Family
- Genealogy
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| William I Truchsess von Waldburg in Trauchburg 1470–17 March 1557, in Scheer aka Wilhelm "der Ältere" Wilhelm the elder House of Waldburg, Friedberg, Scheer etc. |
William II Truchsess von Waldburg in Trauchburg 6 March 1518–17 January 1566 aka Wilhelm "der Jüngere" Wilhelm the younger Freiherr and Truchseß von Waldburg, in Trauchburg, Friedberg, Scheer etc., imperial adviser and chamerlain |
' Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg in Trauchburg (1547–1601) Siblings: Friedrich (1546–1570) Karl (1548–1593) Christoph (1551-1612) Anna (d 1608) Sibylle (d. 1585) Margarete (d. 1612) Ferdinand (1554– † 1585) Eleanore (d. 1609)' |
| Sibylle von Waldburg zu Sonnenberg (born 6 November 1536) House of Waldburg-Sonnenburg |
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| Friedrich II von Fürstenberg Wolfach 19 July 1496–8 March 1559; m. 19 February 1516 House of Fürstenberg |
Johanna von Fürstenberg 12 May 1529–3 March 1589 |
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| Anna von Werdenberg died 1554 House of Fürstenberg aka Heiress of Heiligenberg |
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- Sibling Connections
- Friedrich, (4 August 1546 – 22 December 1570). Imperial Legal Chambers President. Married in 1568 to Johanna, Countess of Helfenstein-Gundelfingen (1540–1572), daughter of George II, Count of Helfenstein von and zu Gundelfingen, and Marie de Bowert de Gomignies.
- Karl, (7 August 1548 – † 18 June 1593), Freiherr and Truchseß von Waldburg in Trauchburg (1580), Imperial Legal Chambers President, buried in Strassburg, Münster; married in Sigmaringen on 6 May 1572 to Countess Eleonore von Hohenzollern (15 February 1551 – after 1605), daughter of Charles I, Count of Hohenzollern and Anna Mark-countess of Baden-Durlach.
- Christoph, (24 August 1551 – 28 February 1612), Freiherr and Truchseß von Waldburg in Friedberg und Scheer (1580). Married in 1577 to Countess Anna Maria von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (3 February 1562 – December 1611).
- Anna, died 5 October 1607; 1m: 1565 Heinrich IV Count of Lupfen, Landgrave of Stühlingen (6 October 1543 – 26 December 1582), no issue, and upon his death his line became extinct; 2m: 10 February 1592 to Peter Freiherr von Mörsperg (before 1555–1594).
- Sibylle, born before 1548-died 5 August 1585.
- Margarete, died 30 May 1612; m.1570 Georg Leo Freiherr Staufen (died 23 April 1602).
- Ferdinand, Deacon in Cologne (1575–83), in Straßburg (1578–85), canon of St. Gereon in Cologne (1578–82), Deacon in Würzburg (1582–85), born 1554, † Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch, 19–20 January 1585
- Eleonore, died 29 August 1609; married in 1573 Melchior Hannibal Freiherr von Wolkenstein 1537–1596.
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