County (Principality) of Oettingen Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Oettingen | |||||||||
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1147–1806 | |||||||||
![]() 1744 map: Ö-Spielberg (north, pink); Ö-Oettingen (southeast, pale yellow); Ö-Wallerstein (midwest, yellow-orange); Ö-Baldern (west, blue-green). | |||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
Capital | Oettingen in Bayern | ||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• First documentary mention | 1147 | ||||||||
• Partitioned | 1418, 1442 and 1485 1147 | ||||||||
• Partitioned to Ö-Oettingen and Ö-Wallerstein | 1522 | ||||||||
• Ö-Wallerstein partitioned to create Ö-Baldern and Ö-Spielberg | 1623/94 | ||||||||
• Ö-Oettingen extinct; to Ö-Spielberg and Ö-Wallerstein | 1731 | ||||||||
• Ö-Spielberg raised to principality | 1734 | ||||||||
• Ö-Wallerstein raised to principality | 1774 | ||||||||
• Ö-Baldern extinct; to Ö-Wallerstein | 1798 | ||||||||
• Mediatised to Bavaria | 1806 | ||||||||
• Partitioned with Württemberg | 1810 | ||||||||
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The House of Oettingen was a high-ranking noble Franconian and Swabian family. It ruled various estates that composed the County of Oettingen between the 12th century and the beginning of the 19th century. In 1674 the house was raised to the rank of prince for the first time. Despite the annexation of their lands following the German mediatisation of 1806, the family retained their titles and still have representatives today.
Origins
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The Oettingen family traces its descent back to Fridericus comes, documented in 987, and his father Sieghard V. (Sigehardus comes in pago Riezzin, 'Sieghard, Count in Riesgau') from the Sieghardinger family, documented in 1007. These are also considered to be the ancestors of the Staufers.
The Oettingen family was first mentioned in 1147 with Ludovicus comes de Otingen, a relative of the Imperial House of Hohenstaufen who was granted the county surrounding the Imperial city of Nördlingen as a fief, possibly with his brother Chuno comes de Othingen.[1] The relationship between the family and the Hohenstaufens is also proven by documents. The family built Steinsberg Castle around 1200 as vassals of the Hohenstaufen dynasty
From the 12th to the 14th century the family gained the largest secular territory in East Swabia. The county of Oettingen lay around the imperial city of Nördlingen in present-day Bavaria or Baden-Württemberg. At the end of the Old Kingdom in 1806, the area covered around 850 km2 (330 sq mi) and had around 60,000 inhabitants.
Main branches
[edit]From 1410, the county started its first divisions within the family, as noted below. Following the partitions, the remaining land was called Oettingen-Oettingen and was located in modern-day eastern Baden-Württemberg and western Bavaria. This branch was Protestant, created Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1674 but became extinct in 1731, when the county was divided and inherited by Oettingen-Spielberg (Princes since 1734) that obtained the town and castle of Oettingen, and Oettingen-Wallerstein (Princes since 1774).
Wallerstein
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Oettingen-Wallerstein (German: Öttingen-Wallerstein) is a noble family related to a former County in modern-day eastern Baden-Württemberg and western Bavaria, Germany.
Oettingen-Wallerstein was twice created; first, as a partition of Oettingen (modern-day town of Oettingen in Bayern) in 1423 which became extinct in 1486 and was inherited by Oettingen-Oettingen, and the second time as a partition of Oettingen-Oettingen in 1557, as a Catholic branch of the family. Oettingen-Oettingen suffered one partition, between itself and Oettingen-Spielberg in 1602. It was raised to a Principality in 1774 by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.[2] In 1806, it was mediatised to the Kingdom of Bavaria, and divided with the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1810. At this time, the Principality had a territory of 850 km2 (330 sq mi) with 60,000 inhabitants.
Spielberg
[edit]Oettingen-Spielberg is a noble family and former principality in modern-day eastern Baden-Württemberg and western Bavaria, Germany. It was partitioned of Oettingen-Wallerstein in 1602.[3][4] It was raised to a Principality in 1734 (after it inherited the town and the castle of Oettingen in 1731), mediatised to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806, and divided with the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1810. The other still-existing branch of the Oettingen family is the House of Oettingen-Wallerstein.
