Background
Herman Egon was the fourth son of Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg and the Countess Anna Maria of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1603–1652).
Herman Egon was the fourth son of Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg and the Countess Anna Maria of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1603–1652).
He studied in Cologne from 1639 to 1643, then 2 years at the University of Leuven.
In 1651, he became a secret councillor at the court of Elector Maximilian I of Bavaria. Imperial Prince Against his Emperor In 1672, he advised the Elector of Bavaria against entering the Franco-Dutch war. This made him fall from grace with Emperor Leopold I. Death.
The members of the Fürstenberg family were imperial counts.