Charles Egon III, Prince of Fürstenberg

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Charles Egon III of Fürstenberg (German: Karl Egon III. Leopold Maria Wilhelm Maximilian Fürst zu Fürstenberg; 4 March 1820 – 15 March 1892) was an officer in the armies of the Grand Duchy of Baden and the Kingdom of Prussia, rising to Cavalry General.

Life

He was born in Donaueschingen, the son of Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg and Amalie of Baden. From 1854 to 1892 he was also the senior member of the Swabian line of the House of Fürstenberg. Due to his extensive estates he was a member of the Prussian House of Lords, the upper chamber of Baden and the upper chamber of the Estates of Württemberg. From 1864 to 1892 he was president of the Association of German Standesherren. He died in Paris and was succeeded by his son Charles Egon IV.

Ancestry

Bibliography

• Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Band 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, ohne Jahr, S. 151.
• Friedrich von Weech (1904), "Fürstenberg, Karl Egon (III.) Fürst zu", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 49, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 214–216
• C. F. Gutmann: Carl Egon III Fürst zu Fürstenberg. in: Schriften des Vereins für Geschichte und Naturgeschichte der Baar und der angrenzenden Landesteile in Donaueschingen. VIII. Heft 1893, Tübingen 1893. S. 1–44. online (PDF; 22,9 MB)