Valentine Waldman

Conrad Waltman, who founded this branch of Waltmans in America, was quite an interesting individual. Lora LaMance relates in her book an involved and detail story of Conrad's origins with links to the noble family of von Frundsberg. It is likely this story was passed down and probably embellished over time as part of the family Lore. Whereas most of the descendant American lines in her book have basis in fact, no research has confirmed the romantic story of Conrad's birth to nobility. With that in mind, Lora's story as presented is outlined below

Born about 1715 in Bavaria, Germany, Conrad was the son of Barbara von Frundsberg and her adopted brother Valentine Waltman. Conrad's Grandfather Count Hiram von Frundsberg and his wife had been childless after 18 years of marriage. On a hunting expedition, on Valentine's day he found a three-year old boy dressed in finery and velvet. This child is believed to have been the son of a Spanish grandee named Pedro who had been sent to Alsace to manage Spain's interests and had met with foul play by the hand of agents of Louis XIV of France. Hiram realizing the danger the boy was in, adopted him and gave him the name Valentine for the day he was found and Waldmann (the name was later altered to Waltman) for the fact that he had been found in a wald. Seven years later, Hiram and his wife had a natural daughter of their own who they named Barbara.

Possible Parents of Valentine Waldman

1- Possible Parents of Valentine Waldman. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, he married Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg in1676. The timing of this fits perfectly with the birth of Valentine. The only thing that doesn’t fit the story is Leopold wasn’t named or called Pedro, he wasn’t murdered during the war and they don’t list having a son in 1678, maybe this story was lost through time or the Habsberg family never wrote about this event which is very interesting. Leopold I (Leopold Ignaz Joseph Balthasar Franz Felician; Hungarian: I. Lipót; 9 June 1640 – 5 May 1705) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia. He was from the House of Habsburg. The second son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, by his first wife, Maria Anna of Spain, Leopold became heir apparent in 1654 after the death of his elder brother Ferdinand IV. Elected in 1658, Leopold ruled the Holy Roman Empire until his death in 1705, becoming the second longest-ruling emperor (46 years and 9 months) of the House of Hapsburg. He was both a composer and considerable patron of music.

Leopold's reign is known for conflicts with the Ottoman Empire in the Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and rivalry with Louis XIV, a contemporary and first cousin (on the maternal side; fourth cousin on the paternal side), in the west. After more than a decade of warfare, Leopold emerged victorious in the east thanks to the military talents of Prince Eugene of Savoy. By the Treaty of Karlowitz, Leopold recovered almost all of the Kingdom of Hungary, which had fallen under Turkish power in the years after the 1526 Battle of Mohács.

Leopold fought three wars against France: the Franco-Dutch War, the Nine Years' War, and the War of the Spanish Succession. In this last, Leopold sought to give his younger son Charles the entire Spanish inheritance, disregarding the will of the late Charles II. Leopold started a war that soon engulfed much of Europe. The early years of the war went fairly well for Austria, with victories at Schellenberg and Blenheim, but the war would drag on until 1714, nine years after Leopold's death, which barely had an effect on the warring states. When peace returned with the Treaty of Rastatt, Austria could not be said to have emerged as triumphant as it had from the war against the Turks. Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg was the sister of Queen Maria Sofia of Portugal.

Links

• https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BCrstenberg_(schw%C3%A4bisches_Adelsgeschlecht)
• https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_I._(Freiburg)
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_VIII_of_Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
• https://www.revolvy.com/page/Georg-von-Frundsberg
• https://www.revolvy.com/page/Johann-von-Dalberg
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalberg
• https://austria-forum.org/af/AustriaWiki/Dalberg_%28Adelsgeschlecht%29
• http://www.chenowethsite.com/genealogy/waltman.htm
• https://www.iilj.org/working-papers/defensive-warfare-prevention-an...
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor