County (Principality) of Oettingen Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Oettingen
1147–1806
Coat of arms
1744 map: Ö-Spielberg (north, pink); Ö-Oettingen (southeast, pale yellow); Ö-Wallerstein (midwest, yellow-orange); Ö-Baldern (west, blue-green).
Status	State of theHoly 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 toBavaria	1806
• Partitioned withWürttemberg	1810
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Swabia Kingdom of Bavaria

TheHouse of Oettingen was a high-ranking nobleFranconian andSwabian 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 theGerman mediatisation of 1806, the family retained their titles and still have representatives today.

The Oettingen family traces its descent back toFridericus 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 theStaufers.

The Oettingen family was first mentioned in 1147 withLudovicus comes de Otingen, a relative of the ImperialHouse of Hohenstaufen who was granted the county surrounding theImperial city ofNördlingen as a fief, possibly with his brotherChuno comes de Othingen.^[1] The relationship between the family and the Hohenstaufens is also proven by documents. The family builtSteinsberg Castle around 1200 as vassals of theHohenstaufen 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.

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  Arms of the House of Oettingen
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  Arms of the House of Oettingen-Wallerstein
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  Princely arms of the family

From 1410, the county started its first divisions within the family, as noted below. Following the partitions, the remaining land was calledOettingen-Oettingen and was located in modern-day easternBaden-Württemberg and westernBavaria. This branch wasProtestant, createdPrince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1674 but became extinct in 1731, when the county was divided and inherited byOettingen-Spielberg (Princes since 1734) that obtained the town and castle of Oettingen, andOettingen-Wallerstein (Princes since 1774).

Oettingen-Wallerstein (German:Öttingen-Wallerstein) is a noble family related to a former County in modern-day easternBaden-Württemberg and western Bavaria, Germany.

Oettingen-Wallerstein was twice created; first, as a partition ofOettingen (modern-day town ofOettingen in Bayern) in 1423 which became extinct in 1486 and was inherited byOettingen-Oettingen, and the second time as a partition of Oettingen-Oettingen in 1557, as aCatholic branch of the family. Oettingen-Oettingen suffered one partition, between itself andOettingen-Spielberg in 1602. It was raised to a Principality in 1774 byJoseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.^[2] In 1806, it wasmediatised to theKingdom of Bavaria, and divided with theKingdom of Württemberg in 1810. At this time, the Principality had a territory of 850 km² (330 sq mi) with 60,000 inhabitants.

Oettingen-Spielberg is a noble family and former principality in modern-day easternBaden-Württemberg and westernBavaria, Germany. It was partitioned ofOettingen-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 theKingdom of Bavaria in 1806, and divided with theKingdom of Württemberg in 1810. The other still-existing branch of the Oettingen family is theHouse of Oettingen-Wallerstein.

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.

