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County of Abenberg

• Reference
• Abenberg
• History of Abenberg Castle
• History of Counts of Abenberg

County of Achalm

• References
• Achalm
• Achalm Castle
• Biographies of Counts of Achalm
• Counts of Achalm
• Family Tree of Counts of Achalm

County of Andechs

• ?: Advocate (Vogt) of Bishopric of Brixen
• c1130: Acquired County of Plassenburg
• 1132: County of Andechs
• 1173: Acquired Margraviate of Istria
• 1180: Acquired Duchy of Meran
• 1248/51: Line died out

• References
• Family Tree of Andechs-Meran
• The Meranien House of Andechs
• The Origin, Genealogy and History of the House of Andechs

• Maps
• The County of Andechs, ca.1040
• The County of Andechs, ca.1080
• The County of Andechs, ca.1100
• The Counties of Andechs and Wasserburg, ca.1130
• Territories of Andechs-Meran in Europe
• Territories of the Andechs-Meran in Franconia

County of Artois

• 1237: County
• 1512: In Imperial Circle of Burgundy

County of Barby

• 961: 1st mention of Barby
• 974: Emperor gave Barby to his sister, Mathilde, Abbess of Quedlinburg
• 1050: To Lords of Arnstein as an imperial fief
• Partitioned into: Barby-Arnstein (1209-1284), Barby-Barby (1213-1651), Barby-Lindow (1211-1372), Barby-Mühlingen (1565-1659) and Barby-Ruppin
• 1497: HRE County
• 1524: Barby-Rupin to Brandenburg
• 1651: Barby-Barby to Barby-Mühlingen (1360-1524)
• 1659: Barby-Mühlingen to Saxe-Weissenfels
• 1372: Barby-Lindow to Anhalt
• 1659: To Elector of Saxony

County of Beilstein

• Lordship
• 1679: County (for House of Metternich)
• 1500: Westphalian Circle
• 1512: Electoral Rhenish Circle
• To Prince Metternich

County of Bentheim

• Titles: Count of Bentheim, Tecklenburg, Steinfurt & Limburg, Lord of Rheda, Wevelinghoven, Hoya, Alpen, Helpenstein, Baron of Lennep, Hereditary Advocate[Erbvogt] of Köln
• 1182: County
• 1115: Passed to Count Otto of Salm
• Marriage of Otto's heiress, Sophia (d.1176), Countess of Rheineck, Salm and Bentheim to Dirk VI, Count of Holland
• 1146-1182: A fief of Bishopric of Utrecht
• 1176: Passed to Counts of Holland
• 1263: Annexed County of Tecklenburg
• 1277: Partitioned into Bentheim-Tecklenburg and Bentheim-Bentheim

1421/1468: Bentheim became an immediate fief of the Empire

• 1486: HRE County
• 1500: Westphalian Circle
• 1530-1643: To County of Steinfurt
• 1606/1610: Division into Bentheim-Tecklenburg (with Rheda and Hohenlimburg) and Bentheim-Steinfurt
• 1752: Bentheim mortgaged to and was seized by Elector of Hanover
• 1804: Annexed to Steinfurt
• 1806: Bentheim mediatised to Berg
• 1810: Annexed to France
• 1815: To Hanover

• Bentheim Lines
• Bentheim-Alpen
• Bentheim-Bentheim
• Bentheim-Limburg
• Bentheim-Lingen
• Bentheim-Steinfurt
• Bentheim-Tecklenburg
• Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda

• References
• Burg Bentheim: History
• The Princely House of Bentheim-Tecklenburg

County of Bentinck

• HRE Count of Bentinck and Aldenburg, Lord of the free Lordship of Knyphausen, Noble Lord of Varel
• 1732: HRE Counts
• 1733/1800 immediate Lords of Knyphausen & Varel
• 1806-1807 sovereign Lords of Knyphausen & Varel
• 1814/15 Lords of Knyphausen & Varel under the overlordship of Oldenburg

County of Bilstein

• 1145: 1st mention of "Counts of Bilstein"
• 1301: Line of counts died out; Bilstein sold to Hesse
• 1303: Annexed to Hesse

County of Blankeburg

• 1123: 1st mention of Blankenburg castle as a possession of Lothar of Supplinburg (later Emperor Lothar III)
• 1128: Poppo invested by Lothar of Supplinburg with the county of Blankenburg
• 1128?: Division between Poppo's sons with Konrad getting county of Regenstein and Siegfried I count of Blankeburg
• 1133: Poppo, founder of line of counts of Blankenburg, 1st mentioned
• 1599: Acquired by the dukes of Brunswick-Luneburg
• 1707: Emperor Joseph I raised Blankenburg to imperial principality

County of Blankenheim

• 1112: 1st mention of Lord of Blankenheim
• End of 1100's: Landvogte of the Abbey of Echternach and vassals of the Counts of Luxemburg
• 1380: County
• 1406: Counts of Blankenheim died out; passed by female succession to Lords of Heinsberg
• 1461: Emperor Friedrich III raised Dietrich III to the status of imperial count; HRE County of Manderscheid and Blankenheim
• ?: Acquired Lordships of Kronenburg, Junkerath, Dollendorf, Gerolstein, Erp, Neuerburg, Oberkail, Falkenstein, Betttingen, Manderscheid, Osann-Monzel
• 1468: Blankenheim and Gerolstein acquited by the Counts of Manderscheid
• 1548-1604: Hermann of Manderscheid-Blankenheim was the founder of the collection of Roman antinquities, a rich library and an extensive collection of relics.
• 1699: Imperial Estate
• 1780: Counts of Manderscheid-Blankenheim died out; passed by marriage of the heiress, Augusta of Manderrscheid-Blankenheim to Christian, Count of Sternberg
• 1803: Annexed to France
• 1816: To Prussia

• Blankenheim Lines
• Blankenheim-Gerolstein
• Blankenheim-Schleiden
• References
• The Counts of Blankenheim

County of Bludenz

• 1394: To Austria

County of Blumenegg

• Lordship
• 1396: Imperial County
• 1804: Lordship of Blumenegg-Sankt Gerold to Austria

County of Boke

• Imperial fief under influence of the Bishopric of Paderborn [1]

