About Frederick IV of Fürstenberg
Lived 1563 – 1617 (aged 54). Frederick IV of Fürstenberg was a consultant.
Frederick IV of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (; 9 May 1563 – 8 August 1617), a member of the Swabian noble house of Fürstenberg, was Count (Graf) of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, today a part of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was the son of Count Joachim of Fürstenberg (1538–1598) and his wife, Countess Anna of Zimmern.
Marriage and children On 10 September 1584, he married Countess Elisabeth of Sulz. Together, they had the following children: William (1586-1618), married Baroness Polyxena Anna Benigna Popel of Lobkowicz Joachim Alwig (1587-1617) Ernst Egon VIII (1588-1635), married Anna Maria, daughter of Prince John George of Hohenzollern-Hechingen Jacob Louis of Fürstenberg-Wartenberg (1592-1627), married Helena Eleonora of Schwendi Anna Barbara (1594-1597) Elizabeth (1595-1602) Maria Johanna (1597)
Elisabeth died in 1601, and in 1606, Frederick married Maria of Arco, the widow of Wolfgang Rumpf vom Wullroß at Weitra, chamberlain of Emperor Rudolf II. She died however only one year later. The comital title was inherited by Frederick's surviving son Ernst Egon.
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Frederick IV of Fürstenberg was born on 9 May 1563.
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Frederick IV of Fürstenberg died on 8 August 1617 in Dresden.
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