Eberhard, 1st Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (20 December 1730 â 23 September 1807) was a German prince.
He was the son of Count Francis Ernest von Waldburg-Wurzach (1704âÂÂ1781) and Countess Maria Eleonora von Königsegg-Rothenfels. Among his siblings were Countess Eleonore Wallburgis von Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (wife of Count Siegmund of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Bedburg); Countess Maria Karolina Antonia Johanna von Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (wife of Count Ferdinand Maria von Waldburg-Wolfegg); Countess Maria Crescentia von Waldburg-Zeil (wife of Count Franz Fidelis von Königsegg-Rothenfels); and Countess Maria Antonia von Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (wife of Count Johann Anton of Oettingen-Baldern-Katzenstein and Hermann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen).
His paternal grandparents were Count Ernest James von Waldburg-Wurzach and Anna Ludovika von Waldburg-Wolfegg. His maternal grandparents were Count Albrecht Eusebius von Königsegg-Rothenfels, and Klara Philippina von Manderscheid (a daughter of Count Salentin Ernst von Manderscheid-Blankenheim).
Upon the death of his father in 1781, he succeeded as the 4th Count of Waldburg-Wurzach, a County located on the southeastern border of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located around Wurzach. Waldburg-Wurzach had been partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil. In 1803, the County of Waldburg-Wurzach was raised to a Principality within Holy Roman Empire. Prince Eberhard's reign, however, was short-lived as the territory was mediatised to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806.
On 6 May 1767, then Count Waldburg was married to Countess Maria Katharina Fugger von Kirchberg-WeiÃÂenhorn (1744âÂÂ1796), a daughter of Count Sebastian Fugger von Kirchberg-Glött, and Countess Elisabeth Aloisia Gabriele von Firmian. Together, they were the parents of:
His wife died in Wurzach on 4 April 1796. Prince Eberhard died on 23 September 1807. As he was predeceased by his only son, the title passed to his grandson, Leopold.
Through his only son Leopold, he was a grandfather of Leopold, 2nd Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (1795âÂÂ1861), who married his cousin, Countess Maria Josepha Fugger von Babenhausen (a daughter of Anselm, 1st Prince Fugger von Babenhausen).
Through his Maria Antonia, he was a grandfather of Countess Maria Josepha Fugger von Babenhausen (1798âÂÂ1831), who married her cousin, Leopold, 2nd Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach; and Anton, 2nd Prince Fugger von Babenhausen (1800âÂÂ1836), who married Princess Franziska of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein-Jagtsberg (a daughter of Charles Joseph, 1st Prince of Hohenlohe-Jagstberg).