Rechberg and Rothenlöwen
| Lordship (Barony, County) of Rechberg and Rothenlöwen | ||||||||||
| Herrschaft (Freiherrschaft, Grafschaft) Rechberg und Rothenlöwen | ||||||||||
| State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Unknown | |||||||||
| Government | Principality | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | First mention of Rechberg | 1176 | ||||||||
| • | Established | before 1206 | ||||||||
| • | Raised to barony | 1577 | ||||||||
| • | Raised to county | 1607 | ||||||||
| • | Inherited Osterberg | 1767 | ||||||||
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Mediatised to Württemberg |
1806 | ||||||||
| • | Acquired by Bavaria | 1810 | ||||||||
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Coat of arms of Osterberg
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.
Coordinates: 48°9′N 10°10′E / 48.150°N 10.167°E
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