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of the

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– later a

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y – located in

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. Waldburg-Capustigall was a partition of

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and was raised to a County in 1686, before being annexed by the

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in 1745.

Rulers of Waldburg-Capustigall

Stewards of Waldburg-Capustigall

* Johannes Jakob, 1554–1585 * Wolfgang Heinrich, 1585–1637 * Johannes Albert, 1637–1655 * Abraham, 1637–1638 :* Wolfgang Christoph (Reichsgraf 1686), 1643–1688 ::* Karl Ludwig, 1685–1738 :* Joachim Heinrich, 1655–1703 ::* Friedrich Sebastian Wunibald, 1677–1745 * Wolfgang Christoph, 1643–1686 (raised to

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Counts of Waldburg-Capustigall

* Wolfgang Christoph, 1686–1688 * Joachim Heinrich, 1655–1703 * Otto Wilhelm I, 1703–1725 * Karl Friedrich, 1703–1722 * Otto Wilhelm II, 1725–1745 1504 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire 1745 disestablishments in the Holy Roman Empire {{Germany-hist-stub