Table of rulers

Like theReuss family and theHouse of Schwarzburg, the Oettingen Family also has the tradition of numbering members of the family by order of birth, independently of having ruled or not. As so, the table below will present the birth numbering in comma "", followed, in brackets (), by the counting of those who actually ruled.Despite the more known divisions having begun only in the 15th century, it is clear (or at least hints to), by the simultaneous use of the titleComes Ötingen by various rulers at the same time, that the period 1141-1440 was also marked by various, but short-lived divisions between the counts. The un-definition of the concrete limits of the counts' possessions contributed to this as well.[5] Therefore, in the referred period, it is unknown, in this early divisions of the land, which branch kept which part. As so, the divisions will be called, at this early stage of the history of the counts of Oettingen, asPart A,Part B and so on. Ruler Born Reign Ruling part Consort Death Notes Louis I [bg] c.1110 ? 1147 – 1160 County of Oettingen Unknown five children c.1160? aged 49-50? Brothers and founders of the family and the county, title given to them in 1147. 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 namedGisala de Seevelt Conrad I c.1110 ? 1147 – 1160 Unknown c.1160? aged 49-50? Louis II [bg] c.1145 Son ofLouis I [bg] 1160 – 28 June 1225 County of Oettingen Sophia of Lechsgmünd (d.1242/43) four children 28 June 1225 aged 84-85? Louis IIIthe Elder [bg] 1217 Oettingen First son ofLouis II [bg] and Sophia of Lechsgmünd 28 June 1225 – April 1279 County of Oettingen (Part A) Margaret of Burgau-Berg-Schelklingen (d.c.1245) 28 June 1241 two children Udelhild of Hirschberg (c.1230-c.1310) 1246/53 two children April 1279 Oettingen aged 61-62 Children of Louis II, divided their inheritance, despite their holdings being unclear. They shared the title ofcomes which they passed to their respective children. Conrad "IV" (III) predeceased his father, but it is known he ruled an area inherited through his wife. Conrad "III" (II) [bg] c.1220 Second son ofLouis II [bg] and Sophia of Lechsgmünd 28 June 1225 – 28 June 1241 County of Oettingen (Part B) Elisabeth of Württemberg (d.1251) one child 28 June 1241 aged 20-21 Conrad "IV" (III) [bg] c.1245 Son ofLouis III [bg] and Margaret of Burgau-Berg-Schelklingen c.1267[6] – February 1279 County of Oettingen (Part C) Agnes of Württemberg I [de] April/May 1275 four children February 1279 aged 33-34 Regency ofElisabeth of Württemberg (1241-1251) Ruled under regency and possibly died still a minor. His part rejoined the main Oettingen part. Louis IV [bg] c.1240 Son ofConrad "III" (II) [bg] andElisabeth of Württemberg 28 June 1241 – 1251 County of Oettingen (Part B) ? of Ortenburg (d.1231) no children 1251 aged 10-11 Part B rejoined Part A Regency ofAgnes of Württemberg I [de] (1279-1289) Had issues with thePrince-Bishopric of Eichstätt, which led to an imperial ban in May 1310, which stripped him of his property.[7] Conrad "V" (IV)the Shrimp [bg] c.1275 Son ofConrad "IV" (III) [bg] andAgnes of Württemberg I [de] February 1279 – May 1310 County of Oettingen (Part C) Adelaide of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim [bg][8] c.1300? one child 13 September 1313 aged 37-38 Part C annexed to theDiocese of Eichstätt Louis V [bg] c.1255 Oettingen Son ofLouis III [bg] andUdelhild of Hirschberg April 1279 – 9 November 1313 County of Oettingen (Part A) Maria of Nuremberg [bg] July 1263 seven children 9 November 1313 Oettingen aged 67-68 Co-ruling with his father and half-brother at least since 1267.[6] He also used the same co-ruling method, associating at least his sons Frederick I (who eventually predeceased him) and Louis VI (shown below).[9] In 1306, the mother of the co-rulers, Adelaide, received as widow seat, from theDiocese of Eichstätt, the fortress ofWellheim.