Eberhard, 1st Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach

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.^[2] Prince Eberhard's reign, however, was short-lived as the territory was mediatised to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806.^[1]

On 6 May 1767, then Count Waldburg was married to Countess Maria Katharina Fugger von Kirchberg-Weißenhorn (1744–1796), a daughter of Count Sebastian Fugger von Kirchberg-Glött, and Countess Elisabeth Aloisia Gabriele von Firmian. Together, they were the parents of:^[1]

• Hereditary Count Leopold von Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (1769–1800), who married Countess Maria Walburga Franziska Josepha Crescentia Aloysia Raphaela von Kirchberg-Weissenhorn.^[3]
• Countess Maria Antonia von Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (1774–1814), who married Anselm, 1st Prince Fugger von Babenhausen, the eldest son of Count Anselm Viktorian Fugger and Countess Maria Walburga von Waldburg-Wolfegg-Wolfegg.^[4]

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 (1795–1861), who married his cousin, Countess Maria Josepha Fugger von Babenhausen (a daughter of Anselm, 1st Prince Fugger von Babenhausen).^[3]

Through his Maria Antonia, he was a grandfather of Countess Maria Josepha Fugger von Babenhausen (1798–1831), who married her cousin, Leopold, 2nd Prince of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach; and Anton, 2nd Prince Fugger von Babenhausen (1800–1836), who married Princess Franziska of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein-Jagtsberg (a daughter of Charles Joseph, 1st Prince of Hohenlohe-Jagstberg).^[4]