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 | | In the 17th century the family was represented by several lines: those of Pappenheim (which held the margraviate of Stuhlingen till 1635), Treutlingen and Aletzheim, and the older branches (dating from the 13th and 14th centuries) of the marshals of Biberach and of Rechberg-Wertingen-Hohenreichen. |
 | | Gottfried Heinrich, who belonged to the Treutlingen branch, was the only one of this ancient and widely-ramified family to attain great distinction, though many other members of it played a strenuous, if subordinate, part in the history of Germany. |
 | | Pappenheim swiftly carried out his task, encountering a most desperate resistance, but always successful; and in a few weeks he had crushed the rebellion with ruthless severity (actions of Efferdingen, Gmunden, Vocklabruck and Wolfsegg, 15th3oth November 1626). |
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