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[edit] Lordship

[edit] Lordship of Aarberg

[edit] Lordship of Alpen

  • 1074: 1st mention of Alpen
  • to 1330: Owned by Lords of Alpen
  • 1330-1422: Lords of Alpen were also stewards (Vögt) of Archbishopric of Cologne
  • 1354: Alpen received municipal rights and right to coin money
  • ?: Henry of Alpen pawned Alpen Castle to his father-in-law, Gottfried of Honnepel, but failed to redeem it the next year
  • ?: Gottfried of Honnepel purchased castle and lordship of Alpen
  • ?: Rutger of Garstorf, Edelvogt of Cologne, acquired (pledge) Alpen whose family started to us "of Alpen"
  • ?: Alverdis, heiress of Alpen, married John of Neuenahr
  • 1418: Gumprecht of Neuenahr inherited Lordship of Alpen and Erbvogtei of Cologne
  • 1422: Gumprecht II of Alpen transferred the lordship to his nephew Gumprecht of Neuenahr
  • 1422-1602: Counts of Neuenahr-Alpen
  • 1602: Alpen passed to Arnold of Bentheim by marriage to Magdalena of Neunahr

[edit] Lordship of Anholt

  • 1169: HRE Lordship
  • 1621: HRE County
  • 1169: Anholt castle built by William I, Prince-Bishop of Utrecht
  • 1234: Ruled by Lords of Zuylen-Anholt
  • 1300s: Granted immediate status during rule of Stephen I, Lord of Anholt, 1317-1343
    1346: Lords of Anholt first minted money
  • 1349: Granted city rights by Theodoric of Anholt
  • 1380: Death of last male of Lord of Anholt; his daughter and heiress Herberga married Hermann III of Gemen died
  • 1399: To Gemen
  • 1402-1641: To Bronchhorst-Batenburg through marriage of Margaret of Gemen
  • 1431: Emperor Sigismund confirmed Bronchhorst-Batenburgs as Lords of Anholt with the rights to mint coinage and hold festivals and immediate status
  • 1641-1810: Inherited by the Princes of Salm-Salm through marriage to the heiress of Count Theodoric IV (d.1641)
  • 1653: Imperial Estate of Bench of Counts of Westphalia
    1738: Line of Salm-Salm died out; Anholt passed to the line of Salm-Hoogstraten (renamed Salm-Salm in 1739)
  • ?-1813: French occupation
  • 1815: To Prussia

[edit] Lordship of Asch

[edit] Lordship of Argen

[edit] Lordship of Aulendorf

[edit] Lordship of Bedburg

[edit] Lordship of Beilstein

[edit] Lordship of Bellelay

c1400's: Held by the Abbots of Bellelay [1]

[edit] Lordship of Bendorf

  • ?: Partitioned between the Counts of Sayn-Hachenburg and Sayn-Altenkirchen

[edit] Lordship of Biesensteig

[edit] Lordship of Bludenz

  • 1394: Lordship of Bludenz sold by Counts of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg to & incorporated into the Habsburg possessions]

[edit] Lordship of Bomelburg

[edit] Lordship of Brandis

  • ?: The Barons of Brandis inherited the northern part of the present-day Liechtenstein, the Lordship of Schellenberg

[edit] Lordship of Breda

  • 1000's: A direct fief of the Holy Roman Empire
  • 1098-1125: Henry I, Lord of Breda

?: Alix, heiress of Philip (d.1323) of Breda sold it to Brabant

  • 1350: Breda sold to John of Polanen (d.1377)
  • ?: Breda passed to the Counts of Nassau-Dillenburg through marriage of its heiress, Joanna (d.1445) to Engelbert of Nassau-Dillenburg
  • 1252: Breda granted municipal rights

[edit] Lordship of Breiteneck

  • (Breitenegg)

[edit] Lordship of Breuberg

  • 1323: Knightly family which owned Breuberg castle died out; Breuberg passed to Wertheim & Erbach
  • 1500's: Wertheim portion of Breuberg passed to Lowenstein
  • 1500's: Eberhard XV of Erbach (d.1559) inherited hald of Lordship of Breuburg

[edit] Lordship of Broich

  • 883: Broich castle for defense against Viking attacks
  • Under overlordship of Dukes of Berg
  • Freed from Dukes of Berg
  • 1372: Line of Lords of Broich became extinct; passed to Counts of Limburg-Styrum
  • 1413: Dukes of Berg regained overlordship after decline of Counts of Limburg
  • 1432: Dukes of Cleves conquered Broich
  • 1439: Start of new line called Counts of Limburg-Broich
  • 1508: To Counts of Dhaun-Falkenstein
  • 1682: To Counts of Leiningen
  • 1806: Lordship of Broich abolished.


