The House of Rechberg is the name of an old noble comital family in

Swabia Swabia ; german: Schwaben , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany. The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of ...

during the

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period. They were sovereign counts of

Rechberg and Rothenlöwen Rechberg and Rothenlöwen was a county within the Holy Roman Empire. Rechberg and Rothenlöwen was a renaming of Osterberg, and it inherited Osterberg in 1767. Rechberg and Rothenlöwen was mediatised to Württemberg in 1806. It was ruled by the ...

. As a mediatized house (mediatized by

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in 1806), the family belonged to high nobility.

Notable family members

{{unreferenced section, date=October 2020 *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 Anna, daughter of Heinrich Marschall von

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*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 Waldburg is a town in the district of Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is the home of Waldburg Castle, a medieval castle that sits atop the large hill in the town. The castle dates from the twelfth century, when Waldburg was a C ...

(d. 1443) and Elisabeth von Werdenberg-

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, daughter of Heinrich IX (II) of Werdenberg-Sonnenberg (d. 1469)

Notable family members

See also