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Waldburg-Capustigall

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Stewardship (County) of Waldburg-Capustigall
Truchsessamt (Grafschaft) Waldburg-Capustigall
1504–1745
Waldburg coat of arms from the Scheibler Armorial of 1450–1480
Coat of arms
StatusStateof theHoly Roman Empire
Common languagesGerman
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Partitioned from
Waldburg-Trauchburg
1504 1504
• Raised toCounty
1686
• Annexed byPrussia
1745
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Waldburg-Trauchburg
Kingdom of Prussia

Waldburg-Capustigallwas aStewardshipof theHouse of Waldburg– later aCounty– located inEast Prussia.Waldburg-Capustigall was a partition ofWaldburg-Trauchburgand was raised to a County in 1686, before being annexed by theKingdom of Prussiain 1745.

Rulers of Waldburg-Capustigall

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The Schloss of Waldburg-Capustigall

Stewards of Waldburg-Capustigall

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  • Johannes Jakob, 1554–1585
  • Wolfgang Heinrich, 1585–1637
  • Johannes Albert, 1637–1655
  • Abraham, 1637–1638
  • Wolfgang Christoph, 1643–1686 (raised toReichsgraf)

Counts of Waldburg-Capustigall

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  • Wolfgang Christoph, 1686–1688
  • Joachim Heinrich, 1655–1703
  • Otto Wilhelm I, 1703–1725
  • Karl Friedrich, 1703–1722
  • Otto Wilhelm II, 1725–1745