Pappenheim-Schwindegg

Pappenheim-Schwindegg
Pappenheim-Schwindegg
1518–1568
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Status State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital Schwindegg
Common languages German
Religion Roman Catholic
Lutheran 1555
Government Feudal monarchy
Lord  
Historical era Middle Ages
 Established
1518
 Inherited and renamed to Pappenheim-Treuchtlingen
1568
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Pappenheim-Treuchtlingen
Pappenheim-Treuchtlingen
Today part of  Germany

Pappenheim-Schwindegg was a statelet in the Holy Roman Empire that existed from 1518 until 1568.

History

Schwindegg was first mentioned in 1389, and formed an immediate lordship in the Holy Roman Empire, from 1394 ruled by the barons of Fraunhofen.

In 1518 the Fraunhofens became extinct in the male line and Schwindegg passed by marriage of the heiress Anna to Ulrich, a younger son of the lord of Pappenheim-Treuchtlingen, thereby founding the line of Pappenheim-Schwindegg. In 1555 the family converted to Lutheranism. After the Treuchtlingen line became extinct in 1568, the Schwindegg line inherited that territory, and assumed that name and title.

Schwindegg was sold to the knight Sebastian of Haunsperg in 1591.

Heads of state

Lords of Pappenheim-Schwindegg (1518 – 1568)

References

    Coordinates: 48°16′N 12°15′E / 48.267°N 12.250°E / 48.267; 12.250

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