County of Bonndorf

• (owned by Abbey of Sankt Blasius)

County of Burghausen

• 1168: Line became extinct

County of Bregenz

• 802: 1st mention of Bregenz castle
• 926: 1st mention of Ulrich VI as "Count of Bregenz"
• 970: Division of the House of Bregenz (Pfullendorf, Lustenau)
• Annexed to Tübingen
• 1152/1160: Line of Counts of Bregenz died out
• 1171: Marriage of Hugo II (d.1182), Count Palatine of Tubingen with Elizabeth (d.1216), heiress of Montfort and Bregenz
• 1180: Annexed to Montfort
• 1451/1458: Annexed to Austria
• 1782: Annexed to Bavaria

• Reference
• Bregenz
• The Ulrichs: the First Counts of Bregenz

County of Bruchhausen

• 1199: Founded
• 1234: Partitioned
• 1338, 1388: Annexed by Co. of Hoya

County of Burgundy

• Franche-Comte
• 915: "Free" County
• County Palatine
• 1330: Passed to D. of Burgundy
• 1405-1556: To Dukes of Burgundy
• 1556: To Habsburg Kings of Spain
• 1678: Annexed to France

County of Calw

• 1075: 1st mention of Calw
• 1155: Acquired Lowenstein
• 1189: Acquired Vaihingen
• Division into Calw-Lowenstein and Calw-Vaihingen
• 1277: Counts of Calw-Lowenstein died out; territories purchased by an illegitimate branch of the Habsburgs
• 1282: Counts of Calw died out; territories inherited by Counts of Tubingen
• 1361: Counts of Calw-Vaihingen died out; territories inherited by Counts of Wurttemberg

• References
• Counts of Calw
• Counts of Calw: Biographies
• Counts of Calw: Genealogy

County of Castell

• 1200: County of Castell
• 1254: Partitioned into Elder and Younger lines
• 1347: Elder branch extinct; Castell reunited
• 1500: Franconian Circle
• 1597: Partitioned into Castell-Remlingen and Castel-Rüdenhausen
• Lines
• 1668: Castell-Castell
• 1597-1762: Castell-Remlingen
• 1597: Castell-Rüdenhausen
• References
• The County of Castell

County of Cilli

• Cilly, Celje
• 1341: County
• 1436: HRE Principality of Cilli and Ortenburg
• 1456: Counts of Cilli died out; estates inherited by Habsburgs

• References
• The Counts of Celje
• The von Cilli Family: Genealogy

County of Dagsburg

• References
• Dagsbur Genealogy

County of Drenthe

• • 1579: To United Provinces

County of Eberstein

• 1085: Lords of Eberstein 1st mentioned
• c1100: Acquires Ufgau when the counts of Malsch became extinct
• ?: Arquires Kraichgau through marriage with the counts of Lauffen
• After 1102: Received fiefs from Bishopric of Speyer
• 1195: Received Count title from Hohenstaufen Emperor
• 1196: Eberhard of Eberstein used title of count
• 1219: Division of territory between Otto I and Eberhard IV
• c1257: Kunigunde, daughter of Otto I of Eberstein & heiress of 1/2 of the County married Rudolf I of Baden
• 1283: Otto of Eberstein sold Alt-Eberstein Castle to Margrave Rudolf of Baden (who married Kunigunde of Eberstein) to pay off enormous debts
• 1367: Count Wolf of Ebertstein and Count Eberhard of Wurttemberg conflict
• 1387: Half of Eberstein sold to Margraves of Baden
• 1389: Bernhard I of Baden acquired part of County of Eberstein
• 1660: Line of Counts of Eberstein became extinct; largest part of territory went to Margraves of Baden-Baden

• References:
• Count of Eberstein
• Counts of Eberstein
• The Counts of Eberstein
• Eberstein
• Eberstein Castle
• Medieval Lands: Baden

Princely County of Edelstetten

• Title: HRE Prince Esterházy of Galántha, Princely Count of Edelstetten, Count of Forchtenstein

Reference:

• [2]

County of Egisheim

• References
• Egisheim Genealogy

County of Eppstein

• c1100: Eppstein built as an imperial castle
• 1114: 1st mention of Eppstein
• 1183/1190: Lords of Eppstein acquires Eppstein castle
• ?: Gerhard II of Hainhausen (ancestor of counts of Eppstein) built Konigstein castle
• 1200: Gerhard II built Hohenberg castle
• ?: Gerhard III of Hainhausen assumed title of Gerhard I of Eppstein
• 1200-1305: 4 archbishops of Mainz were of the Eppstein dynasty
• 1200s: Inherited 1/2 of County of Wied and Lordship of Kleeberg
• Early 1200's: Division of Eppstein possessions into an elder line (ext. 1296) (Gerhard II) and a younger linge (Gottfried II)
• 1300s: Acquired 1/2 of Lordship of Breuberg and Trimberg
• 1400s: Acquired 1/2 of Lordship of Falkenstein and 1/2 of County of Diez
• 1425: Sold Steinheim for 38,000 guldens to Mainz
• 1433: Partitioned into Eppstein-Königstein (extinct 1535) and Eppstein-Münzenberg (extinct 1522)

• References
• Listof Counts of Eppstein

County of Erbach

• Titles: HRE Count of Erbach, Lord of Breuberg & Wildenstein
• ?: Lordship
• 1146: 1st mention of Erbach
• 1532: HRE County
• 1532: Imperial estate
• 1647: Division of Erbach between George Louis I (d.1693) of the Erbach-Erbach (ext. 1731) and Geore Albert II (d.1717) of the Erbach-Furstenau line
• 1717: Division into Erbach-Furstenau, Erbach-Erbach and Erbach-Schonberg
• 1500: Franconian Circle
• 1532: Emperor Charles V elevated Eberhard XV d.1559) to HRE Count because of his services in the Peasants' War or [German War of Farmers[]]
• 1804: Count of Erbach-Erbach was adopted by the last Count of Wartenberg and received its estates and te name Wartenberg-Roth, the Lordship of Roth's estates of Erbach and Reichenbach in Hesse, the Lordships of Wildenstein & Steinbach in Bavaria; the Erbach-Schonerg line received the estate of Schonberg & Konig and 1/2 of the Lordship of Breuberg in Hesse.
• 1806: Mediatised
• Area: 523 sq.km.

