Pappenheim-Allgäu

Pappenheim-Allgäu
*Pappenheim-Allgäu*
Pappenheim-Allgäu Pappenheim-Allgäu
1444–1494
	Coat of arms
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital
Common languages	German
Religion	Roman Catholic
Government	Feudal monarchy
Lord
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Partitioned from Pappenheim	1444
• Partitioned	1494
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Pappenheim
Today part of	Germany

Pappenheim-Allgäu was a statelet in the Holy Roman Empire that existed from 1444 until it was partitioned in 1494.

History[]

In 1444 the heirs of , Marshall of Pappenheim, partitioned the family's holdings between themselves. A quarter of the family's mediate fiefs passed to , Haupt's eldest son. The core hereditary lands of the family were ruled jointly by all branches, and the office of the was held by the family's most senior agnate, which was Henry.

In 1482, this line inherited Bad Grönenbach and , fiefs of Kempten Abbey, from the ^[1] though this inheritance was disputed by other lines of the Rothenstein family and would only be settled in the Pappenheim's favour in 1508. From these territories comes the name of this line as both of these territories were located in the Allgäu.

In 1494 Henry died and Pappenheim-Allgäu was partitioned by his heirs, forming the lines of and .

Heads of state[]

Lords of Pappenheim-Allgäu (1444 – 1494)[]

(1444 – 1494)

References[]

^ Johann Baptist Haggenmüller (1840). Geschichte der Stadt und der gefürsteten Grafschaft Kempten von den ältesten Zeiten bis zu ihrer Vereinigung mit dem baierischen Staat [History of the City and the princely county of Kempten from the earliest times until their union with the Bavarian State] (in German). Dannheimer.

External links[]

(in German) Deutsche Biographie – Von Pappenheim
(in German) Historisches Lexikon Bayerns – Reichsmarschälle von Pappenheim

Coordinates: 49°03′N 10°52′E / 49.050°N 10.867°E / 49.050; 10.867

[1] Johann Baptist Haggenmüller (1840). Geschichte der Stadt und der gefürsteten Grafschaft Kempten von den ältesten Zeiten bis zu ihrer Vereinigung mit dem baierischen Staat [History of the City and the princely county of Kempten from the earliest times until their union with the Bavarian State] (in German). Dannheimer.

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