Königsegg-Aulendorf was a county of southeastern

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. It was created in 1622 as a

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ial partition of the Barony of Königsegg, and it was raised to a

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in 1629. By 1806, the territories of Königsegg-Aulendorf were four separate

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s, centred on Königsegg in the west,

Aulendorf Aulendorf () is a town in the district of Ravensburg, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated southwest of Biberach an der Riß, and north of Ravensburg. Aulendorf exists of the town itself along with the incorporated villages Tannha ...

in the east, and two smaller territories (north and south) of the Teutonic Knights' territory at

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. Königsegg-Aulendorf was mediatised to the

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in 1806.

Baron of Königsegg-Aulendorf (1622–29)

* John George (1622–1629)

Counts of Königsegg-Aulendorf (1629–1806)

*John George (1629–1666) *Anthony Eusebius (1666–1692) *Francis Maximilian (1692–1710) *Charles Siegfried (1710–1765) *Herman Frederick (1765–1786) *Ernest (1786–1803) *Francis (1803–1806)

Mediatized Counts of Königsegg-Aulendorf (1806–present)

* Francis, 7th Count 1803-1863 (1787-1863) ** Gustav, 8th Count 1863-1882 (1813-1882) ** Alfred, 9th Count 1882-1898 (1817-1898) *** Xaver, 10th Count 1898-1927 (1858-1927) **** Joseph Erwin, 11th Count 1927-1951 (1891-1951) ***** Johannes, 12th Count 1951–2020 (1925-2020) ****** Maximilian, 13th Count 2020-present (b. 1958) ******* Count Philipp, Hereditary Count of Königsegg-Aulendorf (b. 1988) ******* Count Nikolaus (b. 1990) ****** Count Markus (b. 1963) ******* Count Constantin (b. 1993) ******* Count Géza (b. 1998)

References

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