Imperial County of Ortenburg
Imperial County of Ortenburg Reichsgrafschaft Ortenburg (German) | |||||||||
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1120–1805 | |||||||||
Protestant underCount Joachim | 1563 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1805 | ||||||||
Currency | Ortenburg Thaler | ||||||||
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The Imperial County of Ortenburg was a
The first Count Rapoto I of Ortenburg was mentioned about 1134. Born at
Rapoto's II descendants, however, soon entered into fierce conflicts with the neighbouring Bishops of Passau and also with the mighty Austrian House of Babenberg. Upon the death of Count Rapoto III in 1248, his territories as well as the office of the Count Palatine again passed to the Wittelsbachs. The Ortenburg territory was further diminished by an ongoing inheritance conflict between Rapoto's III nephew Henry II and his brothers, of which the surviving Count Rapoto IV in 1275 could only retain the lands around Ortenburg Castle.
Upon the death of Count Henry IV of Ortenburg in 1395, the county was partitioned into Ortenburg-Altortenburg, Ortenburg-Neuortenburg and Ortenburg-Dorfbach. The Neuortenburg branch again inherited the Altortenburg county in 1444 following the death of Etzel I and Dorfbach county in 1462 following the death of Count Alram II. Meanwhile, the county had fallen under the influence of the Wittelsbach
Under Count Joachim of Ortenburg-Neuortenburg, the state turned to
Though deeply in debt after numerous lawsuits against the Wittelsbach dukes, Ortenburg-Neuortenburg retained its independence until in 1805 Count Joseph Charles Leopold finally sold it to Elector Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. The county was incorporated into the newly established Kingdom of Bavaria in the course of the Empire's dissolution in 1806.
In exchange for his county, the count received the former monastery of Tambach (today part of
Counts of Ortenburg
- Rapoto I (1134–1186), also Count of Murach from 1163 and Count of Kraiburg from 1173 on
- Rapoto II (1186–1231), son, Count of Kraiburg and Count Palatine of Bavaria from 1209 on, jointly with his brother
- Henry I (1186–1241), also Count of Murach 1186–1238
- Rapoto III (1231–1248), son of Rapoto II, Count of Kraiburg, also Count Palatine of Bavaria, died without male heirs
- Henry II (1241–1257), son of Henry I
- Gebhard (1238–1275), brother, Count of Murach 1238–1272, Imperial Count of Ortenburg 1257–1275, and
- Diepold (1238–1272), Count of Murach 1238–1272
- Rapoto IV (1275–1296), brother, Count of Murach 1238–1272, Imperial Count of Ortenburg 1275–1296
- Henry III (1297/1321 – 1345), son of Rapoto IV
- Henry IV (1346–1395), son of Henry III
- George I (1395–1422), son of Henry IV, Count of Ortenburg-Neuortenburg 1395–1422, Imperial Count of Ortenburg 1395–1422
- Henry V (1422–1449), Count of Ortenburg-Neuortenburg
- Etzel I (1395–1444), son of Henry IV, Count of Ortenburg-Altortenburg 1395–1444, Imperial Count of Ortenburg 1422–1444
- Alram I (1395–1411), son of Henry IV, Count of Ortenburg-Dorfbach
- Alram II (1411–1460), son of Alram I, Count of Ortenburg-Dorfbach 1411–1460, Imperial Count of Ortenburg 1444–1460
- George II (1461–1488), son of Henry V, Count of Ortenburg-Neuortenburg 1449–1488, Imperial Count of Ortenburg 1461–1488
- Sebastian I (1488–1490), brother, Imperial Count of Ortenburg 1488–1490
- Wolfgang (1490–1519), son of George II
- Ulrich II (1519–1524), son of Sebastian I
- Christoph (1524–1551), brother
- Joachim (1551–1600), son of Christoph
- Henry VII (1600–1603), cousin, great-grandson of Ulrich II,
- George IV (1603–1627), cousin, great-grandson of Ulrich II
- Frederick Casimir (1627–1658), son of Henry VII
- George Reinhard (1658–1666), son of George IV
- Christian (1666–1684), brother
- George Philip (1684–1702), son of George Reinhard
- John George (1702–1725), son of George Philip
- Charles III (1725–1776), son of John George
- Charles Albert (1776–1787), son of Charles III
- Joseph Charles Leopold (1787–1805), son of Charles Albert
After German Mediatization]
- Joseph Karl Leopold (Joseph Charles Leopold), 31st Count 1787–1831 (1780–1831)
- Franz Karl, 32nd Count 1831–1876 (1801–1876)
- Friedrich, 33rd Count 1876–1894 (1841–1894)
- Franz Carl, 34th Count 1894–1936 (1875–1936)
- Alram, 35th Count 1936–2007 (1925–2007)
- Heinrich, 36th Count 2007–present (b. 1956)
- Carl-Theodor, Hereditary Count (b. 1992)
- Count Frederik (b. 1995)
- Count Karl (b. 1960)
- Count Victor (b. 2005)
- Count Julius (b. 2007)
Sources
- (in German) Hausmann, Friedrich : Die Grafen zu Ortenburg und ihre Vorfahren im Mannesstamm, die Spanheimer in Kärnten, Sachsen und Bayern, sowie deren Nebenlinien, erschienen in: Ostbairische Grenzmarken - Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte Kunst und Volkskunde, Nr. 36, Passau / 1994
- (in German) Ortenburg-Tambach, Eberhard Count of: Geschichte des reichsständischen, herzoglichen und gräflichen Gesamthauses Ortenburg - Teil 2: Das gräfliche Haus in Bayern., Vilshofen / 1932
References
- Joseph Karl Leopold (Joseph Charles Leopold), 31st Count 1787–1831 (1780–1831)
- Franz Karl, 32nd Count 1831–1876 (1801–1876)
- Friedrich, 33rd Count 1876–1894 (1841–1894)
- Franz Carl, 34th Count 1894–1936 (1875–1936)
- Alram, 35th Count 1936–2007 (1925–2007)
- Heinrich, 36th Count 2007–present (b. 1956)
- Carl-Theodor, Hereditary Count (b. 1992)
- Count Frederik (b. 1995)
- Count Karl (b. 1960)
- Count Victor (b. 2005)
- Count Julius (b. 2007)
- Heinrich, 36th Count 2007–present (b. 1956)
- Alram, 35th Count 1936–2007 (1925–2007)
- Franz Carl, 34th Count 1894–1936 (1875–1936)
- Friedrich, 33rd Count 1876–1894 (1841–1894)
- Franz Karl, 32nd Count 1831–1876 (1801–1876)
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