Capital Pappenheim Historical era Middle Ages Partitioned in four 1439 Founded 1030 | Government Principality Lordship founded ca 1030 Partitioned in twain 1558 | |
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Pappenheim was a German statelet in western Bavaria, Germany, located on the Altmühl river between Treuchtlingen and Solnhofen, and south of Weißenburg.
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History
Pappenheim originated as a Lordship around 1030, and was raised to a county in 1628.
The first member of the House of Pappenheim was Henricus Caput, mentioned in 1111 as vassal of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. From about 1100 until 1806 the Lords and Counts of Pappenheim held the position of hereditary marshals of the Holy Roman Empire, a court office that made them deputies of the Empire's arch marshals, the Electors of Saxony, with certain ceremonial tasks at the Coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor.
Pappenheim was partitioned twice: between itself, Alesheim (Aletzheim), Gräfenthal and Treuchtlingen in 1439; and between itself and Stühlingen in 1558. Pappenheim absorbed: Alesheim 1697; Gräfenthal 1536; and Treuchtlingen 1647. Treuchtlingen was purchased in 1447/53 and, after the Treuchtlingen branch extinguished in 1647, became part of the Principality of Ansbach. Stühlingen, acquired in 1582, was inherited by Fürstenberg in 1639. Pappenheim was mediatised to Bavaria in 1806.