Pappenheim-Allgäu Explained

Native Name:German: Pappenheim-Allgäu
Conventional Long Name:Pappenheim-Allgäu
Common Name:Pappenheim-Allgäu
Status:Vassal
Empire:Holy Roman Empire
Status Text:State of the Holy Roman Empire
Era:Middle Ages
Government Type:Feudal monarchy
Year Start:1444
Year End:1494
Event Start:Partitioned from Pappenheim
Event End:Partitioned
P1:Pappenheim (state)Pappenheim
S1:Pappenheim-Grönenbach
S2:Pappenheim-Rothenstein
Capital:Burg Pappenheim
Common Languages:German
Religion:Roman Catholic
Title Leader:Lord
Today: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 Haupt II, Marshall of Pappenheim, partitioned the family's holdings between themselves. A quarter of the family's mediate fiefs passed to Henry XI, Haupt's eldest son. The core hereditary lands of the family were ruled jointly by all branches, and the office of the Imperial Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire was held by the family's most senior agnate, which was Henry.

In 1482, this line inherited Bad Grönenbach and Rothenstein, fiefs of Kempten Abbey, from the House of Rothenstein[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 Pappenheim-Grönenbach and Pappenheim-Rothenstein.

Heads of state

Lords of Pappenheim-Allgäu (1444 – 1494)

External links

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Notes and References

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