• Possesions of Counts of Erbach
• Erbach-Erbach Line
• Erbach-Furstenau Line
• Lordship of Rothenberg (in Grand Duchy of Hesse)
• Estate of Furstenau
• Estate of Michelstadt
• Estate of Freienstein

• References
• Erbach
• Regnal Chronologies

County of Erlach

• References
• Chronicle of Erlach

County of Fagnolle

• 1765: County of Fagnolle
• 1770: HRE County
• 1789: To County of Ligne

County of Falkenstein

• 1255: Inherited territories of extinct Hagen-Munzenberg
• 1398: County of Falkenstein
• 1418: Line died out; passed to Lords of Eppstein and Counts of Solms
• Solms portion passed to Isenburg-Budingen by female inheritance
• References
• Falkenburg Castle
• The Castle Ruin at Falkenstein

County of Feldkirch

• 1375/1379: County of Feldkirch incorporated into the Habsburg possessions

County of Flanders

• 862: County
• 1405: To D. of Burgundy; fief of France (except 'Imperial Flanders', mainly the former countship of Aalst)
• 1512: Burgundian Circle
• 1529: Ceded to Habsburg

County of Freiburg

• Reference
• History of Freiburg

County of Gammertigen

• References
• The Counts of Gammertigen

County of Geneva

• 1401-1405: Amadeus VIII purchased all rights to Geneva from their legatees and from the Bishopric of Geneva

County of Geyer-Giebelstatt

• ?: Lordship; 1685: Imperial County

County of Giech

Title: HRE Count & Lord of Giech ?: Lordship

• 1680: HRE Barony
• 1695: HRE County
• 1720-1723: immediate Lords of Wittem
• 1726: Imperial Estate
• 1791: Under ovelordship of Prussia

• Reference
• Giech Castle

County 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
• 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

County of Glatz

• 981: To Bohemian Prince Slavnik
• 995-1305: To Premyslid dynasty
• 1459: Counts of Glatz elevated to HRE Prince
• 1477: Granted Lordship of Hummel by Bohemian King
• 1526: Passed to Austrian Habsburgs together with Bohemia
• 1763: To Prussia

County of Gleichen

• 1124 and 1137: Passed to Archbishopric of Mainz
• To Counts of Tonna (extinct 1631)
• 1162: County
• 1345: Partitioned
• 1631: When the line became extinct, the territories of the Counts of Gleichen passed to the Counts of Hohenlohe
• 1631: Territory divided among Hohenlohe, Mainz, Schwarzburg and Trautenburg
• 1639: To Hatzfeld
• 1803: To Prussia

• References
• Genealogy of Counts of Gleichen

Princely County of Gorizia

• Gorz
• County
• 1365: HRE Princely County
• 1031: To Counts of Eppenstein
• 1090: To Counts of Lurn
• ?: Acquired Tyrol by marriage
• 1258: Division into Gorz and Tyrol (extinct 1335)
• 1500: Inherited by Austria
• 1754: Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca
• 1747: United to form Gorizia and Gradisca
• 1809: French occupation

County of Gronsfeld

• Gronsveld
• owned by count Törring

County of Haag

• • 1567: To Dukes of Bavaria

County of Hals

• 1280: County
• 1376: Emperor Charles granted John I the title Landgrave of Leuchtenberg & Count of Hals
• 1443: Annexed to Leuchtenberg
• 1476: Leuchtenberg Landgraves Louis & Frederick divide the County of Hals
• 1486: Leuchtenberg Landgrave Louis sells County of Hals to William & John of Aichberg
• 1511: Inherited by Degenberg
• 1517: Sold to Bavaria
• To Cronenstein
• To Sinzendorf
• 1715: To Bavaria

County of Hanau

• 1168: County of Hanau
• 1404-1419: Part of Mainz
• 1736: Hanau line died out; under spedial administration of Hesse-Kassel
• 1806-1810: French administration
• 1810: Part of Frankfurt
• 1813: Incorporated into Hesse-Kassel
• 1867: Annexed to Prussia

• Counts of Hanau
• 1685-1712: Philipp Reinhard II (1664-1712)
• 1712-1736: Johann Reinhard (1665-1738)
• 1736-1754: Wilhelm I of Hesse (1682-1760)
• 1754-1785: Wilhelm II of Hesse (1743-1821)

• References
• German States to 1918: F-M
• History of Hanau

County of Hanau-Lichtenberg

• 1736: Inherited by Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt when Hanau line died out

• References
• History of Hanau-Lichtenberg

County of Hatzfeld

• Title: HRE Prince of Hatzfeld-Gleichen-Trachenberg, Baron of Wildenburg, Lord of Crottorf, Schönstein, Kranichfeld, Blankenhain
• 1635: HRE Counts
• 1639: Oners of the County of Gleichen
• 1640: Imperial Estate
• 1640: immediate HRE Counts of Gleichen.
• 1741: non-immediate Princes of Trachenberg in Prussia.
• 1748: HRE Princes

• References: [3]

County of Heiligenberg

• 1277: Acquired by Count Hugo of Werdenberg (d.1280)
• 1428: Line of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg extinct

County of Helfenstein

• 1100: Eberhard of Helfenstein built Helfenstein Castle which became the seat of the Counts of Helfenstein
• 1382: Castle pledged to Imperial City of Ulm
• 1392: Castle bought by Ulm
• ?: First mention of Counts of Helfenstein

• Reference
• Counts of Helfenstein

Princely County of Henneberg

• 1096: 1st mention of Henneberg

?: County

• Division into Henneberg, Botenlauben and Strauf
• 1274: Division into Henneberg-Schleusingen, Henneberg-Aschach-Romhild and Henneberg-Hartenberg
• 1310: Henneberg-Schleusingen raised to HRE Prince
• Partitions annexed to Mansfeld-Bornstedt, Meißen, Saxony and Stolberg-Stolberg
• 1471: HRE Princely Count of Henneberg
• 1500: Franconian Circle
• 1554: Pact of mutual succession between Dukes of Saxony and Counts of Henneberg
• 1582: HRE Council of Princes
• 1583: Counts of Henneberg died out
• 1792: In Council of Princes

