House of Oettingen-Wallerstein

1744 map showing Oettingen (coloured) with Oettingen-Wallerstein in the middle west (orange-yellow)

Arms of the House of Oettingen

Oettingen-Wallerstein is a noble family related to a former County in modern-day eastern Baden-Württemberg and western Bavaria, Germany. The other formerly sovereign branch of the Oettingen family is the House of Oettingen-Spielberg.

History

The Oettingen family was first mentioned in 1147 with Ludovicus comes de Otingen, a relative of the Imperial House of Hohenstaufen who was granted the county surrounding the Imperial city of Nördlingen as a fief.

Oettingen-Wallerstein was twice created; first as a partition of Oettingen (modern day town of Oettingen in Bayern) in 1423 which became extinct in 1486 and was inherited by Oettingen-Oettingen, and the second time as a partition of Oettingen-Oettingen in 1557. Oettingen-Oettingen suffered one partition, between itself and Oettingen-Spielberg in 1602. It was raised to a Principality in 1774, mediatised to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806, and divided with the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1810. At this time, the Principality had a territory of 850 km² with 60.000 inhabitants.

Rulers

Counts of Oettingen-Wallerstein (1423-1486)^[1]

Friedrich III, Count of Oettingen (d 1423)
- Wilhelm I, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen (d 1467)
  - Wolfgang I, Count of Oettingen (1455-1522)
    - Ludwig XV, Count of Oettingen (1486-1557), his sons include Ludwig XVI, Wolfgang II, and Friedrich VIII (below)
- John I the Solemn, Count 1423–1449 (ca 1415-1449)
  - Ludwig XIII, Count 1449–1486 (ca 1440-1486)

Extinct. Inherited by Oettingen-Oettingen

Counts of Oettingen-Wallerstein (1557-1774) ^[2]

Friedrich VIII, Count 1557-1579 (1516-1579)
- Wilhelm II, Count 1579–1602 (1544-1602)
  - Count Wolfgang III (1573-1598)
    - Ernst II, Count 1602-1670 (1594-1670)
      - Wilhelm IV, Count 1670-1692 (1627-1692)
      - Wolfgang IV, Count 1692-1708 (1629-1708)
        Franz Ignaz, Count 1708-1728 (1672-1728)
      - Count Philipp Karl (1640-1680)
        Anton Karl, Count 1728–1738 (1679-1738)
        Johann Karl Friedrich, Count 1738-1744 (1715–1744)
        Maximilian Ignaz Philipp, Count 1744-1745 (1743–1745)
        
        Philipp Karl, Count 1745–1766 (1722-1766)
        Kraft Ernst, Count 1766-1774 (1748-1802), created Reichsfürst zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Wallerstein 14.4.1774

Princes of Oettingen-Wallerstein (sovereign from 1774, mediatized in 1806)

Princely arms of the family

Kraft Ernst, 1st Prince 1774-1802 (1748-1802)
- Ludwig Kraft, 2nd Prince 1802–1823 (1791-1870), renounced his rights to marry morganatically
- 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)
        
        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)

Other members

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 of Baden-Baden (1619-1688)
Maria Dorothea Sophia of Oettingen-Oettingen (1639-1698), second wife of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (1671-1747), wife of Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Maria Anna of Oettingen-Spielberg (1693-1729), wife of Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein