County of Bretzenheim
Bretzenheim was a minor principality in pre-Napoleonic Germany. It was created in 1790 for Charles Augustus of the line of Wittelsbach-Bretzenheim. Its territory in central Germany was mediatised to Hesse-Darmstadt in 1803, and its territory north of Lake Constance was mediatised to Austria in 1804.
Imperial County of Bretzenheim Reichsgrafschaft Bretzenheim* | |||||||||||
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 Coat of arms of Bretzenheim
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| Status | County | ||||||||||
| Capital | Bretzenheim | ||||||||||
| Common languages | West Central German | ||||||||||
| Government | County | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Napoleonic Wars | ||||||||||
| 1790 1790 | |||||||||||
• Raised to princely county | 1789 | ||||||||||
| 1803 | |||||||||||
• Mediatised to Austria | 1804 | ||||||||||
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* Later Reichsfürstentum Bretzenheim, Imperial princely county of Bretzenheim | |||||||||||
Prince of Bretzenheim
- Charles Augustus (1790–1804)
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