• References
• Genealogy of Counts of Henneberg
• History of Henneberg Castle

County of Hohenzollern

• Reference
• Hohenzollern History
• Hohenzollern Castle

Princely County of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

• 1792: In Council of Princes
• Reference
• [4]

County of Hohnstein

• References
• Genealogy of Count Hohnstein

County of Holland

• 1579: To United Provinces

County of Holzapfel

• 1643: Imperial County (created from the Lordship of Esterau)

County of Horstmar

• 1092 Lords of Horstmar emerged as a vassal of Counts of Cappenberg
• Otto of Horstmar (1227-1246) married the heiress Adelheid of Ahaus
• On Otto's death (d.1246) Ahaus went to their son while Horstmar went to Beatrix (1251) who married Fredercik I of Rietberg [5]
• 1269: Lordship & castle of Horstmar sold to Bishops of Munster
• 1803: Count of Salm-Grumbach seized Horstmar which later became Principality of Salm-Horstmar
• 1806: To Grand Duchy of Berg
• 1810: To French Empire
• 1815: To Prussia
• References
• History of Horstmar

County of Isenburg (See under "Principality")

• Diether I of Isenburg raised by Emperor Frederick III to rank of Imperial Count
• 1517: Division of Isenburg into Isenburg-Birstein (inlcuding Lordship of Budingen) & Isenburg Ronneburg
• 1601: Count Wolfgang Ernest reunites Isenburg possessions

County of Katzenelnbogen

• 1095: Katzenelnbogen Castle built
• 1138: HRE Count of Katzenelnbogen
• Vogt of Abbey of Prum
• Vogt of Abbey of Siegburg
• Vogt of Archbishopric of Mainz (area south of Lahn)
• 1160: Lost territory in Kraichgau to Counts of Nassau
• ?: Hermann of Katzenelnbogen served as an ambassador of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa
• ?: Dietrich of Katzenelnbogen was Emperor Henry VI's chancellor
• 1185: Acquired St. Goar inc. right to collect tolls on the Rhine which made them wealthy
• 1185: Acquired Gross-Gerau & Darmstadt as fiefs from Archbishopric of Wurzburg
• 1249: Acquired imperial territory of Trebur (during Interregnum)
• 1255: Acquired imperial territory of Dreieich (during Interregnum)
• 1260: Division into Upper and Lower Katzenelnbogen
• 1402: Two lines reunited with marriage of Anna of Lower Katzenelnbogen and Johann IV of Upper Katzenelnbogen
• ?: Became significant creditor to Rhenish archbishops
• 1422: Creation of Wetterau circle of counts
• 1453: Acquired part of County of Diez & lordship of Eppenstein
• 1457: Acquired Wetterau Fuß with collapse of Eppensteins
• 1479: Line extinctn; Henry III of Hesse-Marburg inherited Karzenelnbogen in right of his wife
• 1479-1520: Feud with Julich-Berg and Nassau
• 1567: Division of property among Landgrave Philip I; Upper Katzenelnbogen went to George of Hesse-Darmstadt; Lower Katzenelbogen went to George of Hesse-Rheinfels (d.1583)
• 1583: George of Hesse-Rheinfels' territories wet to Hesse-Kassel after his death

• References:
• Medieval German Counties: Katzenelnbogen

County of Kaunitz

• Titles: HRE Prince of Kaunitz, Count of Rietberg & East Frisia, Lord of Esens, Stadesdorf, Wittmund & Melrich
• 1718: HRE Estate
• 1764: HRE Principality
• 1797: Acquired County of Questenburg
• 1848: Kaunitz-Rietberg line died out

County of Kerpen-Lommersum

• History of Kerpen Castle

Princely County of Kleggen

• 1806-1810: Princely Landgraviate of Kleggen mediatized under Baden.

County of Klettenberg

• Reference
• Count of Klettenberg

County of Konigsegg

• Titles: HRE Count of Königsegg & Rothenfels, Baron of Aulendorf & Stauffen, Lord of Ebenweiler & Wald in Swabia
• 1192: Lordship
• 1470: Baron
• 1622: Division into Konigsegg-Aulendorf and Konigsegg-Rothenfels
• 1629: HRE County
• Lines
• Konigsegg-Aulendorf
• Königsegg-Rothenfels
• Titles: HRE Count of Königsegg & Rothenfels, Baron of Aulendorf & Stauffen

County of Konigstein

• (Ger. Königstein)

• References
• History of Konigstein
• The Castle Ruin in Konigstein

Kufstein of Greillenstein

• Title: HRE Count of Küfstein, Baron of Greillenstein and Spitz, etc.

• 1602: HRE Barons.
• 1709: HRE Counts.
• 1737: Imperial Estate

County of Limburg

• 1242-1508: To Counts of Limburg (Isenburg)
• 1508-1542: To Counts of Dhaun-Falkentstein
• 1542-1592: To Counts of Beuenahr-Alpen
• 1592-1610: To Counts of Bentheim
• 1610-1626: To Bentheim-Limburg
• 1626-1629: To Benthaim-Alpen
• 1629-1817: To Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda

• Area: 118 sq.km.

• References
• County of Limburg
• County of Limburg
• The County of Limburg
• The County of Limburg
• The County of Limburg

County of Limburg-Styrum

• Titles: Count of Limburg and Bronckhorst, Lord of Styrum, Wisch, Borkelo and Gemen, Hereditary Banner-Lord of the Principality of Gelderland and the County of Zütphen

• 1271: County
• 1806: Mediatized

• Lines
• Limburg-Styrum-Borkelö
• Limburg-Styrum-Bronchhorst
• Limburg-Styrum-Bronchhorst-Borkelö
• Limburg-Styrum-Gemen

County of Limpurg

• 1500: Franconian Circle
• 1806: Mediatised to Wurttemberg

County of Lingen

• 1498-1541: Count Nikolaus IV of Tecklenburg-Schwerin
• 1597: Occupied by Nassau-Orange
• 1605: To Spain
• 1633: To Nassau-Orange
• 1702: Inherited by Prussia

• References
• [6]

