Alois Graf von Waldburg-Zeil

Alois Graf von Waldburg-Zeil (20 September 1933 – 14 December 2014) was a German politician.

Alois was born on 20 September 1933 at Zeil Castle near Leutkirch im Allgäu. He was a son of Erich, 6th Prince of Waldburg-Zeil (1899–1953) and Princess Monika of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1905–1992). His elder brother was Georg, 7th Prince of Waldburg-Zeil. He went to school at Kolleg St. Blasien. He studied politics and economics at Universities in Bonn, Rome and Munich.^[1]

Waldburg-Zeil was from 1980 to 1998 member of German Bundestag.^[2][3]

On 21 June 1956, he married Clarissa, Countess von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (b. 1936).^[4] Together, they were the parents of:

• Monika, Countess Wolff Metternich zur Gracht (b. 1957)
• Clemens, Count von Waldburg-Zeil (b. 1960), who married Princess Georgina of Liechtenstein, daughter of Prince Georg of Liechtenstein (son of Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria) and Marie-Christine, Duchess of Württemberg (daughter of Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, and Archduchess Helena of Austria), in 1985.^[5]
• Georg, Count von Waldburg-Zeil (1961–1989)
• Theresa Lenhart, Countess von Waldburg-Zeil (b. 1962)
• Franz-Anton, Count von Waldburg-Zeil (1964–1987)

Alois, Count von Waldburg-Zeil died on 14 December 2014.

• Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• National Order of the Lion from Senegal
• 1993: Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
• Order of St. Gregory the Great
• Order of Isabella the Catholic

• Bundestag: Alois Graf von Waldburg-Zeil
• Spiegel.de: Schwabens milliardenschwere Blaublüter, May 1, 2001