Stadion was a statelet of the Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...

, located around Thannhausen

Thannhausen

Thannhausen is a town in the district of Günzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Mindel, southeast of Günzburg, and west of Augsburg....

 in the present-day 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...

n administrative region of Swabia

Swabia (administrative region)

Swabia is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany.- Geography :Swabia is located in southwest Bavaria. It was formed out of the part of the historic region of Swabia which was annexed by Bavaria in 1803. It was once formally ruled by dukes of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. During...

, Germany

Germany

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The Swabian

Duke of Swabia

The following is a list of Dukes of Swabia in southwest Germany.Swabia was one of the five stem duchies of the medieval German kingdom, and its dukes were thus among the most powerful magnates of Germany. The most notable family to hold Swabia were the Hohenstaufen, who held it, with a brief...

 Stadion dynasty was first mentioned in the area of Oberstadion

Oberstadion

Oberstadion is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....

 in the 13th century. John Philipp of Stadion (1652–1741), civil servant of the Mainz archbishops

Archbishopric of Mainz

The Archbishopric of Mainz or Electorate of Mainz was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince-bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire between 780–82 and 1802. In the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, the Archbishop of Mainz was the primas Germaniae, the substitute of the Pope north of the Alps...

, was elevated to the rank of a Freiherr

Freiherr

The German titles Freiherr and Freifrau and Freiin are titles of nobility, used preceding a person's given name or, after 1919, before the surname...

(Baron) in 1686. In 1705 he acquired the immediate lordship of Thannhausen and thereby was raised to a Reichsgraf

Graf

Graf is a historical German noble title equal in rank to a count or a British earl...

. Upon his death in 1741, the estates were partitioned between the lines of Stadion-Thannhausen

Stadion-Thannhausen

Stadion-Thannhausen was a County located in and around Thannhausen in western Bavaria, Germany. Stadion-Thannhausen was a partition of Stadion, and was mediatised to Bavaria in 1806.-Counts of Stadion-Thannhausen:* Hugo Philip...

 and Stadion-Warthausen

Stadion-Warthausen

Stadion-Warthausen was a County located in around Warthausen in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Stadion-Warthausen was a partition of Stadion County, and was mediatised to Austria and Württemberg in 1806.-Counts of Stadion-Warthausen:...

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Lords of Stadion (ca 1200–1686)

• Walter I (? – ca 1230)
• Walter II (? – ca 1260) with...
• Louis I (? – ca 1260)
• Louis II (? – 1328) with...
• Conrad (? – 1309)
• Walter III (? – 1352)
• Louis III (? – 1364)
• Eitel (1364–1392)
• Conrad I (1392–1439)
• Walter (1439–1457) with...
• Pancratius (1439–1479)
• Nicholas (1479–1507)
• John (1507–1530)
• John Ulrich (1530–1600)
• John Christopher II (1600–1629)
• John Christopher III (1629–1666)
• John Philip (1666–1741), Baron from 1686, Count from 1705