[edit] Lordship of Budingen

  • Büdingen
    • 1131: 1st mention of Gerlach I as Lord of Budingen
    • 1219: 1st mention of Budingen Castle
    • 1240: Lords of Budingen became extinct & possessions inherited by Lords of Beuberg & Lords of Isenburg
    • 1324: Lords of Isenburg inherit the portion of Lords of Breuberg which became extinct
    • 1517: In division of Isenburg, Budingen goes to Isenbutg-Birstein
    • Until 1806: Budingen remains with the princely line of Isenburg-Birstein
    • 1635-1642: Budingen possessed by Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt
  • References
  • [2]

[edit] Lordship of Cottbus

1156: 1st mention of Cottbus 1199-1445: To Lords of Cottbus 1462: To Prince-Electors of Brandenburg 1807-1813: To Kingdom of Saxony

[edit] Lordship of Dachstuhl

  • (Dagstuhl)

[edit] Lordship of Dahn

[edit] Lordship of Dyck

  • 1094: 1st mention of "Hermanus de Dicco"
  • 1359: Fief of Dukes of Guelders
  • 1389-1806: HRE Lordship
  • 1394: Line died out with Gerhard II of Dyck
  • 1394: Inherited by John V of Reifferscheid who started the Reifferscheid-Dyck line
  • 1455: John VI of Reifferscheid-Dyck acquired County of Upper and Lower Salm by marriage to Irmgard of Alfter & the hereditary marshalship of Cologne
  • 1794: French occupation
  • 1815: To Prussia


[edit] Lordship of Dreis

[edit] Lordship of Eglingen

[edit] Lordship of Egloff

  • Eglofs
  • 817: Egloff mentioned for 1st time
  • 1243: Emperor Frederick II purchased county, castle, inhabitants and rights to Egloff from Hartmann of Gruningen for 3200 silver Marks

[edit] Lordship of Ehrenberg

  • 1100's: ist mention
  • 1647: Line Lords of Ehrenberg died out

[edit] Lordship of Ehrenfels

[edit] Lordship of Fleckenstein

  • 1250:Division into Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl, Fleckenstein-Soultz-sous-Forêts and Fleckenstein-Bickenbach
  • 1467: HRE Barony

[edit] Lordship of Freudenberg

[edit] Lordship of Friesland

  • 1579: To United Provinces

[edit] Lordship of Gemen

  • 1640: Schaumburg-Gemen divided between Hesse-Kassel & Lippe-Alverdisen

[edit] Lordship of Geroldseck

  • ?-1472: Lords of Geroldseck owned Sulz; 1519-1534: Lords of Geroldseck owned Sulz

[edit] Lordship of Gimborn

  • Since the 1200s, Gimborn belonged to the Lords of Sankt Gereon in Cologne, Berg, Mark, Kruwell, Burtscheid, Nesselrode and Harff
  • 1273: Pawned by Count Adolf of Berg to Count Engelbert of Mark
  • 1400s: Gimborn is mentioned as a fief of Sankt Gereon in Cologne
  • ?: To Lords of Kruwell
  • ?: To Lords of Burtscheid
  • ?: To Lords of Nesselrode
  • ?: To Lords of Quade
  • ?: To Lords of Harff
  • 1550: Anna of Harff married William of Schwarzenberg
  • 1610: Gimborn elevated to the "Unterherrschaft" of Brandenburg
  • 1631: Imperial Lordship
  • 1682: County
  • 1782/1783: Sold to the Counts of Wallmoden
  • 1806: To the Grand Duchy of Berg
  • 1815: To Prussia

[edit] Lordship of Gronau

  • References
  • [3]