County of Loon

• Looz
• Titles: Duke and HRE Princely Count of Looz, Hesbaye/Hasbanien/Haspengau, Hoorn/Horne/Hornes, Niel/Nyel, Duke of Corswarem-Looz, Count of Fresing and Nieurlet, Upper-Court-Lord of the City and the Castellany of Cassel, Margrave of Ligny, Tongrinne and Pont-d'Oie, Baron of Longchamps and Cranewyck, Vice-Count of St.Gertrude at Liernu, Lord of the free City of Wavre, the City of Fleurus and the Lordships of Landelis, Bommeree, Denee, St. Marie, Vitry, Grand-Lez, Betisart, Clermont, Veleine, and other places
• 1366: Annexed to Bishopric of Liege

• References
• Medieval German Counties: Looz

County of Lupfer

• References
• Counts of Lupfer

County of Manderscheid

• Count of Manderscheid, Blankenheim & Gerolstein
• 1270: To Lords of Manderscheid
• 1453: County
• 1457: HRE Counts
• 1460: HRE County
• 1468: immediate Lords of Blankenheim
• 1488: Sons of Dietrich III partitioned Manderscheid into Manderscheid-Blankenheim-Gerolstein (Johann), Manderscheid-Kail (Wilhelm Konrad; extinct 1762) and Manderscheid-Schleiden
• 1760: Passed by marriage to Counts of Sternberg
• 1802: Acquired Abbeys of Schussenried and Weissenau for loss to France of Blankenheim, Junkerath, Gerolstein and Dollendorf1806: Mediatised to Wurttemberg

• Reference
• Imperial Count of Manderscheid
• Manderscheid Family Before 1470
• Salentin Ernst of Manderscheid-Blankenheim

County of Mansfeld

• Titles: HRE Prince and Prince of Fondi, Count and Lord of Mansfeld, Noble Lord of Heldrungen, Seeburg and Schraplau, Lord of the Lordship of Dobrzisch, Neuhaus and Arnstein

• 973: 1st mention of Mansfeld
• 1060: 1st mention of Mansfeld comital family as lords of Mansfeld
• 1079: Mansfeld appointed count in northern Hattgau
• 1229: Mansfeld male line died out
• 1264: Mansfeld inherited by Counts of Querfurt by female inheritance; Querfurt couns took Mansfeld name
• Acquired Lordship of Bornstedt
• 1420: Divisio
• 1475: Division
• 1501: Division into Mansfeld-Vorderort, Mansfeld-Mittelort, and Mansfeld-Hinterort
• Partitions annexed by Mansfeld-Bornstedt
• 1511: Division
• 1563: Mansfeld-Vorderort division into Arnstein (extinct 1615), Artern (extinct 1631), Bornstedt (extinct 1780), Eisleben (extinct 1710), Friedeburg (extinct 1626) and Heldrungen (extinct 1572) lines
• 1580: Lost imperial immediacy
• 1602: Mansfeld-Mittelort line died out
• 1666: Mansfeld-Hinterort line died out
• 1771: Marriage of heiress of Mansfeld-Vordeort-Bornstedt with the Prince of Colloredo; founding of Colloredo-Mansfeld line
• 1780: Mansfeld-Vorderort line died out; territory annexed to Saxony

• References
• The Counts of Mansfeld
• The Counts of Mansfeld and their Reign
• Genealogy of Counts of Mansfeld
• List of Rulers of Mansfeld
• The Mansfeld Museum (showing Mansfeld coat of arms and old map)
• Map of Mansfeld

County of Mompelgard

• Montbeliard
• The county was divided into two parts: the County of Mompelgard and the 7 lordships of Hericourt, Chatelat, Blamont, Clermont, Barns, Clerval and Passavent.
• 1792: In Council of Princes

County of Montfort

• Descended from Counts Palatine of Tubingen
• 1160: Marriage of Hugo of Tubingen and Elizabeth, heiress of Bregenz
• Acquired Bludenz
• Acquired Bregenz (extinct 1523)
• Acquired Lordship of Feldkirch (line extinct 1390)
• Acquired Lordship of Heiligenberg
• Acquired Herrenberg
• Acquired Langenargen
• Acquired Pfullendorf
• Acquired Rheinegg
• Acquired Rothenfels
• Acquired Sargans
• Acquired Lordship of Tettnang (line extinct 1779)
• Acquired Tosters
• Acquired Tubingen
• Acquired Vaduz
• Acquired Wasserburg
• Acquired Werdenberg
• Acquired Zollern
• 1780: Sold to Austria to pay debts
• 1787: Montfort dynasty died out

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Princely County of Mors

• 800's: Mors 1st mentioned in monastery document
• 1186: 1st mention of "Lord" of Mors
• 1300: Mors received municipal rights from King Albert of Germany
• 1373: John of Mors, brother of Theoderich, Count of Mors, received right to coin money
• 1586-1597: Count Adolf of Mors appointed Governor of Guelders & Utrecht
• 1601: Upon death of last Countess of Mors, Mors inherited by Count Maurice of Nassau
• 1702: Brandenburg-Prussia inherited Mors
• 1706: Mors elevated to Principality
• 1794: French occupation
• Reference
• History of Mors

County of Nassau-Dillenburg

• 1303: Division into Nassau-Siegen and Nassau-Hadamar
• 1334: Nassau-Dillenburg reunited
• 1654: HRE Council of Princes
• 1792: In Council of Princes

County of Nassau-Hadamar

• 1792: In Council of Princes

County of Nassau-Saarbrucken

• Princely Count of Nassau, Count of Saarbrucken
• 1442: County of Nassau
• 1574-1629: Personal union with Nassau-Weilburg
• 1648: Nassau-Saarbrucken refounded
• 1659: Division into Nassau-Saarbrucken, Nassau-Ottweiler & Nassau-Usingen
• 1723: Reunion of Nassau-Saarbrucken & Nassau-Ottweiler
• 1792: To France

County of Neuburg

• References
• History of Neuburg

County of Neuenburg

• Neuchatel, Neuchâtel
• Titles: Sovereign Prince and Count of Neuchâtel and Count of Valangin
• ?: County
• 1643: Principality
• ?: To Dukes of Orleans-Longueville
• 1707: Personal union with Prussia
• References
• Counts of Neuenburg
• Neuenburg Castle