Baldern
[edit]Oettingen-Baldern was a line of the Swabian-Franconian noble house of Oettingen. It was created by dividing the Oettingen-Alt-Wallerstein line in 1623. The Counts of Oettingen-Baldern died out in 1789. The possessions including Baldern Castle and Katzenstein Castle as well as the Sötern lordship went over to the Oettingen-Wallerstein line.
Rulers
[edit]House of Oettingen
[edit]Partitions of Oettingen under the Oettingen family
[edit]County of Oettingen (1147-1674) |
County of Wallerstein (1st creation) (1423-1486) |
County of Flochtberg (1423-1549) | ||
Raised to Principality of Oettingen (1674-1731) | ||||
County of Wallerstein (2nd creation) (1557-1774) |
County of Baldern (1602-1687) |
County of Spielberg (1579-1734) Raised to Principality of Spielberg (1734-1806) | ||
County of Katzenstein (1626-1787) | ||||
Raised to Principality of Wallerstein (1774-1806) | ||||
Mediatised to the Kingdom of Bavaria (from 1806) |
Table of rulers
[edit]Ruler | Born | Reign | Death | Ruling part | Consort | Notes | |
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Louis I[5] | c.1110 | c.1130-1141 | 1141 | County of Oettingen | Unknown five children |
Brothers and founders of the family and county. They were five brothers in total of unknown parentage. Besides Louis and Conrad, there was a Hartwig, an unnamed son and an unnamed daughter who was the mother of a documented lady named Gisala de Seevelt | |
Conrad I | ? | c.1130-1141 | ? | County of Oettingen | Unknown | ||
Louis II | Before 1141 | 1141-1225 | 28 June 1225 | County of Oettingen | Sophia of Lechsgmünd (d.1242/43) four children |
Children of Louis I, ruled jointly. In 1189, Conrad joined the Crusades. | |
Conrad II | ? | 1141-1189 | ? | County of Oettingen | Unmarried | ||
Louis III the Elder | 1217 | 1225-1279 | April 1279 | County of Oettingen | Margaret of Burgau-Berg-Schelklingen (d.c.1245) 28 June 1241 two children Adelaide of Hirschberg (1220-1274) 1246/53 two children |
Louis III and Conrad II were children of Louis II and ruled jointly. After Conrad's death, his son Louis IV was associated with the rule. Louis III's son Conrad IV was also associated. | |
Conrad III | ? | 1225-1241 | ? | County of Oettingen | Elisabeth of Württemberg (d.1251) one child | ||
Louis IV | ? | 1241-1251 | 1251 | County of Oettingen | ? of Ortenburg (d.1231) no children | ||
Conrad IV | ? | c.1240?-1279 | February 1279 | County of Oettingen | Agnes of Württemberg (I) (1264-27 September 1305) April/May 1275 four children | ||
Louis V | 1240 | 1279-1313 | April 1279 | County of Oettingen | Maria of Nuremberg (1249-1299) 1263 seven children |
It's possible that he was also associated to the rule of his father, like his half-brother Conrad IV. He also used the same co-ruling method, associating his sons and nephews (sons of Conrad IV). Louis VII and Conrad V were the sons of Conrad IV; Frederick was a son of Louis V., probably, Louis VI (shown below) was already co-ruling as well. | |
Louis VII[6] | ? | 1279-1292 | 1292 | County of Oettingen | Unmarried | ||
Conrad V the Shrimp | ? | 1279-1292 | 1292 | County of Oettingen | Adelaide of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (d.1340) one child | ||
Frederick I | c.1265 | 1279-1312 | 3 March 1312 | County of Oettingen | Elisabeth of Dornberg (d.1309/11) 1270 four children | ||
Louis VI | ![]() |
c.1265 | (1279-) 1313-1346 |
29 September 1346 | County of Oettingen | Anna of Dornberg (d.5 April 1299) 1288 one child Agnes of Württemberg (II) (1295-18 January 1317) c.1310 four children Judith of Austria (1302-March 1329) 26 April 1319 Baden no children |
Probably co-ruling with his father Louis V sine 1279, he associated his sons and nephews (sons of his brother Frederick I) to the government. Conrad VI was a son of Frederick I, and Louis IX was Louis VI's son. Probably, Louis VIII and Frederick II, Conrad VI's brothers (shown below) were already co-ruling as well. |