[edit] Lordship of Groningen

  • 843-1217: Groningen ruled by counts in the Holy Roman Empire
  • ?: To Bishops of Utrecht
  • 1512: In Burgundian Imperial Circle
  • 1579: To United Provinces

[edit] Lordship of Gundelfingen

[edit] Lordship of Hausen

[edit] Lordship of Hohenberg

[edit] Lordship of Hohenhowen

[edit] Lordship of Hohenwaldeck

[edit] Lordship of Isselstein

[edit] Lordship of Jagdberg

  • 1397: Lordship of Jagdberg acquired by Habsburgs

[edit] Lordship of Jever

  • 1438: The state of Jever was founded, which was the first state to comprise all of Friesland
  • 1575: Annexed to Oldenburg
  • 1667: Annexed to Anhalt-Zerbst as a exclave
  • 1793: Annexed to Russia
  • 1806: French occupation
  • 1807: Ceded by Russia to France
  • 1807: To Kingdom of Holland
  • 1810: To France
  • 1814: Russian occupation
  • 1814: Oldenburg administration
  • 1818: Ceded to Oldenburg

[edit] Lordship of Justingen

[edit] Lordship of Kerpen

[edit] Lordship of Kinzigtal

[edit] Lordship of Klettenberg

[edit] Lordship of Kniphausen

  • Lordship
  • 1438: Lordship of Knyphausen
  • 1588: Imperial Baron
  • 1624: Imperial Lordship of Knyphausen
  • 1658: Imperial County
  • 1600s: Part of Friesland
  • 1667: To Counts of Aldenburg
  • 1733: To Counts of Bentinck
  • 1807: Ceded by France to Prussia
  • 1808: To Kingdom of Holland
  • 1810: To France
  • 1813: To Oldenburg
  • 1818: Barony of Knyphausen (restored under suzerainty of Oldenburg
  • 1825: Knyphausesn a semi-sovereign Lordship under Oldenburg rule
  • 1854: Ceded to Oldenburg
  • Territorial Possessions
  • Sengwarden
  • Federwarden
  • Accum


[edit] Lordship of Kronberg

  • 1230: 1st mention of “Cronenburg”. Hartmut von Eschborn established castle upon order of the Emperor and called himself after the castle of Cronberg as a fief archbishopric of Mainz.
  • 1330: Cronberg granted municipal rights
  • 1367: Emperor Charles IV invests Lords of Kronberg with imperial immediate status
  • 1552: Hartmut XII of Cronberg sided with Franz of Sickingen during the imperial knights' war
  • 1524: Philip of Hesse besieged castle which surrendered to the invaders. Hartmut fled to Switzerland
  • 1541: Kronberg lords regained possession of castle
  • 1704: Last Lord of Kronberg died; fief returned to Mainz
  • 1804: Upon dissolution of Electorate of Mainz, Kronberg passed to Nassau

[edit] Imperial Lordship of Landskron

[edit] Lordship of Lebach

[edit] Lordship of Limpurg

[edit] Lordship of Lohra

[edit] Lordship of Mechelen

[edit] Imperial Lordship of Mechernich

[edit] Lordship of Messkirch

[edit] Lordship of Mindelheim

[edit] Lordship of Munzfelden

  • Münzfelden

[edit] Lordship of Mylendonk

[edit] Lordship of Nalbach

[edit] Lordship of Neustadt

[edit] Lordship of Nomeny

[edit] Lordship of Oberstein

[edit] Lordship of Ollbruck

  • Ollbrück

[edit] Lordship of Overijssel

  • 1579: To United Provinces

[edit] Lordship of Pallandt

[edit] Lordship of Pettingen

[edit] Lordship of Platen

  • 1630: Barony
  • ?: Acquired Hallermund
  • 1707: Formed County of Platen-Hallermund

[edit] Lordship of Plesse

  • 1571: Line of lords died out; passed to Hesse

[edit] Lordship of Pyrbaum

[edit] Lordship of Pyrmont

[edit] Lordship of Rappoltstein

[edit] Lordship of Reichelsberg

[edit] Lordship of Reichenstein

[edit] Lordship of Reifferscheid

[edit] Lordship of Kronberg

[edit] Lordship of Reipolstskirchen

[edit] Lordship of Rhade

[edit] Lordship of Rheda (See under "County")

