
The House of Rechberg is the name of an old noble comital family in
Swabia
Swabia ; , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.
The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of Swabia, one of ...
during the
Holy Roman Empire
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period. They were
sovereign counts of
Rechberg and Rothenlöwen. As a
mediatized house (mediatized by
Württemberg
Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart.
Together with Baden and Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern, two other histo ...
in 1806), the family belonged to
high nobility
Traditional rank amongst European imperiality, royalty, peers, and nobility is rooted in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Although they vary over time and among geographic regions (for example, one region's prince might be equal to anothe ...
.
Notable family members
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*Ulrich I von Rechberg, ca. 1140–1206, auf Hohenrechberg, Swabian Marschall, married Edilhardis von Ramis and Berchterad von Biberbach
*Hildebrand (Hiltprand) von Rechberg, fl 1194–1226, auf Hohenrechberg, d. before 1235, married Anna, daughter of Heinrich Marschall von
Pappenheim
Pappenheim is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Altmühl, south of Weißenburg in Bayern.
History
Historically, Pappenheim was a statelet within the Holy Roman Empire. It was ...
*Conrad I "Monacus" von Rechberg, fl 1235,
*Conrad II "der Landvogt" von Rechberg, fl 1259
*Albrecht (I) "der Landvogt" von Rechberg, fl 1293,
*Albrecht III von Rechberg, zu Staufeneck, zu Falkenstein d. 1408
*Wilhelm I von Rechberg zu Hohenrechberg, d. after 1401; married Sophie von Veringen, daughter of Heinrich IV of Veringen
*Heinrich I von Rechberg zu Hohenrechberg und Gammertingen, d. 1437; married Agnes von
Helfenstein, daughter of Ulrich VII of Helfenstein
*Hans von Rechberg-Hohenrechberg, zu Gammertingen, married Veronika von
Waldburg (d. 1443) and Elisabeth von
Werdenberg-
Sargans
Sargans is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Sarganserland (Wahlkreis), Sarganserland in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of St. Gallen (canton), St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Sargans is known for ...
, daughter of Heinrich IX (II) of Werdenberg-Sonnenberg (d. 1469)
See also
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Rechberg and Rothenlöwen
German noble families