Conrad VI | ? | 1313-1319 | 1319 | County of Oettingen | Unmarried | ||
Louis IX the Younger[7] | c.1310 | c.1330-1342 | 22 July 1342 | County of Oettingen | Unmarried | ||
Louis VIII | c.1295 | (1313-) 1346-1378 |
26 July 1378 | County of Oettingen | Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg (d.25 May 1343) 14 August 1332 no children Margaret of Hohenberg (d. 24 August 1366) 1343 one child Catherine of Katzenstein (d. 3 May 1374) no children |
Probably already co-ruling with Louis VI. Louis VIII and Frederick II were sons of Frederick I (brothers of Conrad VI), and Louis X was Frederick II's son, who was associated to the co-rulership. Albert was Louis VI's son, Louis IX's brother and cousin of this group of co-rulership. Louis X was Frederick II's son, and associated after his father's death. | |
Frederick II | 1296 | 1346-1357 | 4 October 1357 | County of Oettingen | Adelaide of Werd (d.1358) c.1315 one child | ||
Albert | c.1310 | 1346-1357 | 11 February 1357 | County of Oettingen | Adelaide of Ortenburg (d.17 August 1391) 1346/47 two children | ||
Louis X | c.1320 | 1357-1370 | 1 May 1370 | County of Oettingen | Imagina of Schaunberg (1336-5 November 1337) 1351 eight children | ||
Louis XI the Bearded | c.1360 | 1378-1440 | 28 October 1440 | County of Oettingen | Beatrice of Helfenstein (1365-1388) 15 December 1374 four children Agnes of Werdenberg (d.17 December 1474) c.1420 two children |
Associated his brothers (Frederick III and Frederick IV) and his sons (William I and Louis XII) to his rule. Frederick IV pursued a monastic life and abandoned the co-rulership in 1383. He would become a Bishop at Eichstätt. Frederick V, son of Frederick III, may have co-ruled as well. | |
Frederick III | ![]() |
c.1360 | 1378-1423 | 23 January 1423 | County of Oettingen | Elisabetta da Carrara (d.1395) 24 March 1395 no children Euphemia, Duchess of Ziębice 1397 nine children | |
Frederick IV | ![]() |
c.1360 | 1378-1383 | 19 September 1415 | County of Oettingen | Unmarried | |
William (I) | Before 1388 | c.1400-1406 | 7 September 1406 | County of Oettingen | Unmarried | ||
Louis XII | Before 1388 | c.1400-1422 | 17 June 1422 | County of Oettingen | Unmarried | ||
Frederick V | c.1400 | 1423-1439 | 2 September 1439 | County of Oettingen | Unmarried | ||
William I | c.1400 | 1440-1467 | 13 April 1467 | County of Oettingen | Beatrice Della Scala (d.14 February 1466) 5 August 1447 Munich six children |
Children of Frederick III, the brothers were possibly co-ruling with Louis XI. They were the first group of co-rulers to divide the land instead of sharing it. William kept Oettingen, John took Wallerstein and Ulrich ruled in Flockberg. | |
John I the Solemn | 1415 | 1440-1449 | 10 May 1449 | County of Wallerstein | Margaret of Gorizia (d.8 January 1450) 1443 two children | ||
Ulrich I | c.1415 | 1440-1477 | 28 May 1477 | County of Flochberg | Elisabeth of Schaunberg (d.August 1461) 25 February 1444 one child Barbara von Kunstadt-Podebrady (1451-20 September 1474) 8 February 1466 two children Barbara of Tengen (d.1489) 13 August 1475 no children | ||
Louis XIII | 1440 | 1449-1486 | 21 March 1486 | County of Wallerstein | Eva of Schwarzenberg-Hohenlandsberg (d.18 August 1473) 1467/73 one child Veronica of Waldburg-Sonnenburg (d.1517) 26 January 1478 no children |
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Wallerstein annexed to Oettingen | |||||||
Wolfgang I | ![]() |
16 May 1455 | 1467-1522 | 29 January 1522 | County of Oettingen | Anna of Waldburg-Waldsee (d.26 March 1507) 1482 two children |
Children of William II, ruled jointly. |
John II | c.1460 | 1467-1519 | 15 April 1519 | County of Oettingen | Elisabeth de La Hamaide, Dame de Condé (d.29 April 1526) no children | ||
Joachim | 1470 | 1477-1520 | 7 July 1520 | County of Flochberg | Dorothea of Anhalt (1472-3 August 1505) 28 May 1496 eight children |