[edit] Lordship of Richold

[edit] Lordship of Riedesel

[edit] Lordship of Rothenberg

1349: Emperor Charles IV pawned Rothenberg to Engelhard of Hirschhorn

[edit] Lordship of Saffenburg

[edit] Imperial Lordship of Schauen

[edit] Lordship of Schaumburg

[edit] Lordship of Schellenberg

  • 1200s: Knights of Schellenberg received lands from Hohenstaufen Emperor
  • 1317: Sold to Counts of Werdenberg to pay debts
  • 1792: In Council of Princes (with Vaduz)

[edit] Lordship of Schonau

  • Schönau

[edit] Lordship of Schwabegg

[edit] Lordship of Schwarzenholz

[edit] Lordship of Segenberg

  • ?: Lordship; 1628: Imperial County of Segenberg (for the Waldstein/Wallenstein family)

[edit] Lordship of Seinsheim

[edit] Lordship of Staufen

  • Stauffen

[edit] Lordship of Staufeneck

  • 1080 or 1240: Staufeneck Castle buil
  • 1080-1333: Lords of Staufeneck

1333: To Lords of Rechberg in Staufeneck 1559: Rechberg-Staufeneck line died out

[edit] Lordship of Stein

[edit] Lordship of Sulzburg

[edit] Lordship of Tarasp

  • Trasp
  • Title: Princely Count of Tarasp
  • 1170: Inherited by the Lords of Reichenberg
  • 1200's: Lorship of Tarasp (Herrschaft Tarasp) under Counts of Tyrol
  • 1239: To Counts of Tyrol as a fief of the Bishops of Chur
  • Late 1200's: To Lords of Matsch, a cadet line of the original Lords of Tarasp
  • 1464: Under Habsburg rule
  • 1624: Counts made princes of the Holy Roman Empire; Princely County of Tarasp (Gefürstete Grafschaft Tarasp).
  • 1683: To Princes of Dietrichstein
  • 1684: Acquired by the princes of Dietrichstein.
  • 1792: In Council of Princes
  • 1798: Incorporated into the Drei Bünde.


[edit] Lordship of Tettnang

[edit] Lordship of Tannhausen

  • Thannhausen
    • 1665: Imperial County of Chanhassen (for Sinzendorf house)

[edit] Lordship of Tournai

[edit] Lordship of Utrecht

  • 1579: To United Provinces

[edit] Lordship of Varel

  • 1123: 1st mention of Varel
  • To Counts of Oldenburg
  • 1667: To Counts of Aldenburg
  • 1733-1854: Passed by marriage to Counts of Bentinck
  • 1811: French occupation
  • 1813: To Grand Duchy of Oldenburg

[edit] Lordship of Vechta

[edit] Lordship of Wasserburg

[edit] Lordship of Weisensteig

[edit] Lordship of Wels

  • 1792: In Council of Princes

[edit] Lordship of Welsheim

  • Welzheim

[edit] Lordship of Wendt

[edit] Lordship of West Frisia

[edit] Lordship of Wevelinghoven

?-1354: Lordship

  • 1354-1801: To Archbishopric of Cologne
  • Rulers
  • ?-1446House of Wevelinghoven
  • ?-?: Frederick I
  • ?-?: William I
  • ?-?: William II
  • 1439-1446: Anna of Wevelinghoven
  • 1446-1492 House of Gemen
  • 1446-1482: Henry of Gemen

1492-1513: House of Bentheim-Steinrut (elder line)

  • 1492-1498: Everwin I of Bentheim-Steinfurt
  • 1498-1553: Arnold I of Bentheim-Steinufrt
  • 1553-1566: Arnold II
  • 1566-1606: Arnold III

[edit] Lordship of Wickeradt

  • Wickrath

[edit] Lordship of Wiesensteig

[edit] Lordship of Wiesentheid

[edit] Lordship of Wildenberg

[edit] Lordships of Winneburg

  • 1679: Imperial County

[edit] Lordship of Witten

[edit] Lordship of Wylre