[10] Frederick I [bg] c.1265 First son ofLouis V [bg] andMaria of Nuremberg [bg] 1311 – 3 March 1312 Elisabeth of Dornberg (d.1309/11) 1270 four children 3 March 1312 aged 46-47 Udelhild of Hirschberg c.1230 Daughter of Gebhard of Hirschberg 1306 – c.1310 County of Oettingen (Part A, atWellheim) Louis III [bg] 1246/53 two children c.1310 aged 79-80? Louis VI [bg] c.1270 Harburg Second son ofLouis V [bg] andMaria of Nuremberg [bg] 9 November 1313 – 29 September 1346 County of Oettingen (Part A) Anna of Dornberg (d.5 April 1299) 1288 one child Agnes of Württemberg II [bg] c.1310 four children Judith of Austria [de] 26 April 1319 Baden no children 29 September 1346 Vienna aged 75-76 Co-ruling with his father Louis V at least since 1311,[9] Louis VI divided his inheritance with his nephews, sons of Frederick I. Louis "VIII" (VII) [bg] c.1295 First son ofFrederick I [bg] and Elisabeth of Dornberg 9 November 1313 – 26 July 1378 County of Oettingen (Part D) Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg [bg] 14 August 1332 no children Margaret of Hohenberg [bg] 1343 one child Catherine of Katzenstein (d. 3 May 1374) no children 26 July 1378 aged 82-83? Frederick II [bg] 1296 Oettingen Second son ofFrederick I [bg] and Elisabeth of Dornberg 9 November 1313 – 4 October 1357 County of Oettingen (Part E) Adelaide of Werd (d.1358) c.1315 one child 4 October 1357 Oettingen aged 60-61 Part D annexed to part E Albert [bg] c.1310 Son ofLouis VI [bg] andAgnes of Württemberg II [bg] 29 September 1346 – 11 February 1357 County of Oettingen (Part A) Adelaide of Ortenburg [sl] 1346/47 two children 11 February 1357 aged 46-47 Part A annexed to part D, E or divided between both of them Louis "X" (VIII) [bg] c.1320 Son ofFrederick II [bg] and Adelaide of Werd 4 October 1357 – 1 May 1370 County of Oettingen (Part E) Imagina of Schaunberg [bg] 1351 eight children 1 May 1370 aged 49-50 Regency ofImagina of Schaunberg [bg] (1370-1374) Children of Louis "X" (VIII), ruled jointly, and, in 1378, reunited the whole county. Louis "XI" (IX)the Bearded [bg] c.1360 First son ofLouis "X" (VIII) [bg] andImagina of Schaunberg [bg] 1 May 1370 – 28 October 1440 County of Oettingen (Part E) (until 1378) County of Oettingen (as a whole, from 1378) Beatrice of Helfenstein (1365-1388) 15 December 1374 four children Agnes of Werdenberg (d.17 December 1474) c.1420 two children 28 October 1440 aged 79-80? Frederick III [bg] c.1360 Second son ofLouis "X" (VIII) [bg] andImagina of Schaunberg [bg] 1 May 1370 – 23 January 1423 Elisabetta da Carrara (d.1395) 24 March 1395 no children Euphemia, Duchess of Ziębice 1397 nine children 23 January 1423 aged 63-64 William I [bg] c.1400 First son ofFrederick III [bg] andEuphemia, Duchess of Ziębice 28 October 1440 – 13 April 1467 County of Oettingen Beatrice della Scala (d.14 February 1466) 5 August 1447 Munich six children 13 April 1467 aged 66-67 Children of Frederick III, the brothers were possibly co-ruling with Louis "XI" (IX). In 1440, divided their inheritance. John Ithe Solemn [bg] 1415 Second son ofFrederick III [bg] andEuphemia, Duchess of Ziębice 2 October 1440 – 10 May 1449 County of Wallerstein Margaret of Gorizia (d.8 January 1450) 1443 two children 10 May 1449 aged 33-34 Ulrich I [bg] c.1415 Third son ofFrederick III [bg] andEuphemia, Duchess of Ziębice 2 October 1440 – 28 May 1477 County of Flochberg [de] 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 28 May 1477 aged 61-62 Regency (1449-1454) Left no descendants. After his death Wallerstein reverted to the main county of Oettingen Louis "XIII" (X) [bg] 1440 Son ofJohn I [bg] andMargaret of Gorizia 10 May 1449 – 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 21 March 1486 aged 39-40 Wallerstein annexed to Oettingen John II c.1450 Second son ofWilliam I [bg] andBeatrice della Scala 13 April 1467 – 15 April 1519 County of Oettingen Elisabeth de La Hamaide, Dame de Condé (d.29 April 1526) no children 15 April 1519 aged 68-69 Children of William I, ruled