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Martin | 11 November 1500 | 1520-1549 | 18 August 1549 | County of Flochberg | Anna of Leuchtenberg (31 May 1506 – 22 October 1555) 7 November 1522 one child |
Children of Joachim, ruled jointly. After their deaths, their county was reabsorbed in Oettingen, as they left no male heirs. | |
Louis XIV | 13 May 1502 | 1520-1548 | 25 March 1548 | County of Flochberg | Unmarried | ||
Flochberg annexed to Oettingen | |||||||
Louis XV | ![]() |
26 April 1486 | 1522-1557 | 24 March 1557 | County of Oettingen | Maria Salomea of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1 May 1488 – 4 August 1548) 15 March 1507 Rothenburg am Neckar six children |
Children of Wolfgang I, ruled jointly. |
Charles Wolfgang | ![]() |
c.1485 | 1522-1549 | 3 October 1549 | County of Oettingen | Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg (1508-14 April 1560) 5 November 1524 five children | |
Wolfgang II | 1511 | 1557-1573 | 1 March 1573 | County of Oettingen | Margaret of Baden-Durlach (1519-16 April 1574) 12/17 November 1538 no children Ursula of Rosenfeld (d.1538) (morganatic) no children |
Children of Louis XV, divided the land. Wolfgang and Louis inherited jointly the main county of Oettingen, and Frederick kept the county of Wallerstein. | |
Louis XVI | 1 July 1508 | 1557-1569 | 1 October 1569 | County of Oettingen | Margaret of Palatinate-Lützelstein (14 March 1523 – 3 July 1560) 11 September 1543 Oettingen in Bayern eleven children Susanna of Mansfeld-Hinterort (1540-8 February 1565) 26/27 August 1562 two children Claudia of Hohenfels (d.1582) 1569 two children | ||
Frederick VI | 6 November 1516 | 1557-1579 | 2 February 1579 | County of Wallerstein | Euphemia of Oettingen-Flochberg (1523-16 March 1560) 17 March 1542 seven children | ||
Godfried | ![]() |
8 June 1554 | 1573-1622 | 7 September 1622 | County of Oettingen | Johanna of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Langenburg (25 June 1557 – 14 December 1585) 30 January 1575 Oettingen in Bayern four children Barbara of the Palatinate-Neuburg (27 July 1559 – 5 March 1618) 7 November 1591 Oettingen in Bayern one child |
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William II | 1544 | 1579-1602 | 14 October 1602 | County of Wallerstein | Johanna of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (23 June 1548 – 22 February 1604) 13 January 1564 Munich twenty-one children |
Sons of Frederick VI, William II ruled in Wallerstein, and Frederick VII in Spielberg. Later in his reign, William II associated (possibly) his sons Wolfgang and William to the co-rulership. William III's children would inherit later Spielberg (Frederick VII's feud). | |
Frederick VII[8] | 20 February 1556 | 1579-1615 | 20 June 1615 | County of Spielberg | Ursula Heilbrunn of Pfauenau (1560-28 March 1606) 6 June 1585 five children | ||
Wolfgang III | 26 May 1573 | c.1590-1598 | 7 September 1598 | County of Wallerstein | Johanna of Mol (1 June 1574 – 11 November 1614) 1595/97 four children | ||
William III | 10 September 1570 | c.1590-1600 | 3 January 1600 | County of Wallerstein | Elisabeth Fugger (10 June 1570 – 12 March 1596) 2 October 1589 Augsburg four children | ||
Ernest I | 24 October 1584 | 1602-1626 | 18 May 1626 | County of Baldern | Catherine of Helfenstein-Wiesenstein (9 December 1589 – 12 January 1638) 20 September 1608 Wiesenstein ten children |
Younger children of William II, divided the rule: Ernest kept Baldern and Ulrich Wallerstein. They were possibly co-ruling with their father as well. As Ulrich left no descendants, Wallerstein fell to Ernest, son of his brother Wolfgang III. | |
Ulrich II | 13 February 1578 | 1602-1605 | 30 September 1605 | County of Wallerstein | Barbara Fugger (7 November 1577 – 4 May 1618) 25 January 1604 Augsburg no children | ||
Ernest II | ![]() |
15 August 1594 | 1605-1670 | 3 March 1670 | County of Wallerstein | Maria Magdalena Fugger (8 August 1606 – 3 January 1670) 7 February 1624 Wallerstein seven children |
