Rechberg and Rothenlöwen

Lordship (Barony, County) of Rechberg and Rothenlöwen Herrschaft (Freiherrschaft, Grafschaft) Rechberg und Rothenlöwen
before 1206–1806
Coat of arms of Osterberg
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
• Mediatised to     Württemberg	1806
• Acquired by Bavaria	1810
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Swabia Kingdom of Württemberg

Rechberg and Rothenlöwen was a country in 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. The family of the Grafen von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen 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.

Counts of Rechberg and Rothenlöwen

After German Mediatisation

• Maximilian Emanuel, Count 18..-1819 (1736-1819)
  • Aloys, Count 1819-1849 (1766-1849)
    • Albrecht, Count 1849-1885 (1803-1885)
      • Otto, Count 1885-1918 (1833-1918)
        • Joseph, Count 1918-1967 (1885-1967)
        • Count Albert (1887-1983)
          • Albert, Count 1967-2013 (1912-2013)
            • Bernhard, Count 2013–present (b.1956)
              • Konrad, Hereditary Count (b.1994)
              • Count Gaudenz (b.1996)
            • Count Nikolaus (b.1958)
              • Count Leon (b.1996)

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