County of Calvelage

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The County of Calvelage existed at the end of the 11th century and in the first half of the 12th century in the region of Vechta in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Responsible for the name was the Court of Kalvelage in the farming community Brockdorf in Lohne. The name disappeared in the 17th century when it was replaced by the responsible lords of the court of the family von Galen by the name "Brockdorf".

When the counts of Calvelage, who had property in Vechta and Bersenbrück, around 1100 had acquired areas in Teutoburg Forest northwest of Halle and had erected the Ravensberg Castle, around 1140 they moved their headquarters to the new castle and called themselves Counts of Ravensberg.

Counts of Calvelage:

• Hermann I, died probably in 1082, Count of Calvelage; after 1070 he married Ethelinde von Northeim, daughter of Otto of Northeim, 1961-1070 Duke of Bavaria, after he had been unseated and his daughter had been repudiated by his son-in-law and successor Welf I, Duke of Bavaria 1070-1101 (Welf).
• Hermann von Calvelage, testified 1115-1134, son of the above mentioned, in 1120 count, in 1125 count of Calvelage.
• Otto I, testifeid 1140-1170, probably his first son, first Count of Ravensberg; married to Oda, testified in 1166.

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• This article was initially translated from the Wikipedia article Grafschaft Calvelage, specifically from this version.