County of Orlamunde

• References
• Genealogy of Counts of Orlamunde

County of Ortenburg

• 1436: Counties of Cilli and Ortenburg became Principality

County of Ottingen (See under "Principality)

• Öttingen

County of Pappenheim

• Title: HRE Count & Lord of Pappenheim
• 1420" Imperial Hereditary Marshals of the Holy Roman Empire [8]
• c1030: Lordship
• ?: Pappenheim family acted as ministeriale to the Salian kings and as faithful marshals of Hohenstaufen kings
• ?: Marshall Henry Haupt was an influential attendant/bodyguard of the Emperor Henry V
• 1145: Marshal Henry 1st used the designation "of Pappenheim" (variations: "Haupt", "Testa" or "Kalendin"
• ?: Marshal Henry of Kalendin (d.1214), served 5 kings in influential position
• 1214: Pappenheim possessions included Moosamt, Burgraviate of Neuburg and Lordship of Rechberg
• 1248: Acquired imperial stewardship of Wulzburg Abbey
• Mid 1200's: Raised to rank of Baron
• 1279: Division of family into the Pappenheim line and Biberach line (ext. 1624)
• 1288: Granted Weissenburg municipal law
• 1295: Purchased Lordships of Mohren and Treutlingen
• End of 1200's: Prince-Elector of Saxony, the imperial archmarshal, delegated its role to Pappenheim
• ?: Castle & lordship of Peppenheim became a fief of Saxony

1300's: Pappenheim had to sell numerous properties

• 1439: Division into Aletzheim, Gräfenthal and Treutlingen
• 1444: Division among sons of Haupt II of Pappenheim into four lines: Aletzheim (Alesheim), Rothenstein (ext. 1635), Granfethal (ext. 1599) and Treutlingen (Treuchtlingen) (ext. 1647) [Joint rule; individual admininstration
• 1534 & 1580: Issuance of family compacts promoting cooperation in governing Pappenheim
• 1558: Division into Pappenheim and Stühlingen
• 1536: Absorbed Gräfenthal
• 1628: County
• 1647: Absorbed Treutlingen
• 1697: Absorbed Aletzheim
• 1740/1742: HRE Coun status confirmed
• 1806: Mediatised to Bavaria

• References
• City of Pappenheim: History
• County of Pappenheim: History

County of Parkstein

• 1776: HRE County
• 1777: immediate Lords of Reipoltskirchen

County of Peilstein

• Conrad I (1120-1168) founds line of Counts of Peilstein
• ?: Stewards of the Archbishopric of Salzburg
• 1218: Line extinct with death of Frederick VI

County of Plettenberg

• 1698: Partitioned into Plettenberg-Lenhausen and Plettenberg-Wittem
• 1722: immediate Lords of Wittem and Eyss
• 1724: HRE County
• 1732: Imperial Estate

Imperial County Plettenberg-Wittem

• Title: HRE Count of Plettenberg & Wittem
• 1698: Partitioned from Plettenberg
• 1724: County

County of Plotzkau

• Plötzkau
• c1069: Mention of count Bernhard of Plotzkau
• c1100: Plotzkau castle already established
• 1132: Conrad II died in an ambush in Italy
• 1147: Bernhard II died while on a crusade
• mid-1100's: Line of counts died out
• 1152: Emperor Frederick I invested Albert the Bear with Plotzkau as a fief
• 1170: Albert's son Berhard succeeded to Plotzkau
• 1603: Principality of Anhalt-Plotzkau established with an area of 40 sq.kms. and a population of 2,000, coined money and exercised judicial authority

• References
• Plotzkau Castle

County of Pyrmont

• Title: Prince of Waldeck & Pyrmont, Count of Rappolstein, Lord of Hohenack & Geroldseck am Wasgau
• 1557: Annexed to Sternberg and Pyrmont
• 1583: Recreated on partition
• 1631: Annexed to Waldeck-Eisenberg

County of Questenburg

• 1797: Acquired by the Prince of Kaunitz

County of Rantzau

• 248 sq. km.
• Ranzau, Rantzow
• 1226: 1st mention of Knight "Johannes of Ranzos"
• ?: Acquired Barmstedt
• 1650: Emperor Ferdinand II elevated Christian of Rantzau to HRE Count
• 1734: Count William Adolf died without sons thus ending line of Counts of Rantzau
• 1726: Denmark took possession of Rantzau

• References
• Heinrich Rantzau
• Pictures:
• Christian I of Rantzau and Breitenburg
• Josias of Rantzau, French Field Marshal

County of Ravensbeg

• 1180: County
• 1346: To Counts of Berg
• 1348: To Dukes of Julich
• 1521: To Dukes of Kleve
• 1614: To Brandenburg

Imperial County of Rechberg

• ?: Lordship
• 1179: 1st mention of Rechberg as ministeriale of the Hohenstaufens based in Hohenrechberg by Gmund
• 1577: HRE Barony
• 1626: HRE County but retained the title of Baron
• 1806: Mediatised to Wurttemberg

County of Reckheim

• Reckum
• 1623: Imperial County of Reckheim
• ?: To Aspremont-Lynden
• ?: To Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg

County of Regenstein

• 1160: Partitioned from Blankenburg
• 1366: Annexed to Hainburg
• 1671: Annexed to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. At some point Regenstein became a permanent part of the Principality of Halberstadt

Imperial County of Reichelsberg

• Reichsberg
• 1500: Franconian Circle
• To Schonborn

Imperial County of Reichenstein

• 1698: Acquired by Nesselrode

County of Rheda

• 1190-1364: To Lippe
• 1364: To Counts of Tecklenburg
• 1364-1491: Disputed by Lippe & Tecklenburg-Schwerin
• 1605: To Counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
• 1606: County of Rheda
• 1808: To Grand Duchy of Berg
• 1818: To Kingdom of Prussia

• Counts of Bentheim & Tecklenburg in Rheda
• 1764-1704 Johann Adolf
• 1704-1710 Friedrich Moritz
• 1710-1768 Moritz Kasimir I
• 1768-1805 Moritz Kasimir II
• 1805-1806 Moritz Kasimir III
• 1806-1808 Emil Friedrich Karl
• Reference
• The Castle and Lordship of Rheda
• German States
• HIS Data: Rheda
• Lordship of Rheda

