Wolfgang I of Oettingen (16 May 1455 – 29 January 1522,
Harburg) was a
Count of Oettingen-Oettingen.
He was third son of Count
Wilhelm of Oettingen
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(1413 – 12 March 1467) and his wife Beatrice della Scala from the family of
Scaliger
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. He was a Count of Oettingen after the death of his brother
John II of Oettingen
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, who died in 1519 without male heirs. In 1482 he married with Anna of
Waldburg
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and
Waldsee (d. 20 March 1507). They had two sons:
Charles
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and
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See also
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* Lewis ( ...
.
External links
Counts of Oettingen in the ADB
1455 births
1522 deaths
Counts of Germany
House of Oettingen-Oettingen
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