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John III | c.1590 | 1615-1627 | 1627 | County of Spielberg | Unmarried | Left no heirs. His county was inherited by his cousin, son of William III of Wallerstein. | |
Louis Eberhard | 9 July 1577 | 1622-1634 | 4 July 1634 | County of Oettingen | Margaret of Erbach (17 May 1576 – 5 June 1635) 17 May 1598 Oettingen in Bayern fourteen children |
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Martin Francis | 28 August 1611 | 1626-1653 | 11 September 1653 | County of Baldern | Maria Eleonora of Helfenstein (d.22 March 1678) 1629 two children |
Children of Ernest I, divided the rule. Martin kept Baldern and Frederick William inherited Katzenstein. | |
Frederick William | 7 May 1618 | 1626-1677 | 20 October 1677 | County of Katzenstein | Rosina Susanna of Trübeneck (24 July 1611 – 19 May 1664) 7 January 1646 Graz three children | ||
John Albert | 1591 | 1627-1632 | 18 June 1632 | County of Spielberg | Maria Elisabeth Fugger (11 September 1605 – 15 September 1628) 6 November 1622 Augsburg no children Maria Gertrude of Pappenheim-Treuchlingen (5 June 1599 – 25 March 1675) 6 November 1629 Orth two children |
Son of William III (of Wallerstein), inherited his cousin's domains in Spielberg. | |
John Francis | 13 June 1631 | 1632-1665 | 25 November 1665 | County of Spielberg | Ludovica Rosalia of Atems-Tanzenberg (1630 – 1 June 1709) 11 February 1654 Tanzenberg nine children |
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Joachim Ernest | ![]() |
31 March 1612 | 1634-1659 | 8 August 1659 | County of Oettingen | Anna Sybilla of Solms-Sonnenwalde (1615-29 September 1635) 18 December 1633 Oettingen in Bayern two children Anna Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Gleichen (26 January 1621 – 16 September 1643) 5 December 1638 Neuenstein four children Anna Sophia of the Palatinate-Sulzbach (6 July 1621 – 25 May 1675) 9 May 1647 Nuremberg eight children |
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Ferdinand Maximilian | 25 December 1640 | 1653-1687 | 9 May 1687 | County of Baldern | Christina Sibylla of Solms-Braunfels (22 March 1643 – 16 July 1711) 7 January 1666 Rheinfels or Greifenstein no children |
Left no heirs. His county was annexed to Katzenstein. | |
Baldern annexed to Katzenstein | |||||||
Albert Ernest I | ![]() |
14 May 1642 | 1659-1683 | 8 February 1683 | County of Oettingen (1659–74) Principality of Oettingen (1674–83) |
Christine Friederike of Württemberg (28 February 1644 – 30 October 1674) 28 May/7 June 1665 Stuttgart seven children Eberhardine Catherine of Württemberg-Winnental (12 April 1651 – 19 August 1683) 28 May/7 June 1665 Stuttgart one child |
In 1674, his county was raised to a principality. |
John Sebastian | 20 January 1655 | 1665-1675 | 13 September 1675 | Principality of Spielberg | Unmarried | Left no heirs. He was succeeded by his brother John William. | |
Wolfgang IV | ![]() |
1 February 1629 | 1670-1708 | 6 November 1708 | County of Wallerstein | Anna Dorothea of Wolkenstein-Rodeneg (d.26 November 1702) 6 November 1661 fourteen children |
Children of, ruled jointly. |
William IV | 1 August 1627 | 1670-1692 | 11 December 1692 | County of Wallerstein | Octavia Esther of Herberstein-Neuburg (d. April 1702) 27 August 1670 no children | ||
Philip Charles I | 24 January 1640 | 1670-1680 | 27 August 1680 | County of Wallerstein | Eberhardina Sophia Juliana of Oettingen (20 October 1656 – 23 March 1743) 1 March 1678 Wallerstein two children | ||
John William | 23 December 1655 | 1675-1685 | 10 August 1685 | Principality of Spielberg | Maria Anna Theresa von Oettingen-Wallerstein (24 August 1662 – 28 June 1695) 29 April 1685 Wallerstein no children |
Left no male heirs. He was succeeded by his brother Francis Albert. | |
Notger William | 24 December 1650 | 1677-1693 | 6 November 1693 | County of Katzenstein | Maria Sidonia of Sötern (d.23 September 1691) 10 February 1682 Wadern four children Maria Ernestina of Oettingen-Wallerstein (15 September 1663 – 29 April 1714) 7 July 1692 Vienna one child |
