Fürstenberg (also Fuerstenberg and Furstenberg) may refer to:

Historical states

Fürstenberg-Baar Fürstenberg-Baar () was a County of medieval Germany, located in southern Baden-Württemberg in the territory of Baar. It was created as a partition of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg in 1441. It inherited the County of Fürstenberg-Geisingen in 1483, ...

, county (1441–1559) *

Fürstenberg-Blumberg Fürstenberg-Blumberg was a County located in Blumberg, southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was created as a partition of Fürstenberg-Baar in 1559. It suffered two known partitions: between itself and Fürstenberg-Möhringen Fürstenberg-M ...

, county (1559–1614) *

Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen was a county of Fürstenberg that was created in 1617 as a partition of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg. It was named after Donaueschingen Donaueschingen (; Low Alemannic: ''Eschinge'') is a German town in the Black Fores ...

, county (1617–1698) *

Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg was a territory in Swabia, which was located in present-day southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was ruled by the House of Fürstenberg in the Circle of Swabia during the Holy Roman Empire. History The territory cons ...

, county (1408–1441, 1704–1716) and principality (1716–1804) *

Fürstenberg-Geisingen Fürstenberg-Geisingen was a county in southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany during the Middle Ages. A partition of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg, it was inherited by the Counts of Fürstenberg-Baar Fürstenberg-Baar () was a County of medieval Germany ...

, county (1441–1483) *

Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg was a county and later a principality in southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the historical territory of Heiligenberg. It was created as a partition of Fürstenberg-Baar in 1559, and it suffered one partitio ...

, county (1559–1664) and principality (1664–1716) *

Fürstenberg-Messkirch Fürstenberg-Meßkirch was a county of Fürstenberg centered on the town of Meßkirch. It was a partition of Fürstenberg-Blumberg, was raised to a principality in 1716, and was inherited by the counts of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg Fürstenberg-F ...

, county (1614–1716) and principality (1716–1744) * Fürstenberg-Möhringen, county (1599–1641) *

Fürstenberg-Pürglitz Fürstenberg-Pürglitz was a noble family hailing from southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, which was seated at Křivoklát Castle () in Bohemia. Fürstenberg-Pürglitz emerged as a non-ruling branch of the princely House of Fürstenberg in ...

, principality (1762–1806) *

Fürstenberg-Stühlingen Fürstenberg-Stühlingen was a German county during the Middle Ages. It was located in the territorial landgraviate of Stühlingen. It emerged as a partition of Fürstenberg-Blumberg in 1614. It was partitioned in 1704 between the sons of Count Pr ...

, county (1614–1704) *

Fürstenberg-Taikowitz Fürstenberg-Taikowitz was a cadet branch of the princely House of Fürstenberg, originally from Swabia in present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It emerged in 1759 as a partition of the Austrian Fürstenberg-Weitra line. The landgraves resided ...

, county (1759–1806) *

Fürstenberg-Weitra Fürstenberg-Weitra was a cadet branch of the princely House of Fürstenberg, originally from Donaueschingen in Swabia, in present-day southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. From 1744 onwards the landgravial line resided at Weitra Castle in ...

, county (1705–1806) *

Fürstenberg-Wolfach Fürstenberg-Wolfach was a county in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany during the Middle Ages. It occupied a region surrounding Wolfach. It was created as a partition of the County of Fürstenberg in 1408. With the extinction of its line of the ...

, county (1408–1490) * Principality of Fürstenberg, county (1250–1408) and principality

Cities and municipalities

Fürstenberg/Havel Fürstenberg () is a town in the Oberhavel district, Brandenburg, Germany. Until 1919, Fürstenberg was part of the former Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Geography Fürstenberg is situated on the River Havel, south of Neustrelitz, and ...

, a city in the district of Oberhavel, Brandenburg, Germany *

Fürstenberg, Lower Saxony Fürstenberg () is a municipality in the district of Holzminden, in Lower Saxony, Germany and lies on the Weser river in the Weser Uplands, near Höxter and Holzminden. The Fürstenberg China Factory, founded in 1747, is the third-oldest porcelai ...

, a municipality in the district Holzminden, Lower Saxony, Germany * Fürstenberg, part of Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg, Germany * A quarter of Xanten in the district of Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany * A part of

Lichtenfels, Hesse Lichtenfels is a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in northwest Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Lichtenfels lies at the northeast foot of the Rothaargebirge, some southwest of Kassel. It is not far from the western end of the Ed ...

, Germany * A quarter of Bad Wünnenberg, Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Castles

* Fürstenberg Castle (Rheindiebach), castle ruin near Oberdiebach-Rheindiebach in Landkreis Mainz-Bingen in Rheinland-Pfalz *

Fürstenberg Castle (Hüfingen) Fürstenberg Castle (german: Burg Fürstenberg or simply ''Fürstenberg'', literally "Prince's Hill") is a castle in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the ''Fürstenberg'' hill in the Baar region, near the town of Hüfingen. The cas ...

, Hüfingen-Fürstenberg, Baden-Württemberg *

Fürstenberg Castle (Höingen) Fürstenberg Castle (german: Burg Fürstenberg), also called the Electoral Cologne State Castle ('' kurkölnische Landesburg''), is a ruined castle near the former site of the village Höingen, in the municipality of Ense, Soest in the German s ...

, Ense, North Rhine-Westphalia

Noble families

* House of Fürstenberg (Swabia), from Swabia (now southern Baden-Württemberg), Germany *

House of Fürstenberg (Westphalia) The House of Fürstenberg is the name of a German noble family of Westphalia, which descended from Hermannus de Vorstenberg. He was a liegeman of the Archbishop of Cologne, who was among the prince electors of the Holy Roman Empire. Hermannus he ...