• Map
• Rheda, 1789

County of Rickingen

• 1310: County
• 1310: Partitioned from Leiningen
• 1668: Annexed to Leiningen-Hartenburg

County of Rieneck

• 1106/1108: Rieneck inherited by Count of Looz in Brabant who married its heiress
• 1156/1157: 1st mention of "of Rieneck" by the Counts of Loon
• 1179: 1st mention of Rieneck castle
• c1200: Division into Loon and Rieneck
• 1366: Rieneck becomes a fief of Mainz
• 1500: Franconian Circle
• 1559: Line of counts died out; Reineck reverted to Mainz and Wurzburg
• 1641: County
• 1673: Sold to Nostitz by Mainz
• 1796: Partitioned into Thürmitz and Tschochau
• 1815: To Bavaria

• References
• Rieneck Castle

County of Rietberg

• "The County of Rietberg was a very small country during the Middle Ages but she had own military, currency and legislature and operated, in certain cases, its own foreign policy. She also minted coins until the 17th century. Her seat of government until the 18th century was in the 14th century Rietberg Castle.

• 1237: County of Rietberg
• 1264-1282: Frederick I of Rietberg
• 1247/1251: Acquired Lordship of Horstmar by marrying its heiress Beatrix of Horstmar (s.1277)
• 1353: Rietberg became an immediate/imperial fief
• 1456: Count Conrad V of Rietberg transferred to the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel as his overlord for 600 Rhine guldens [9]
• 1526: Line of Counts of Rietberg died out
• 1540: Personal union of Rietberg and Harlingerland
• 1577: Rietberg inherited by Counts of East Frisia
• 1690/1702: Rietberg passed by marriage to the Counts of Kaunitz
• 1815: to Prussia

• Rulers
  • House of Rietberg
• 1237-1264: Conrad I
• 1264-1282: Frederick I
• 1282-1313: Conrad II
• 1302-1322: Frederick II
• 1313-1347: Otto I
• 1347-1365: Conrad III
• 1365-1389: Otto II
• 1389-1428: Conrad IV
• 1428-1472: Conrad V
• 1472-1516: John I
• 1516-1535: Otto III
• 1535-1552: Otto IV
• 1552-1562: John II

• Reference
• Count of Rietberg
• County of Rietberg
• History of the Rulers of County of Rietberg
• Urban History of Rietberg

• Map
• County of Rietberg, 1789

County of Sayn

• • County of Sayn-Homburg
    • 1283: County of Sayn-Homburg was created as a partition of Sponheim-Sayn
    • 1345: Salentin, son of Count Gottfried, married the heiress of Wittgenstein and the Counties were united and named Sayn-Wittgenstein
  • County of Sayn-Wittgenstein
  • County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
    • 1801: Raised to Principality of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
    • 1806-1815: To Hesse-Darmstadt
• 1816: To Prussia

• References
• County of Sayn

County of Schala

• 1192: Line became extinct

County of Schaumburg

• Given as a fief to Adolf of Santersleben by Emperor Conrad (1024-39)
• 1619: Imperial Counts of Schaumburg
• 1640: Male line extinct with death of Count Otto V; inherited by his mother Elizabeth of Lippe who gave to her brother Philip of Lippe
• By Treaty of Westphalia, Schaumburg divided between Hesse-Kassel, Brunswick and Philip (Count of Lippe-Buckeburg) whose portion included Lordship of Buckeburg
• Philip Ernest (d.1787) was 1st to call himself Count of Schaumburg-Lippe

County of Schaumburg-Lippe

• 1910: 131 sq.mi.; 46,650
• [Graf zu Schaumburg, Graf und Edler Herr zur Lippe, etc.]
• 1687: County of Schaumburg-Lippe permanently separated from Lippe
• 1806: Joined Confederation of the Rhine; gained hereditary title of Prince
• 1807: HRE Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
• 1815: Joined German Confederation
• Joined German North Confederation
• 1871: Joined the German Empire

• References
• Sayn Family History
• [10] [11]

County of Schonborn

1300's: Lordship 1663: HRE Baron

• 1701: HRE County
• Schönborn

• References
• The Counts of Schonborb
• History of the Counts of Schonborn
• List of rulers of Schönborn

Princely County of Schwarzenberg

• 1792: In Council of Princes

• Reference
• House Laws of Schwarzburg

County of Sigmaringen

• References
• Sigmaringen Castle

County of Solms

• Solms-Braunfels (Elder Line) [1693: Line extinct; passed to Solms-Greinfenstein]
• Solms-Burgsolms [1415: Line extinct]
• Solms-Greifenstein [1693: Inherited Solms-Braunfels (Elder Line); 1970: Line extinct]
• Solms-Hungen [1678: Line extinct; passed to Solms-Greifenstein/Solms-Braunfels]
• Solms-Konigsberg [1364/65: Passed to Hesse]
• Solms-Laubach (Elder Line) [1676: Line extinct; passed to Solms-Baruth]
• Solms-Lich [1718: Line extinct; passed to Solms-Hohensolms]
  • Solms-Ottenstein [1423: Line extinct; passed to Bronckhorst]
  • Solms-Rodelheim (Elder Line) [1649: Line extinct; [passed to Solms-Laubach (Elder line)]
  • solms-Stonewalled (Elder Line) [1615: Line extinct; passed to Solms-Laubach (Elder Line)]
• County of Sonnenberg [1455-1463: Lordship of Sonnenberg; 1473: County of Sonnenberg incorporated into the Habsburg]possessions

• References
• House of Solms (Family Tree)

County of Sommerschenburg

• 1088: Emperor Otto I gave the County Palatinate of Saxony to the Counts of Sommershcenburg

Reference

• Saxony: Duchy, Kingdom and State

County of Sponheim

• Sponheim-Sayn
• 1261: Created as a partition of Sponheim-Eberstein and comprised of the lands of the former County of Sayn; 1283: Divided into Sayn and Sayn-Homburg

• References
• Counts of Sponheim
• Loretta of Salm, Countess of Sponheim

County of Stadion

• County of Stadion-Thannhausen
• 1806: Mediatised to Bavaria
• County of Stadion-Warthausen
• 1806: Mediatised to Austria and Wurttemberg

