The Principality of Eichstätt was a mediatised principality within the

Kingdom of Bavaria The Kingdom of Bavaria (german: Königreich Bayern; ; spelled ''Baiern'' until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1805 and continued to exist until 1918. With the unification of Germany into the German E ...

that existed between 1817 and 1833 and encompassed an area around

Eichstätt Eichstätt () is a town in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district of Eichstätt. It is located on the Altmühl river and has a population of around 13,000. Eichstätt is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Dioce ...

with about 24.000 residents. Proprietors of the principality were the

Dukes of Leuchtenberg Duke of Leuchtenberg was a title created twice by the monarchs of Bavaria for their relatives. The first creation was awarded by Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria to his son Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus, upon whose death without children the land ...

. In 1833 Bavaria rebought the principality and in 1855 finally for three million

Gulden ''Gulden'' is the historical German and Dutch term for gold coin (from Middle High German "golden penny" and Middle Dutch " golden florin"), equivalent to the English term guilder. Gulden, Gülden, Guldens or Gulden's may also refer to: Coins o ...

the remaining possessions of the Leuchtenberg heirs. {{Infobox former country , native_name = , conventional_long_name = Principality of Eichstätt , common_name = Eichstätt , era = Early Modern Period , status = , status_text = , empire = , government_type = Principality , event_start = , date_start = , year_start = 1817 , year_end = 1833 , event_end = , date_end = , event1 = , date_event1 = , event2 = , date_event2 = , event_pre = , date_pre = , event_post = , date_post = , p1 = Kingdom of Bavaria , flag_p1 = Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg , s1 = Kingdom of Bavaria , flag_s1 = Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg , image_flag = , flag_alt = , image_flag2 = , flag_alt2 = , flag = , flag2 = , flag_type = , flag2_type = , image_coat = , coa_size = , coat_alt = , symbol_type = , symbol_type_article = , image_map = , image_map_alt = , image_map_caption = , capital =

, national_motto = , national_anthem = , common_languages = Bavarian , religion =

Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

, demonym = , currency = Bavarian gulden , leader1 = Eugène de Beauharnais (first) , leader2 = Auguste de Beauharnais (last) , year_leader1 = 1817-1824 , year_leader2 = 1824-1835 , title_leader = Duke of Leuchtenberg , stat_year1 = , stat_area1 = , stat_pop1 = , today = Free State of Bavaria Leuchtenbergische Residenz Eichstätt

Princes: # Eugène de Beauharnais (1781–1824), 1817 Bavarian Duke of Leuchtenberg. # Auguste de Beauharnais (1810–1835), 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg since 1824, son of the former.

External links

Hofstetten castle (de)

Fürstentum Eichstätt 1817–1833 in ''Historischer Atlas von Bayern'' (de)
Eichstatt Eichstätt