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. 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

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, the widow of Wolfgang Rumpf vom Wullroß at Weitra, chamberlain of Emperor

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. She died however only one year later. The comital title was inherited by Frederick's surviving son Ernst Egon.

References

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