Wolfgang von Stetten

Wolfgang Freiherr von Stetten (born 22 January 1941) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).

He represented the constituency of Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe, and was succeeded by his son Christian von Stetten.

He earned a doctorate in law in 1972, with the dissertation Die Rechtsstellung der freien unmittelbaren Reichsritterschaft, ihre Mediatisierung und ihre Stellung in den neuen Landen.

As a member of parliament, von Stetten served on the Committee on Legal Affairs and as CDU/CSU spokesman for several years.

In the debate about the outlawing of marital rape in Germany von Stetten stated: "Marriage is a sexual union and in principle obliges to have conjugal intercourse.