jointly. Wolfgang I 16 May 1455 Third son ofWilliam I [bg] andBeatrice della Scala 13 April 1467 – 29 January 1522 Anna of Waldburg-Waldsee (d.26 March 1507) 1482 two children 29 January 1522 Harburg aged 66 Joachim [bg] 1470 Flochberg [de] Son ofUlrich I [bg] and Barbara von Kunstadt-Podebrady 28 May 1477 – 7 July 1520 County of Flochberg [de] Dorothea of Anhalt-Köthen (1472-3 August 1505) 28 May 1496 eight children 7 July 1520 Flochberg [de] aged 49-50 Martin [bg] 11 November 1500 First son ofJoachim [bg] andDorothea of Anhalt-Köthen 7 July 1520 – 18 August 1549 County of Flochberg [de] Anna of Leuchtenberg (31 May 1506 – 22 October 1555) 7 November 1522 one child 18 August 1549 Wallerstein aged 48 Children of Joachim, ruled jointly. After their deaths, their county was reabsorbed in Oettingen, as they left no male heirs. Louis "XIV" (XI) 13 May 1502 Second son ofJoachim [bg] andDorothea of Anhalt-Köthen 7 July 1520 – 25 March 1548 Unmarried 25 March 1548 aged 45 Charles Wolfgang [bg] 1474 First son ofWolfgang I andAnna of Waldburg-Zeil 29 January 1522 – 3 October 1549 County of Oettingen Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg (1508-14 April 1560) 5 November 1524 five children 3 October 1549 aged 74-75 Children of Wolfgang I, ruled jointly. Louis "XV" (XII) [bg] 26 April 1486 Second son ofWolfgang I andAnna of Waldburg-Zeil 29 January 1522 – 24 March 1557 Maria Salomea of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch [bg] 15 March 1507 Rothenburg am Neckar six children 24 March 1557 Alerheim aged 70 Euphemia 1523 Daughter ofMartin [bg] andAnna of Leuchtenberg 18 August 1549 – 16 March 1560 County of Flochberg [de] Frederick "VI" (IV) [bg] 17 March 1542 seven children 16 March 1560 aged 36-37 Heiress of her father, she evenetually passed, through marriage, her inheritance to her Wallerstein cousins. Flochberg annexed to Wallerstein Louis "XVI" (XIII) [bg] 1 July 1508 Harburg First son ofLouis "XV" (XII) [bg] andMaria Salomea of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch [bg] 24 March 1557 – 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 Inner Mansfeld [bg] 26/27 August 1562 two children Claudia of Hohenfels (d.1582) 1569 two children 1 October 1569 Harburg aged 61 Children of Louis "XV" (XII), divided their inheritance. Wolfgang II [bg] 1511 Second son ofLouis "XV" (XII) [bg] andMaria Salomea of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch [bg] 24 March 1557 – 1 March 1573 Margaret of Baden-Durlach (1519-16 April 1574) 12/17 November 1538 no children Ursula of Rosenfeld (d.1538) (morganatic) no children 1 March 1573 Flochberg [de] aged 61-62 Frederick "VI" (IV) [bg] 6 November 1516 Harburg Third son ofLouis "XV" (XII) [bg] andMaria Salomea of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch [bg] 24 March 1557 – 2 February 1579 County of Wallerstein Euphemia of Oettingen-Flochberg (1523-16 March 1560) 17 March 1542 seven children 2 February 1579 Wallerstein aged 62-63 Godfried [de] 8 June 1554 Bietigheim-Bissingen Son ofLouis "XVI" (XIII) [bg] andMargaret of Palatinate-Lützelstein 1 March 1573 – 7 September 1622 County of Oettingen Johanna of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg [bg] 30 January 1575 Oettingen four children Barbara of Palatinate-Neuburg 7 November 1591 Oettingen one child 7 September 1622 Oettingen aged 68 William II [bg] 1544 First son ofFrederick "VI" (IV) [bg] andEuphemia of Oettingen-Flochberg 2 February 1579 – 14 October 1602 County of Wallerstein Johanna of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (23 June 1548 – 22 February 1604) 13 January 1564 Munich twenty-one children 14 October 1602 Wallerstein aged Children of Frederick VI, divided their inheritance. William II's older grandchild (son of William, who predeceased his father) eventually inherited Spielberg after the early extinction of Frederick VII's line. Frederick "IX" (V) [bg] 20 February 1556 Fourth son ofFrederick "VI" (IV) [bg] andEuphemia of Oettingen-Flochberg 2 February 1579 – 20 June 1615 County of Spielberg [de] Ursula Heilbrunn of Pfauenau (1560-28 March 1606) 6 June 1585 five children 20 June 1615 aged 59 Ulrich II [bg] 13 February 1578 Wallerstein Sixth son ofWilliam II [bg] andJohanna of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen [bg] 14 October 1602 – 30 September 1605 County of Wallerstein Barbara Fugger (7 November 1577 – 4 May 1618) 25 January 1604 Augsburg no children 30 September 1605 Komárom aged 27 Children of William II, divided their inheritance. Ernest I [bg] 24 October 1584 Wallerstein Seventh son ofWilliam II [bg] andJohanna of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen [bg] 14 October 1602 – 18 May 1626 County of Baldern [de] Catharina of Helfenstein-Wiesensteig [bg] 20 September 1608 Wiesensteig ten children 18 May 1626 Baldern [de] aged 41 Ernest II [bg] 15 August 1594 Wallerstein Son ofWolfgang of Oettingen-Wallerstein [bg][11] and Johanna de Moll 20 September 1605 – 3 March 1670 County of Wallerstein Maria Magdalena Fugger (8 August 1606 – 3 January 1670) 7 February 1624 Wallerstein seven children 3 March 1670 Vienna aged 75 John III c.1590 Son ofFrederick "IX" (V) [bg] and Ursula Heilbrunn of Pfauenau 20 June 1615 – 24 June 1627 County of Spielberg [de] Unmarried 24 June 1627 aged 36-37 Left no heirs. His county was inherited by his cousin, grandson of William II of Wallerstein. Louis Eberhard [bg] 9 July 1577 Schillingsfürst Son ofGodfried [de] andJohanna of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg [bg] 7 September 1622 – 4 July 1634 County of Oettingen Margaret of Erbach [bg] 17 May 1598 Oettingen fourteen children 4 July 1634 Heidenheim aged 56 Martin Francis [bg] 28 August 1611 First son ofErnest I [bg] andCatharina of Helfenstein-Wiesensteig [bg] 18 May 1626 – 11 September 1653 County of Baldern [de] Isabella Eleonora of Helfenstein-Wiesensteig (d.22 March 1678) 1629 two children 11 September 1653 Regensburg aged 42 Children of Ernest I, divided the rule. Martin kept Baldern and Frederick William inherited Katzenstein. Frederick William [bg] 7 May 1618 Second son ofErnest I [bg] andCatharina of Helfenstein-Wiesensteig [bg] 18 May 1626 – 20 October 1677 County of Katzenstein [de] Rosina Susanna of Trübeneck (24 July 1611 – 19 May 1664) 7 January 1646 Graz three children 20 October 1677 Katzenstein Castle aged 59 John Albert [bg] 1591 Wallerstein Son ofWilliam of Oettingen-Wallerstein [bg][12] and Elisabeth Fugger 1627 – 18 June 1632 County of Spielberg [de] 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 [de] two children 18 June 1632 Oberzell aged 40-41 Grandson of William II of Wallerstein, inherited his cousin's domains in Spielberg. Regency ofMaria Gertrude of Pappenheim-Treuchlingen (1632-1649) John Francis [bg] 13 June 1631 Oettingen orWallerstein Son ofJohn Albert [bg] andMaria Gertrude of Pappenheim-Treuchlingen 18 June 1632 – 25 November 1665 County of Spielberg [de] Ludovica Rosalia of Atems-Tanzenberg (1630 – 1 June 1709) 11 February 1654 Tanzenberg nine children 25 November 1665 Oettingen aged 34 Joachim Ernest [de] 31 March 1612 Oettingen Son ofLouis Eberhard [bg] andMargaret of Erbach [bg] 4 July 1634 – 8 August 1659 County of Oettingen Anna Sybilla of Solms-Sonnenwalde [bg] 18 December 1633 Oettingen 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 [bg] 9 May 1647 Nuremberg eight children 8 August 1659 Harburg aged 47 Ferdinand Maximilian [bg] 25 December 1640 Son ofMartin Francis [bg] andIsabella Eleonora of Helfenstein-Wiesensteig 11 September 1653 – 9 May 1687 County of Baldern [de] Christina Sibylla of Solms-Braunfels [bg] 7 January 1666 Rheinfels orGreifenstein no children 9 May 1687 Parkstein aged 46 Left no heirs. His county was annexed to Katzenstein. Baldern annexed to Katzenstein Albert Ernest I [de] 14 May 1642 Oettingen Son ofJoachim Ernest [de] andAnna Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Gleichen 