County of Oettingen

County (Principality) of Oettingen Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Oettingen
1147–1806
Coat of arms
1744 map: Ö-Spielberg (north, pink); Ö-Oettingen (southeast, pale yellow); Ö-Wallerstein (midwest, yellow-orange); Ö-Baldern [de] (west, blue-green).
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital	Oettingen in Bayern
Government	Principality
Historical era	Middle Ages
• First documentary mention	1147
• Partitioned	1418, 1442 and 1485 1147
• Partitioned to Ö-Oettingen and Ö-Wallerstein	1522
• Ö-Wallerstein partitioned to create Ö-Baldern [de] and Ö-Spielberg	1623/94
• Ö-Oettingen extinct; to Ö-Spielberg and Ö-Wallerstein	1731
• Ö-Spielberg raised to principality	1734
• Ö-Wallerstein raised to principality	1774
• Ö-Baldern extinct; to Ö-Wallerstein	1798
• Mediatised to Bavaria	1806
• Partitioned with Württemberg	1810
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Swabia Kingdom of Bavaria

The House of Oettingen was a high-ranking noble Franconian and Swabian family. It ruled various estates that composed the County of Oettingen between the 12th century and the beginning of the 19th century. In 1674 the house was raised to the rank of prince for the first time. Despite the annexation of their lands following the German mediatisation of 1806, the family retained their titles and still have representatives today.