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Lordship (Barony, County) of Rechberg and Rothenlöwen Herrschaft (Freiherrschaft, Grafschaft) Rechberg und Rothenlöwen | |||||||||
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before 1206–1806 | |||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
Capital | Unknown | ||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• First mention of
Rechberg | 1176 | ||||||||
• Established | before 1206 12th century | ||||||||
• Raised to
barony | 1577 | ||||||||
• Raised to
county | 1607 | ||||||||
• Inherited
Osterberg | 1767 | ||||||||
1806 | |||||||||
• Acquired by
Bavaria | 1810 | ||||||||
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Rechberg and Rothenlöwen was a county within the Holy Roman Empire. Rechberg and Rothenlöwen was a renaming of Osterberg, and it inherited Osterberg in 1767. Rechberg and Rothenlöwen was mediatised to Württemberg in 1806. It was ruled by the House of Rechberg which would be an important one in the 19th century. Aloys was a prominent Bavarian statesman, while his son Johann Bernhard, would enter the Austrian diplomatic service and rise eventually to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs.
48°9′N 10°10′E / 48.150°N 10.167°E
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (February 2019) |
Lordship (Barony, County) of Rechberg and Rothenlöwen Herrschaft (Freiherrschaft, Grafschaft) Rechberg und Rothenlöwen | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
before 1206–1806 | |||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
Capital | Unknown | ||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• First mention of
Rechberg | 1176 | ||||||||
• Established | before 1206 12th century | ||||||||
• Raised to
barony | 1577 | ||||||||
• Raised to
county | 1607 | ||||||||
• Inherited
Osterberg | 1767 | ||||||||
1806 | |||||||||
• Acquired by
Bavaria | 1810 | ||||||||
|
Rechberg and Rothenlöwen was a county within the Holy Roman Empire. Rechberg and Rothenlöwen was a renaming of Osterberg, and it inherited Osterberg in 1767. Rechberg and Rothenlöwen was mediatised to Württemberg in 1806. It was ruled by the House of Rechberg which would be an important one in the 19th century. Aloys was a prominent Bavarian statesman, while his son Johann Bernhard, would enter the Austrian diplomatic service and rise eventually to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs.
48°9′N 10°10′E / 48.150°N 10.167°E