Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt
Already Imperial Knights, the family members were created Imperial Barons ("Reichsfreiherren") on 26 April 1660. Matriculation to the baronial class in the Kingdom of Bavaria occurred on 22 August 1891 for Friedrich Freiherr von Fürstenberg, "Rittmeister à la suite" in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt and Freeholder of Egenburg by Würzburg. The baronial Fürstenberg family of Westphalia should not be confused with the princely family of Fürstenberg from Swabia.