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Albert Ernest II | ![]() |
8 August 1669 | 1683-1731 | 30 March 1731 | Principality of Oettingen | Sophia Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (6 July 1670 – 2 June 1758) 11 October 1688 Darmstadt two children |
Left no male heirs. After his death, the county was annexed to Wallerstein |
Oettingen annexed to Wallerstein | |||||||
Francis Albert | 10 November 1663 | 1685-1737 | 3 February 1737 | County of Spielberg (1662-1734) Principality of Spielberg (1734–37) |
Johanna Margaretha of Schwendi (27 June 1672 – 25 April 1727) 26 June 1689 Oettingen in Bayern five children |
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Kraft Anton | 8 October 1684 | 1693-1751 | 25 April 1751 | County of Katzenstein | Johanna Eleonora Maria of Schönborn-Buchheim (2 July 1688 – 12 February 1763) 10 February 1709 Aschaffenburg seventeen children |
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Anton Charles | 28 June 1679 | 1708-1738 | 14 April 1738 | County of Wallerstein | Maria Agnes Magdalena Fugger (21 October 1680 – 17 June 1753) 24 January 1702 Neuburg an der Donau seven children |
Cousins, ruled jointly. Anton was the son of Philip Charles, and the others were Wolfgang IV's sons. | |
Francis Ignaz Joseph | 27 November 1672 | 1708-1728 | 3 October 1728 | County of Wallerstein | Unmarried | ||
Dominic Joseph | 3 September 1676 | 1708-1717 | 25 October 1717 | County of Wallerstein | |||
William Joseph Ignaz | October 1677 | 1708-1718 | 1718 | County of Wallerstein | |||
John Alois I | ![]() |
18 January 1707 | 1737-1780 | 16 February 1780 | Principality of Spielberg | Theresa Maria Anna of Holstein-Sonderburg (19 December 1713 – 14 July 1745) 23 May 1735 Watzdorf (near Rohrbach an der Gölsen) three children |
Children of Francis Albert, ruled jointly. |
Anton Ernest | ![]() |
12 February 1712 | 1737-1768 | 23 May 1768 | Principality of Spielberg | Maria Theresa Walburga of Waldburg (27 May 1735 – 23 December 1789) 5 May 1754 Munich nine children | |
Philip Charles II | 17 March 1722 | 1738-1766 | 14 April 1766 | County of Wallerstein | Charlotte Juliana of Oettingen-Katzenstein (25 October 1728 – 2 January 1791) 21 February 1746 Schloss Baldern thirteen children |
Children of Anton Charles, ruled jointly. | |
John Charles Frederick | 10 June 1715 | 1738-1744 | 16 July 1744 | County of Wallerstein | Maria Anna Josepha Fugger (21 May 1719 – 11 January 1784) 13 August 1741 Munich two children | ||
Joseph Anton Damian | 4 March 1720 | 1751-1778 | 20 April 1778 | County of Katzenstein | Rosina Susanna of Trübeneck (24 July 1611 – 19 May 1664) 7 January 1646 Graz three children |
Children of Kraft Anton, ruled jointly. After their deaths, their county was annexed to Wallerstein. | |
Lothar Francis | 9 December 1709 | 1751-1780 | 5 September 1780 | County of Katzenstein | Unmarried | ||
Philip Charles III | 15 October 1712 | 1751-1787 | 30 May 1787 | County of Katzenstein | |||
Katzenstein annexed to Wallerstein | |||||||
Kraft Ernest | ![]() |
3 August 1748 | 1766-1802 | 6 October 1802 | County of Wallerstein (1766–74) Principality of Wallerstein (1774-1802) |
Maria Theresa Carolina of Thurn and Taxis (10 July 1757 – 9 March 1776) 25 August 1744 Trugenhofen one child Wilhelmina Friederika Elisabeth of Württemberg (3 July 1764 – 9 August 1817) 20 October 1789 Weiltingen twelve children |
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John Alois II | 16 April 1758 | 1780-1797 | 27 June 1797 | Principality of Spielberg | Henrika Carolina of Thurn and Taxis (1762-25 April 1784) 21 April 1783 Regensburg one child Maria Aloysia of Auersperg (21 November 1762 – 19 May 1825) 7 May 1787 Vienna five children |
Son of Anton Ernest. | |
