County of Oettingen
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.
County (Principality) of Oettingen Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Oettingen | |||||||||
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| 1147–1806 | |||||||||
Coat of arms
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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 | ||||||||
| 1522 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| 1806 | |||||||||
• Partitioned with Württemberg | 1810 | ||||||||
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