Pappenheim was a German statelet in western Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

, Germany, located on the Altmühl

Altmühl

The Altmühl is a river in Bavaria, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Danube and is approximately 230 km in length.The source of the Altmühl is located close to the city of Ansbach. From here the river runs southeastwards as a narrow brook to enter the Altmühlsee north of Gunzenhausen...

 river between Treuchtlingen

Treuchtlingen

Treuchtlingen is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany.-Geography:Treuchtlingen is situated on the river Altmühl, 9 km southwest of Weißenburg in Bayern, and 45 km northeast of Donauwörth...

 and Solnhofen

Solnhofen

Solnhofen is a municipality in the district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen in the region of Franconia in the Land of Bavaria in Germany. It lies within the Altmühl valley....

, and south of Weißenburg. Pappenheim originated as a Lordship around 1030, and was raised to a county in 1628. Pappenheim was partitioned twice: between itself, Aletzheim, Gräfenthal

Gräfenthal

Gräfenthal is a town in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia, Germany.- Geography :Gräfenthal is located in the southern Thüringer Schiefergebirge, a low mountain range south-eastern of the better known Thuringian Forest. Mountains in this region rise up to 800 meters above sea level...

 and Treutlingen in 1439; and between itself and Stühlingen

Stühlingen

Stühlingen is a town in the Waldshut district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the border with Switzerland, with a border crossing to the village of Oberwiesen in Schleitheim municipality, 15 km northwest of Schaffhausen town....

 in 1558. Pappenheim absorbed: Aletzheim 1697; Gräfenthal 1536; and Treutlingen 1647. Stühlingen was inherited by Fürstenberg

Fürstenberg

Fürstenberg and can refer to the following.- Historical states :* Fürstenberg , county * Fürstenberg-Baar, county * Fürstenberg-Blumberg, county...

 in 1639. Pappenheim was mediatised

German Mediatisation

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 to Bavaria in 1806.

Lords of Pappenheim (c. 1030–1628)

• Henry I (c. 1030–?)
• Henry II
• Henry III
• Ernest (?–1170)
• Henry I (1170–93)
• Rudolph I (1193–1221)
• Frederick (1221–40) with...
  • Rudolph II (1221–33)
• Henry III (1240–78)
• Henry IV (1278–1318)
• Rudolph I (1313–35)
• Rudolph II (1335–45)
• Henry V (1345–87)
• Haupt I (1387–1409)
• Haupt II (1409–39) with...
  • Sigismund (1409–36)
• Henry (1439–82)
• William (1482–1508)
• Joachim (1508–36)
• Wolfgang I (1536–58)
• Christopher (1558–69) with...
  • Philip (1558–19) and...
  • Wolfgang II (1558–85) and...
• Wolfgang Christopher (1585–1628)

Counts of Pappenheim (1628–1806)

• Wolfgang Christopher (1628–35)
• Wolfgang Philip (Count of Aletzheim) (1628–71)
• Charles Philip Gustav (1671–92)
• Louis Francis (1692–97)
• Christian Ernest (Count of Aletzheim) (1697–1721) with...
  • John Frederick (Count of Aletzheim) (1697–1731) and...
  • Frederick Ernest (1721–25) and...
  • Albert Louis Frederick (1725–33)
• Frederick Ferdinand (1733–73)
• John Frederick Ferdinand (1773–92)
• Charles Theodore Frederick Eugene Francis (1792–1806)
  • Frederick William (regent) (1792–97)