County of Bretzenheim
Bretzenheim was a minor principality in pre-Napoleonic Germany. It was created in 1790 for Prince Charles Augustus of the line of Wittelsbach-Bretzenheim, illegitimate son of Charles Theodore, [Elector of Bavaria] and Palatinate and Josepha von Heydeck.
History
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.Before 1789-1790 it was an Imperial Lordship and it had some important rulers, including Ambrosius Franz, Count of Virmont. In 1772 the Elector of Palatinate bought the Lordship for his son.