Eberhard, 4th Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach

Eberhard II, 4th Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (17 May 1828 – 1 August 1903) was a German prince and politician.

Early life Eberhard was born on 17 May 1828 at Wurzach. He was the son of Leopold, 2nd Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (1795–1861), and Countess Maria Josepha Fugger von Babenhausen (1798–1831), who were first cousins. Among his siblings was elder brother, Karl, 3rd Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach.

His paternal grandparents were Hereditary Count Leopold von Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (only son and heir apparent of Eberhard, 1st Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach), and Countess Maria Walburga von Kirchberg-Weißenhorn. His maternal grandparents were Anselm, 1st Prince Fugger von Babenhausen and Countess Maria Antonia von Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach. His maternal uncle, Anton, 2nd Prince Fugger von Babenhausen, married Princess Franziska of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein-Jagtsberg (a daughter of Charles Joseph, 1st Prince of Hohenlohe-Jagstberg).

Career

Upon renunciation of title by his elder brother in 1865, he succeeded as the titular 4th Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach, a former Principality within Holy Roman Empire located on the southeastern border of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located around Wurzach, that had been partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil. The Principality, however, had been mediatised to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806.

Countess Marie Eugenie Sophie Xaverine Gisella of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (1857–1924), who married Count Karl von Waldburg-Zeil (later Waldburg-Syrgenstein), a son of Prince Constantin von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg and Countess Maximiliane von Quadt-Wyckradt-Isny, in 1882. After his death in 1890, she married Austrian diplomat Baron Karl Heidler von Egeregg, a son of medical professor Baron Karl Heidler von Egeregg.