Rechberg
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For the mountain, see Rechberg (mountain)
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Rechberg was the name of a noble comital family in Swabia
during the Holy Roman Empire
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Rechberg (mountain)
The Rechberg is one of the three Imperial mountains near Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.It lies south of Schwäbisch Gmünd on the northern end of the Schwäbische Alb. The other two Imperial mountains are the Stuifen to the southeast and the Hohenstaufen to the west...
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Rechberg was the name of a noble comital family in Swabia
Swabia
Swabia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.-Geography:Like many cultural regions of Europe, Swabia's borders are not clearly defined...
during 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...
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- Ulrich I von Rechberg, ca. 1140-1206, auf Hohenrechberg, Swabian Marescalc, married Edilhardis von Ramis and Berchterad von Biberbach
- Hildebrand (Hiltprand) von Rechberg, fl 1194-1226, auf Hohenrechberg, d. before 1235, married a daughter of Heinrich Marschall von PappenheimPappenheimPappenheim is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Altmühl, 11 km south of Weißenburg in Bayern.- Notable people :The architect and professor Eduard Mezger was born in Pappenheim....
- Conrad I "Monacus" von Rechberg, fl 1235,
- Conrad II "der Landvogt" von Rechberg, fl 1259
- Albrecht (I) "der Landvogt" von Rechberg, fl 1293,
- Albrecht III von Rechberg, zu Staufeneck, zu Falkenstein d. 1408
- Wilhelm I von Rechberg zu Hohenrechberg, d. after 1401; married Sophie von Veringen, daughter of Heinrich IV of Veringen
- Heinrich I von Rechberg zu Hohenrechberg und Gammertingen,d. 1437; married Agnes von Helfenstein, daughter of Ulrich VII of Helfenstein
- Hans von Rechberg-Hohenrechberg, zu Gammertingen, married Veronika von Waldburg (d. 1443) and Elisabeth von Werdenberg-Sargans, daughter of Heinrich IX (II) of Werdenberg-Sonnenberg (d. 1469)