House Of Oettingen-Wallerstein
Oettingen-Wallerstein is a noble family related to a former County in modern-day eastern Baden-Württemberg and western Bavaria, Germany.
Oettingen-Wallerstein was twice created; first as a partition of Oettingen (modern day town of Oettingen in Bayern) in 1423 which became extinct in 1517 and was inherited by Oettingen-Oettingen, and the second time as a partition of Oettingen-Oettingen in 1557. Oettingen-Oettingen suffered one partition, between itself and Oettingen-Spielberg in 1602. It was raised to a Principality in 1774, mediatised to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806, and divided with the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1810.
Read more about House Of Oettingen-Wallerstein: Counts of Oettingen-Wallerstein (1423 - 1517), Counts of Oettingen-Wallerstein (1557 - 1774), Princes of Oettingen-Wallerstein (1774 - 1806)
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