John Alois III | 9 May 1788 | 1797-1806 | 7 May 1855 | Principality of Spielberg | Amalia Augusta of Wrede (15 January 1796 – 11 September 1871) 31 August 1813 Hohaltingen four children |
Children of John Alois II, ruled jointly. In 1806, with the German mediatisation, the brothers lost the Principality. | |
Charles Frederick | 29 March 1790 | 30 October 1813 | Principality of Spielberg | Unmarried | |||
Spielberg mediatised to the Kingdom of Bavaria | |||||||
Regency of Wilhelmina Friederika Elisabeth of Württemberg (1802-1806) | Ruled under regency. In 1806, with the German mediatisation, Louis Kraft (and his mother) lost the Principality. In 1823 he renounced his right after marrying morganatically. | ||||||
Louis Kraft Ernest | ![]() |
31 January 1791 | 1802-1806 | 22 June 1870 | Principality of Wallerstein | Maria Crescentia Bourgin (3 May 1806 – 22 June 1853) 7 July 1823 (morganatic) two children Albertine Larisch von Moennich (20 May 1819 – 10 June 1900) 18 July 1857 no children | |
Wallerstein mediatised to the Kingdom of Bavaria |
Lines of succession (post-mediatisation)
[edit]Mediatized line of Wallerstein
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Oettingen_Wallerstein_Oettingen_Spielberg_-_Tyroff_AT.jpg/220px-Oettingen_Wallerstein_Oettingen_Spielberg_-_Tyroff_AT.jpg)
- Ludwig Kraft, 2nd Prince 1806–1823 (1791-1870)
- Friedrich Kraft, 3rd Prince 1823-1842 (1793–1842)
- Karl Friedrich I, 4th Prince 1842–1905 (1840-1905)
- Karl Friedrich II, 5th Prince 1905–1930 (1877-1930)
- Eugen, 6th Prince 1930–1969 (1885-1969), politician
- Karl Friedrich III, 7th Prince 1969–1991 (1917-1991)
- Moritz, 8th Prince 1991–present (born 1946) [1]
- Karl Eugen, Hereditary Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Wallerstein (born 1970)
- Princess Helena (born 1995)
- Prince Johannes (born 1998)
- Prince Eugen (born 2004)
- Prince Ludwig-Maximilian (born 1972)
- Prince Felix (born 2003)
- Prince Dominik (born 2007)
- Prince Friedrich-Alexander (born 1978)
- Karl Eugen, Hereditary Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Wallerstein (born 1970)
- Prince Kraft Ernst (born 1951)
- Prince Philipp-Karl (born 1983)
- Prince Leopold-Ludwig (born 1987)
- Moritz, 8th Prince 1991–present (born 1946) [1]
- Karl Friedrich III, 7th Prince 1969–1991 (1917-1991)
- Karl Friedrich I, 4th Prince 1842–1905 (1840-1905)
Mediatised line of Spielberg
[edit]- Johann Aloys III Anton, 4th Prince 1806–1855 (1788–1855)
- Otto I Karl, 5th Prince 1855–1882 (1815–1882)
- Franz Albrecht II, 6th Prince 1882–1916 (1847–1916)
- Emil, 7th Prince 1916–1919 (1850–1919)
- Otto II Joseph, 8th Prince 1919–1952 (1879–1952)
- Aloys Philipp, 9th Prince 1952–1975 (1920–1975)
- Albrecht Ernst, 10th Prince 1975–present (born 1951)
- Franz Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (born 1982)
- Prince Louis-Albrecht of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (born 2019)
- Franz Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (born 1982)
- Albrecht Ernst, 10th Prince 1975–present (born 1951)
- Aloys Philipp, 9th Prince 1952–1975 (1920–1975)
- Otto II Joseph, 8th Prince 1919–1952 (1879–1952)
- Otto I Karl, 5th Prince 1855–1882 (1815–1882)
Other important members
[edit]- Irmengard of Oettingen, Countess Palatine of the Rhine (c. 1304–1389)
- Elisabeth of Oettingen, Landgravine of Leuchtenberg (c. 1360–1406)
- Wolfgang I of Oettingen, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen (1455-1522)
- Maria Magdalena of Oettingen-Baldern, Margravine of Baden-Baden (1619-1688)
- Maria Dorothea Sophia of Oettingen-Oettingen (1639-1698), second wife of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
- Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (1671-1747), wife of Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She was the maternal grandmother of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa, Tsar Peter II of Russia, Queen Elisabeth Christine of Prussia and Queen Juliane Marie of Denmark and Norway.
