Rechberg and Rothenlöwen

The Rechenberg (also: von Rechenberg and Roth lions) are an old Swabian noble family, whose ancestral home, the Burg Hohenrechberg was in Schwäbisch Gmünd. The family was first mentioned in 1179 in a charter of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, collected in 1577 in a baron in 1607 and the title of count. It is one of the high nobility.

History

The first mention was on January 22, 1179 instead of Ulricus de Rehperc (Ulrich I. von Rechenberg ), who witnessed the occasion of a privilege ceremony for the Red Monastery by the Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Ulrich von Rechenberg and later his son Hildebrand stood as a marshal in the service of the duchy of Swabia.

The Rechberger presented important men for church and state. For centuries included the right to rule bergische Swabian imperial circle. Maintenance of security and order, the coinage, the military system and the highway were regulated by them. In the 16th century Rechberger had joined the Knights Canton cooker.

1577 Rechenberg were elevated to the status of baron, followed in 1607 under Wolf Konrad von Rechenberg the elevation to the rank of count by the Emperor Rudolf II ( letter aristocracy). Their rule was constitutionally but chivalrous ( baronial ) in Canton Knights cooker, without the sought -legged on the "Graf Bank " of the Regensburger Reichstag.

The knights economic areas lost the imperial immediacy in the Napoleonic period. The areas of the rule of Rechenberg fell in 1806 to the Kingdom of Württemberg and in 1810 to the Kingdom of Bavaria. The boss of the manor Rechenberg was because of the 1806 rule mediated Rechenberg 1819-1918 hereditary Imperial Parliament the first Württemberg Chamber and after acquisition of caste domination Mickhausen also Imperial Council of the first Bavarian chamber.

Rechberger lines

The family split up since the 13th century into the lines under the mountains to 1413 ( Bargau, Bettringen, Rechberghausen ) and on the mountains. The latter were divided since the 14th century turn into two main lines Rechenberg- Hohenrechberg and Rechenberg- Staufeneck, several of which secondary lines went out, the die out over the centuries.

• Rechenberg under the mountains: expired 1413
• Rechenberg to Scharfenberg ( 1 line): extinct in 1547 with Georg Rechenberg to Scharfenberg
• Rechenberg and white stone to Hohenrechberg: 1550 went out with Wolf von Rechenberg
• Rechenberg to Hohenrechberg: 1585 went out with Ulrich IV von Rechenberg
• Rechenberg and Staufeneck and white stone Kronburg - Kellmünz: extinct in 1604 with Ernst Freiherr von Rechenberg
• Rechenberg and Staufeneck and white stone and Kellmünz to Türk Home Schwabeck: 1618 went out with William Leo Graf von Rechenberg
• Rechenberg to Staufeneck: extinct in 1591 with Hermann Albrecht von Rechenberg. It emerged earlier numerous side lines.
• Rechenberg to Scharfenberg (2nd line ): Founded in 1549 by Hans III. von Rechenberg to Illereichen, went out in 1732 with Count Alois Klemens von Rechenberg

Bero Johann von Rechenberg 1738 united all right bergischen possessions in his hand and was the founder of the last line of Rechenberg and Roth lions. This split end of the 18th century in the Württemberg main line Hohenrechberg - Donzdorf and white stone and the Bavarian branch line Elkofen.

Former possessions (excerpt)

The Rechenberg possessed the kingdom and county - level shaft and a wide area around the Rechenberg to Donzdorf and white stone, on the Rems and am Kocher, in Hohenzollerische of Veringen to Schramberg and other areas.

• ?? -1309 / 1379-1735 Burg Scharfenberg at Donzdorf (Line: Rechenberg to Scharfenberg )
• 1310-1351 Bailiwick Sindelfingen
• 1326-1791 Kellmünz
• 1327-1529 Castle Ramsberg (Line: Rechenberg to Ramsberg )
• 1330-1677 reign Aich Home Illereichen
• 1374 -? Castle Rechberghausen
• 1378-1539 Babenhausen (Line: Rechenberg to Kellmünz and Rechenberg to Osterberg )
• 1390-1599 Castle and village Waeschenbeuren (Line: Rechenberg to Staufeneck, also: Rechenberg to Wesche castle )
• 1393-1789 the village Rechberghausen
• 1439-1467 Mindelheim
• 1450-1547 rule Schramberg
• 1455/1507-1679 Osterberg
• 1478-1619 Kronburg
• 1481-1539 rule in Brandenburg Teodone (Line: Rechenberg to Kellmünz and Rechenberg to Osterberg )
• 1568-1991 Castle Donzdorf
• 1376-1473 ( as a pledge shaft of the Bavarian dukes ) the rule and the city of White Horn and the mansion and castle ( " Citadel " ) book in Swabia
• ?? -? Türk Home
• 1842 -? ? Mickhausen (Line: Rechenberg- Red Lion )