8 August 1659 – 8 February 1683 County of Oettingen (until 1674) Principality of Oettingen (from 1674) Christine Friederike of Württemberg [de] 28 May/7 June 1665 Stuttgart seven children Eberhardine Catherine of Württemberg-Winnental [de] 1682 no children 8 February 1683 Schrattenhofen [de] aged 40 In 1674, his county was raised to a principality. John Sebastian 20 January 1655 Second son ofJohn Francis [bg] and Ludovica Rosalia of Atems-Tanzenberg 25 November 1665 – 13 September 1675 Principality of Spielberg [de] Unmarried 13 September 1675 aged 20 Left no heirs. He was succeeded by his brother John William. William "IV" (III) [bg] 1 August 1627 Wallerstein First son ofErnest II [bg] and Maria Magdalena Fugger 1670 – 11 December 1692 County of Wallerstein Octavia Esther of Herberstein-Neuburg (d. April 1702) 27 August 1670 no children 11 December 1692 aged 65 Children of Ernest II, ruled jointly. Wolfgang "IV" (III) [bg] 1 February 1629 Wallerstein Second son ofErnest II [bg] and Maria Magdalena Fugger 1670 – 6 November 1708 Anna Dorothea of Wolkenstein-Rodeneg (d.26 November 1702) 6 November 1661 fourteen children 6 November 1708 Vienna aged 65 Philip Charles I [bg] 24 January 1640 Wallerstein Third son ofErnest II [bg] and Maria Magdalena Fugger 1670 – 27 August 1680 Eberhardina Sophia Juliana of Oettingen [bg] (20 October 1656 – 23 March 1743) 1 March 1678 Wallerstein two children 27 August 1680 Wallerstein aged 40 John William 23 December 1655 Second son ofJohn Francis [bg] and Ludovica Rosalia of Atems-Tanzenberg 13 September 1675 – 10 August 1685 Principality of Spielberg [de] Maria Anna Theresa von Oettingen-Wallerstein (24 August 1662 – 28 June 1695) 29 April 1685 Wallerstein no children 10 August 1685 aged 29 Left no male heirs. He was succeeded by his brother Francis Albert. Notger William [bg] 24 December 1650 Graz Son ofFrederick William [bg] and Rosina Susanna of Trübeneck 20 October 1677 – 6 November 1693 County of Katzenstein [de] 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 6 November 1693 Hungen aged 42 Albert Ernest II [de] 8 August 1669 Oettingen Son ofAlbert Ernest I [de] andChristine Friederike of Württemberg [de] 8 February 1683 – 30 March 1731 Principality of Oettingen Sophia Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt [de] 11 October 1688 Darmstadt two children 30 March 1731 Schrattenhofen [de] aged 61 Left no male heirs. After his death, the county was annexed to Wallerstein Oettingen annexed to Wallerstein Francis Albert [it] 10 November 1663 Oettingen Third son ofJohn Francis [bg] and Ludovica Rosalia of Atems-Tanzenberg 10 August 1685 – 3 February 1737 County of Spielberg [de] (until 1734) Principality of Spielberg [de] (from 1734) Johanna Margaretha of Schwendi (27 June 1672 – 25 April 1727) 26 June 1689 Oettingen in Bayern five children 3 February 1737 Oettingen aged 73 Crato Anton 8 October 1684 Dischingen Son ofNotger William [bg] and Maria Sidonia of Sötern 6 November 1693 – 25 April 1751 County of Katzenstein [de] Johanna Eleonora Maria of Schönborn-Buchheim (2 July 1688 – 12 February 1763) 10 February 1709 Aschaffenburg seventeen children 25 April 1751 Baldern [de] aged 66 Francis Ignaz Joseph 27 November 1672 First son ofWolfgang IV [bg] and Anna Dorothea of Wolkenstein-Rodeneg 6 November 1708 – 3 October 1728 County of Wallerstein Unmarried 3 October 1728 aged 55 Cousins, ruled jointly. Anton was the son of Philip Charles, and the others were Wolfgang IV's sons. Dominic Joseph 3 September 1676 Second son ofWolfgang IV [bg] and Anna Dorothea of Wolkenstein-Rodeneg 6 November 1708 – 25 October 1717 25 October 1717 aged 41 William Joseph Ignaz October 1677 Third son ofWolfgang IV [bg] and Anna Dorothea of Wolkenstein-Rodeneg 6 November 1708 – 1718 1718 aged 40-41 Anton Charles 28 June 1679 Wallerstein Son ofPhilip Charles I [bg] andEberhardina Sophia Juliana of Oettingen [bg] 6 November 1708 – 14 April 1738 Maria Agnes Magdalena Fugger (21 October 1680 – 17 June 1753) 24 January 1702 Neuburg an der Donau seven children 14 April 1738 Vienna aged 58 John Alois I [de] 18 January 1707 Oettingen First son ofFrancis Albert [it] and Johanna Margaretha von Schwendi 3 February 1737 – 16 February 1780 Principality of Spielberg [de] Theresa Maria Anna of Holstein-Sonderburg (19 December 1713 – 14 July 1745) 23 May 1735 Watzdorf (nearRohrbach an der Gölsen) three children 16 February 1780 Oettingen aged 73 Children of Francis Albert, ruled jointly. Anton Ernest [bg] 12 February 1712 Oettingen Second son ofFrancis Albert [it] and Johanna Margaretha von Schwendi 3 February 1737 – 23 May 1768 Maria Theresa Walburga of Waldburg (27 May 1735 – 23 December 1789) 5 May 1754 Munich nine children 23 May 1768 Schwendi aged 56 John Charles Frederick [bg] 10 June 1715 Augsburg First son ofAnton Charles [bg] and Maria Agnes Magdalena Fugger 14 April 1738 – 16 July 1744 County of Wallerstein Maria Anna Josepha Fugger (21 May 1719 – 11 January 1784) 13 August 1741 Munich two children 16 July 1744 Stuttgart aged 29 Children of Anton Charles, ruled jointly. Philip Charles II [bg] 17 March 1722 Augsburg Second son ofAnton Charles [bg] and Maria Agnes Magdalena Fugger 14 April 1738 – 14 April 1766 Charlotte Juliana of Oettingen-Katzenstein (25 October 1728 – 2 January 1791) 21 February 1746 Baldern [de] thirteen children 14 April 1766 Wallerstein aged 44 Lothar Francis 9 December 1709 Mainz First son ofCrato Anton [bg] and Johanna Eleonora Maria of Schönborn-Buchheim 25 April 1751 – 5 September 1780 County of Katzenstein [de] Unmarried 5 September 1780 Elwangen aged 70 Children of Crato Anton, ruled jointly. After their deaths, their county was annexed to Wallerstein. Philip Charles III 15 October 1712 Baldern [de] Third son ofCrato Anton [bg] and Johanna Eleonora Maria of Schönborn-Buchheim 25 April 1751 – 30 May 1787 30 May 1787 Eichstätt aged 74 Joseph Anton Damian [bg] 4 March 1720 Baldern [de] Fifth son ofCrato Anton [bg] and Johanna Eleonora Maria of Schönborn-Buchheim 25 April 1751 – 20 April 1778 Rosina Susanna of Trübeneck (24 July 1611 – 19 May 1664) 7 January 1646 Graz three children 20 April 1778 Dagstuhl aged 58 Katzenstein annexed to Wallerstein Crato Ernest [de] 3 August 1748 Son ofPhilip Charles II [bg]andCharlotte Juliana of Oettingen-Katzenstein 14 April 1766 – 6 October 1802 County of Wallerstein (until 1774) Principality of Wallerstein (from 1774) 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 6 October 1802 Wallerstein aged 54 John Alois II [it] 16 April 1758 Son ofAnton Ernest [bg] andMaria Theresa Walburga of Waldburg 16 February 1780 – 27 June 1797 Principality of Spielberg [de] 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 27 June 1797 Neuburg an der Donau aged 39 John Alois III [de] 9 May 1788 Oettingen First son ofJohn Alois II [it] andMaria Aloysia of Auersperg 27 June 1797 – 12 July 1806 Principality of Spielberg [de] Amalia Augusta of Wrede (15 January 1796 – 11 September 1871) 31 August 1813 Hohaltingen four children 7 May 1855 Munich aged 66 Children of John Alois II, ruled jointly. In 1806, with theGerman mediatisation, the brothers lost the Principality. Charles Frederick 29 March 1790 Second son ofJohn Alois II [it] andMaria Aloysia of Auersperg Unmarried 30 October 1813 nearHanau aged 23 Spielberg mediatised to theKingdom of Bavaria Regency ofWilhelmina Friederika Elisabeth of Württemberg (1802-1806) Ruled under regency. In 1806, with theGerman mediatisation, Louis Kraft (and his mother) lost the Principality. In 1823 he renounced his right after marrying morganatically. Louis Crato Ernest 31 January 1791 Wallerstein Son ofCrato Ernest [de] andWilhelmina Friederika Elisabeth of Württemberg 6 October 1802 – 12 July 1806 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 22 June 1870 Lucerne aged 79 Wallerstein mediatised to theKingdom of Bavaria