- Maria Anna of Oettingen-Spielberg (1693-1729), wife of Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein
- Princess Gabriele of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (b. 1953), daughter of the 9th Prince
- Princess Nora zu Oettingen-Spielberg (b. 1990), daughter of Albrecht Ernst, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg. Married 2017, Lord Max Percy, youngest son of Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland
- Cleopatra, Hereditary Princess of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg (b. 1987), wife of Franz Albrecht, Hereditary Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg
Residences
[edit]The following castles are still owned by the Princes of Oettingen-Spielberg and Oettingen-Wallerstein:
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Baldern (near Bopfingen)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gerhard Köbler: Historisches Lexikon der deutschen Länder. Die deutschen Territorien vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. 7., revised edition. C.H. Beck, München 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1, S. 490 (County of Oettingen at Google Books)
- ^ "BLKÖ:Oettingen-Wallerstein, die Fürsten von, Genealogie – Wikisource". Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "Geschichte Oettingen-Spielberg". Website des fürstlichen Hauses Oettingen-Spielberg (in German). Retrieved 2021-02-03.
- ^ "Stammbaum Oettingen-Spielberg". Website des fürstlichen Hauses Oettingen-Spielberg (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-11.
- ^ Marek, Miroslav. "oett/oett1.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.[self-published source]
- ^ Numbered VII possibly because he was born or started his co-rulership after Louis VI, who had a longer reign.
- ^ Numbered IX possibly because he was born or started his co-rulership after Louis VIII, who had a longer reign.
- ^ Sometimes numbered IX, despite there weren't other children named Frederick between Frederick VI and him. He is the seventh ruler of this name.
External links
[edit]- Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of Oettingen". Genealogy EU.
- (in German) genealogie-mittelalter.de
- Website of the Prince of Oettingen-Spielberg
- List of Counts of Oettingen
- (in German) Counts of Oettingen in the ADB[permanent dead link]
- (in German) genealogie-mittelalter.de
Bibliography
[edit]- Fürstlich Oettingen-Wallerstein'sche Bibliothek (1985) Oettingen-Wallerstein'sche Musiksammlung. München: K. G. Saur (reproduced on 3819 microfiches) ISBN 3598307306
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Band IX, C. A. Starke Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-7980-0816-7 (= Adelslexikon, Gesamtreihe Band 116) (for further references).
- Teresa Neumeyer: Dinkelsbühl. Der ehemalige Landkreis Kommission für bayerische Landesgeschichte München 2018 (= Historischer Atlas von Bayern, 40. Franken I), ISBN 978-3-7696-6562-8 ([2] at Google Books).
- Europäische Stammtafeln. Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europäischen Staaten, Bd. V. Von Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven aus dem Nachlass hrsg. von Detlev Schwennicke, Marburg 1978, Tafeln 152–155.
- Constantin von Wurzbach: "Oettingen-Wallerstein, die Fürsten von, Genealogie." In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (Biographical Lexicon of the Empire of Austria). Part 21 Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1870, p. 29 (digitalised).
- Volker von Volckamer (1999), "Oettingen, Grafen und Fürsten zu", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 19, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 472–474; (full text online)
- Jacob Paul Lang: Materialien zur oettingischen älteren und neueren Geschichte, Bd. 2, Wallerstein 1773.
- Zedlers Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexikon, Bd. 25, Leipzig und Halle 1740, Sp. 801–820.
- Alexandra Haas (2018), Hexen und Herrschaftspolitik. Die Reichsgrafen von Oettingen und ihr Umgang mit den Hexenprozessen im Vergleich (in German), Bielefeld: Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, ISBN 978-3-7395-1107-8
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