Lupfen (State)

Historical territory of the Holy Roman Empire

County of Lupfen

Grafschaft Lupfen

1065–1582

Coat of arms

The Count of Lupfen's feudal possessions in the 15th century

Status| State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital| Hohenlupfen (1065–1420)
Stühlingen (1420–1582)
Common languages| German
Religion

| Roman Catholic
Demonym(s)| Lupfener
Lupfensche
Government| Feudal monarchy
Count|

• 1562–1582

| Count Heinrich IV (last)
Historical era| Middle Ages

• Established

| 1065

• Disestablished

| 1582

Preceded by | Succeeded by

|

|  | County of Bonndorf

|

| Landgraviate of Stühlingen
| Lordship of Rappoltstein-Groß-Rappoltstein
| Lordship of Pappenheim |

|

Lordship of Mörsberg |
Today part of| Germany
France

The County of Lupfen (German: Grafschaft Lupfen) or the Landgraviate of Lupfen-Stühlingen (German: Landgrafschaft Lupfen-Stühlingen),[1] sometimes referred to as "Stühlingen" was a territory based in Hohenlupfen Castle in Talheim, where the rulers of House of Lupfen resided, which is first mentioned in 1065.[2] Its possessions included territories in Alsace and Baden-Württemberg. It was closely associated to Stühlingen, Germany. It was not a state in the modern sense, but one of the many feudal territories held by noble houses in the Middle Ages.

## History

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Hohenlupfen Castle, the residence of the Lupfens in Talheim was first documented in 1065.[2]

In 1251, the counts of Lupfen inherited the Landgraviate of Stühlingen.[3] The current coat of arms of the town of Stühlingen is derived from this. The year prior, the County of Bonndorf was also inherited by them. The large territorial acquisitions allowed the counts to call themselves Landgraves.[4]

The Lupfens inherited Groß-Rappoltstein and Hohenack in 1398 through marriage with the former wife of the last count.[5]

In 1420, The Hohenlupfen castle in Talheim was abandoned for Stühlingen/Hohenlupfen Castle, in Stühlingen.

Hohenlupfen Castle in Talheim

In 1582, the last count of Lupfen, Heinrich IV died at 39 years old with no male descendants.[6] Because of this, the House of Lupfen went extinct and the lands were divided between the nephew of his through his sister, belonging to the house of Mörsberg, and the Marshals of Pappenheim.[7]

## See also

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* House of Lupfen
* Stühlingen

## References

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1. ^ Remmé, Richard. "Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Landgrave Sigmund I of Lupfen-Stühlingen (1430-1494)". genealogieonline.nl. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
2. ^ a b "Lupfen - Wüstung". leo-bw.de. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
3. ^ "URBANE ANFÄNGE". stuehlingen.de. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
4. ^ "Burg Lupfen bei Talheim". schwaben-kultur.de. 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
5. ^ Herrmann, Hans-Walter (1958). Geschichte der Grafschaft Saarwerden bis zum Jahre 1527. Saarbrücken. pp. 261f.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
6. ^ Remmé, Richard. "Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Heinrich IV Graf von (Heinrich IV, Graf von) Lupfen Landgraf von Stühlingen (1543-1582)". genealogieonline.nl. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
7. ^ "LUPFEN". adw-goe.de. Retrieved February 27, 2021.