• 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), engaged to Luisa Textor^[13]
            • Prince Eugen (born 2004)
          • Prince Ludwig-Maximilian (born 1972)
            • Prince Felix (born 2003)
            • Prince Dominik (born 2007)
          • Prince Friedrich-Alexander (born 1978)
        • Prince Kraft Ernst (born 1951)
          • Prince Philipp-Karl (born 1983)
          • Prince Leopold-Ludwig (born 1987)

• 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 ofBaden-Baden (1619-1688)
• Maria Dorothea Sophia of Oettingen-Oettingen (1639-1698), second wife ofEberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
• Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (1671-1747), wife ofLouis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She was the maternal grandmother ofHoly Roman Empress Maria Theresa,Tsar Peter II of Russia,Queen Elisabeth Christine of Prussia andQueen Juliane Marie of Denmark and Norway.
• Maria Anna of Oettingen-Spielberg (1693-1729), wife ofJoseph 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 ofRalph 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

The following castles are still owned by the Princes of Oettingen-Spielberg and Oettingen-Wallerstein:

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  Oettingen
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  Wallerstein
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  Baldern (nearBopfingen)
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  Hohenaltheim
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  Harburg
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  Spielberg Castle [de] inGnotzheim
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  Schloss Hirschbrunn

• Oettingen in Bayern

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• 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

• 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] atGoogle Books).
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• 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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