife of Count Johann Anton of Oettingen-Baldern-Katzenstein and Hermann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen).

Career

Upon the death of his father in 1781, he succeeded as the 4th Count of Waldburg-Wurzach, a County located on the southeastern border of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located around Wurzach. Waldburg-Wurzach had been partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil. In 1803, the County of Waldburg-Wurzach was raised to a Principality within Holy Roman Empire. Prince Eberhard's reign, however, was short-lived as the territory was mediatised to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806.

Through his Maria Antonia, he was a grandfather of Countess Maria Josepha Fugger von Babenhausen (1798–1831), who married her cousin, Leopold, 2nd Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach; and Anton, 2nd Prince Fugger von Babenhausen (1800–1836), who married Princess Franziska of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein-Jagtsberg (a daughter of Charles Joseph, 1st Prince of Hohenlohe-Jagstberg).