Ruin Hohenrechberg, from 1179 to 1986 in the family

Burg Scharfenberg, 13th century to 1735 in the family

Castle Donzdorf, from 1568 to 1987 in the family

White Castle stone, from 1548 to 1987 in the family

Elkofen Castle, Upper Bavaria, since 1664 owned by the family

Coat of arms

The root coat of arms shows in gold two facing away from red lion with entwined tails. On the helmet with red -and-gold ceiling, a growing red horned buck. The coat of arms is a " canting arms " computing in the Swabian dialect for the deer and the red lion, though the deer is more like a deer.

Historical coats of arms

Coat of arms of Rechenberg after Siebmacher

Coat of arms of Rechenberg after Siebmacher

Known family members (excerpt)

• Ulrich II von Rechenberg, Bishop of Speyer (1178-1187)
• Ulrich von Rechenberg (1179-1205), progenitor of the Rechenberg, captain of the castle on the Hohenstaufen and Marshal of the Duchy of Swabia
• Siegfried von Rechenberg († 1227 ), bishop of Augsburg ( 1208-1227 ), participant in the crusade of 1218/1219 to Damietta, where he probably met Francis of Assisi, founder of the first Franciscan monastery north of the Alps in Augsburg

• Albrecht II of Hohenrechberg (* 1390, † 1445 ), Prince Bishop of Eichstätt ( 1429-1445 )
• Konrad von Rechenberg to Hohenrechberg († 1473 ), administrator of the diocese of Chur ( 1440-1441 )
• Hans von Rechenberg (* 1410, † 1464 ), founder of the reign Schramberg, summed up the his acquired parts of the dominions Falk -Falkenstein, Falkenstein - Ramstein and Schilteck a territory together
• Philipp von Rechenberg († 1587 ), married 1579 Anna -Maria von Fugger on the north village ( a purpose-built Marx Fugger Fountain ( 1580) to remind of this alliance )
• Hugo von Rechenberg and Staufeneck and white stone Kronburg - Kellmünz († 1595 without descendants), was raised in 1577 in a baron
• Johann Rudolf von Rechenberg and Roth lion Hohenrechberg (* 1606, † 1660), Lord Provost of the prince provost Ellwangen and administrator of the Bishopric of Augsburg
• Wolf Konrad von Rechenberg and Staufeneck and white stone and Kellmünz to Türk Home Schwabeck († 1617), was raised in 1577 in a baron and in 1607 the title of count, inherits after the extinction of Kronburger - line rule white stone and Kellmünz
• Maximilian Emanuel Graf von Rechenberg and red lions (* 1736 in Munich, † 1819 ibid ), Bayer. High Steward, founder of Pieta Nenninger of the Bavarian rococo image Hauser Ignaz Günther
• Aloys Graf von Rechenberg and red lions (* 1766, † 1849), Minister of the Royal Bavarian House and of Foreign Affairs
• Joseph Maria von Rechenberg (* 1769 in Donzdorf, 1833 in Munich), Bayer. Lieutenant general and ambassador in Berlin, Order of the Knights Commander and to Mindelheim, art collectors
• Carl Maria von Rechenberg (* 1775 in Donzdorf, 1847 in Munich), High Steward of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, patron, art collectors
• Anton von Rechenberg (1776-1837), Bavarian general and Hofmeister
• Albert Graf von Rechenberg and red lions (* 1803, † 1885), Bavarian diplomat, Württemberg Chamber President
• Johann Bernhard Graf von Rechenberg and red lions (* 1806, † 1899), Austrian diplomat and Foreign Minister
• Otto Graf von Rechenberg and red lions (* 1833, † 1918), Württemberg nobleman and president of the Chamber
• Albrecht Graf von Rechenberg and Roth Lion (1920-2013), lawyer, ran from 1961 to 1994 the Malta Ambulance Corps in Munich