, from Westphalia, Germany

Family name

* Clara Agnelli, the former Princess Clara von Fürstenberg (1920–2016), Italian socialite * Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg (born 1970), son of Diane von Fürstenberg, fashion designer *

Alexandra von Fürstenberg Alexandra von Fürstenberg (; born 3 October 1972) is a Hong Kong-born American heiress, socialite, entrepreneur and furniture designer based in Los Angeles. She is the youngest daughter of American billionaire and DFS Group co-founder Robert W ...

(born 1972), American image director for DvF *

Virginia von Fürstenberg Princess Virginia Maria Clara von und zu Fürstenberg (''Virginia Maria Clara Prinzessin von und zu Fürstenberg''; born 5 October 1974) is an Italian artist, poet, filmmaker, and fashion designer. Early life and family Princess Virginia von ...

(born 1974), Italian fashion designer and artist * Betsy von Furstenberg (1931–2015), German-American actress and writer *

Carl Fürstenberg Carl Fürstenberg (August 28, 1850 in Danzig – February 9, 1933 in Berlin) was one of the most prominent German bankers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, and was responsible for the revival of the German mining industry d ...

(1850–1933), German prominent banker *

Diane von Fürstenberg Diane von Fürstenberg (born Diane Simone Michele Halfin, 31 December 1946) is a Belgian fashion designer best known for her wrap dress. She initially rose to prominence in 1969 when she married into the German princely House of Fürstenberg, as ...

(born 1946), Belgian-American fashion designer *

Eleonore of Fürstenberg Eleonore of Fürstenberg (11 October 1523 – 23 June 1544 in Bouxwiller) was a daughter of Count Frederick III of Fürstenberg. Eleanore was a convinced Protestant. However, she had little influence on the change of denomination in Hanau-L ...

(1523–1544), daughter of Count Frederick III of Fürstenberg *

Elisabeth zu Fürstenberg Elisabeth zu Fürstenberg (1767-1822), was the daughter of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis, and a Princess consort of Fürstenberg by marriage to Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg. She was the regent of the Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg ...

(1767–1822), Princess consort of Fürstenberg * Prince Egon von Fürstenberg (1946–2004), fashion designer *

Franz Egon von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg Franz Egon von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (10 April 1626 – 1 April 1682) was a German count in the Holy Roman Empire. He was prime minister for the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, and at the same time worked for Louis XIV of France influencing ...

(1625–1682), bishop of Strassburg *

Franz Egon von Fürstenberg-Stammheim Franz Egon Graf von Fürstenberg-Stammheim (24 March 179720 December 1859) was a German aristocrat, landowner and politician. He was a member of the House of Fürstenberg, a Westphalian noble family. Franz Egon was an enthusiastic patron of art, ...

(1797–1859), German landowner and politician *

Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg (7 August 1729 in Schloss Herdringen16 September 1810 in Münster) was a German politician and the most important statesman in the Principality of Münster in the second half of the 18th century. Fürste ...

(1729–1810), German statesman * Hillel Furstenberg (born 1935), Israeli mathematician *

Ira von Fürstenberg Princess Virginia von Fürstenberg (''Virginia Carolina Theresa Pancrazia Galdina Prinzessin zu Fürstenberg''; born 18 April 1940), known professionally as Ira von Fürstenberg, is an Italian socialite, actress, jewelry designer and former pu ...

(born 1940), European socialite and actress *

Jeannette zu Fürstenberg Jeannette Catherine, Hereditary Princess of Fürstenberg (née Griesel; born 10 September 1982) is a German businesswoman and entrepreneur. Early life and education Zu Fürstenberg was born on 10 September 1982 in Munich, Bavaria. Her family i ...

(born 1982), German businesswoman *

Joachim of Fürstenberg Joachim of Fürstenberg (1538–1598) was a Count of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, a vassalate of the Holy Roman Empire. His wife was Countess Anna of Zimmern. He was succeeded by his son, Frederick IV of Fürstenberg Frederick IV of Fürstenberg-H ...

(1538–1598), Count of Fürstenberg *

Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg (26 June 1760 – 25 March 1799) was an Austrian military commander. He achieved the rank of Field Marshal and died at the Battle of Stockach. The third son of a cadet branch of the House of Fürstenberg, at his bir ...

(1760–1799), soldier in the Austrian service * Matilde Borromeo, the Princess Matilde zu Fürstenberg (born 1983), Italian equestrian *

Maximilian von Fürstenberg Baron Maximilian Louis Hubert Egon Vincent Marie Joseph von Fürstenberg-Stammheim (also known as Maximilien de Fürstenberg; 23 October 1904 – 22 September 1988) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was Prefect of the Congregati ...

(1904–1988), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Pontus Fürstenberg (1827–1902), Swedish art collector and merchant from a Jewish family *

Talita von Fürstenberg Princess Talita Natasha von Fürstenberg (born May 7, 1999), known professionally as Talita von Furstenberg, is an American socialite, fashion designer and model. She is the granddaughter of fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince E ...

(born 1999), granddaughter of Diane von Fürstenberg, model and socialite * Tatiana von Fürstenberg (born 1971), American rock singer and filmmaker * Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg (1629–1704), German clergyman and bishop of Strasbourg

Other

Fürstenberg (Baar) Fürstenberg (Baar) is a mountain of Baden-Württemberg, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most p ...

, a mountain of Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Fürstenberg Brewery (''Fürstlich Fürstenbergische Brauerei''), a brewery * Fürstenberg China (''Porzellanmanufaktur Fürstenberg''), a porcelain factory *

Furstenberg's rosette The Furstenberg's rosette is located in the internal streak canal of the teat. It radiates upward into the teat cistern. It often is considered a barrier for pathogens, yet it offers little resistance to milk leaving the teat. Furstenberg's Ros ...