County of Steinfurt

• 1129: Lords of Steinfurt documented for 1st time
• 1206: Acquired the lands of the Lords of Ascheberg whose line died out
• 1279: Acquired from the Lords of Ahaus-Horstmar the immediate county of Laer

• References
• Historyof Steinfurt
• [12]

County of Sternberg

• 1100's: First mention of the Sternberg family as officials of the Bohemian royal court and as major patrons and scholards.
• ?: Kunigunde of Sternberg married George of Podiebrad, King of Bohemia
• 1377: Otto I of Holstein and Schaumburg, acquired Sternberg, then it was mortgaged to Lippe
• 1661: Emperor Leopold I raised the Lords of Sternberg to the rank of Imperial Count
• 1780: Acquired County of Manderscheid-Blankenheim acquired with the marriage of Augusta of Manderscheid-Blankenburg to the Count of Sternberg
• 1802: For the loss of Blankenheim, Junkerath, Gerolstein, etc., Count of Sternberg-Manderscheid compensation with the Abbeys of Schussenried and Weissenau.
• 1806: Sternberg mediatized and given to the King of Wurttemberg

• References
• Sternberg

Princely County of Sternstein

• HRE Prince of Lobkowitz, Duke in Silesia at Sagan, Princely Count of Sternstein, Lord of Raudnitz
• 1500: To Bavarian Circle
• 1641: HRE Princely County of Sternstein
• 1792: In Council of Princes

County of Stolberg

• Lines
  • Stolberg-Gedern
• 1210: 1st mention of Counts of Stolberg
• 1417: Acquires Hohnstein
• 1429: Inherits County of Wernigerode
• 1535: Inherits County of Konigstein
• 1544: Inherits County of Rochefort
• 1548: Division into Stolberg-Stolberg, Stolberg-Rochefort and Stolberg-Konigstein

• References
• History of Stolberg

County of Tecklenburg

• 1189: Simon of Tecklenburg acquired the Lordship of Ibbenburen
• 1263: Annexed by Bentheim
• 1327-1557: To Counts of Schwerin
• 1365: Acquired Lordship of Rheda
• 1385: Acquired Lordship of Iburg
• 1493: Division into Tecklenburg (with Rheda) and Lingen
• 1557: Tecklenburg and Rheda to Bentheim
• 1696: Tecklenburg to Solms-Braunfels by judgment
• 1707: Solms-Braunfels sold rights to Brandenburg
• 1808: To Grand Duchy of Berg<1810>To France
• 1815: To Prussia

• References:
• County of Tecklenburg

County of Tettnang and Argen

• ?: To Montfort
• 1783: To Austria
• 1803: To Bavaria
• 1810: To Wurttemberg

Palatine County of Tubingen

• Reference
• The Palatine Counts of Tübingen

Princely County of Tyrol

• Stewards of the Archbishopric of Trent
• Stewards of the Archbishopric of Brixen

County of Vaduz

• Before 1342: Part of County of Werdenberg-Sargans
• 1342: Vaduz became a separate County
• 1396: Emperor Wenzel granted imperial immediacy to County of Vaduz
• 1416: County of Vaduz pledged to Lords of Brandis
• 1792: In Council of Princes (with Schellenberg)

County of Vianden

• 1090: Bertolph of Vianden
• ?: Acquired Hamm Castle
• Became Vogts (Stewards) of Abbey of Prum
• Moved residence to Vianden Castle
• Until 1264. Vianden an imperial fief
• 1124-1152: Frederick I of Vianden
• 1142: Frederick I named Stiftsfogt of Abbey of Prum
• Frederick, Count of Vianden, 1163-1175 acquired Lordship of Salm
• 1152-1187: Fredercik I of Vianden
• 1210-1252: Henry I of Vianden
• ?: Henry I became Vogt of Trier and attended with his brother Siegfried the court of Emperor Frederick II
• ?: Henry I of Vianden married Margaret of Courtenay
• 1229: Henry and Margaret (daughter of Yolande of Hainaut & Namur) inherited the County of Namur
• 1229-1237: Philip I as Margrave of Namur
  • 1240: Frederick, Count of Vianden, acquired Lordship of Neuerburg; later the Lordship of Clerf (Luxemburg), Lordships of Bolland & Chateau Thierry (Belgium)
• 1249: Lordship of Schonecken (56 villages) became a fief of Luxemburg
• 1252-1273: Philip I of Vianden
• Philip I married the wealthy heiress Marie of Perwez whose father was a scion of the Counts of Brabant
• 1263: Henry of Vianden acquired Lordship of Schonecken
• 1264: Vianden became a fief of Luxemburg when Philip I of Vianden lost a battle and became a vassal of Henry V of Luxemburg
• 1266: Philip I as Lord of Grimbergen
• 1267: Philip I as Lord of Grimbergn-Perwez
• 1271: Neuerburg became a fief of Luxemburg (in 1795 Neuerburg had 60 villages
• c1264 or 1271: Lordship of Hamm (consisting of 6 villages) reverted to Counts of Sponheim as a Luxemburg fief
• 1313-1376: Henry II of Vianden
• 1417: Engelbert I of Nassau Dillenburg inherited the County of Vianden
• 1795: Vianden had 54 villages
• Territorial components of Vianden: Butgenbach, St. Vith, Vielsalm, Reuland, Ouren, Clervaux, Dasburg, Prüm, Schönecken, Malberg, Hamm, Neuerburg, Stolzemburg, Brandenburg, Falkenstein, Bettingen, Bourscheid, Dudeldorf, Manderscheid
• Exclaves: Wildenburg, Reifferscheid, Grümmelscheid, Ell, Beyren, Schengen, Arras, Quintenberg, Esch/Sauer, Sterpenich, Outscheid, Trimport, Heffingen, Bourcy, Koerich, Everlingen
• Other possessions: Namur, Ninove, Grimbergen

• References & External Links
• Castle of the Week 71 - Vianden
• Counts of Vianden (Google translation) [13]
• Vianden County
• The House of Orange
• Vianden
• Vianden: the Medieval City
• Vianden Castle
• Vianden: Possession History
• Yolanda of Vianden

• Maps of Vianden
  • [14]
  • http://www.milites-viennenses.lu/english/comte_big.htm

County of Virneburg

• 1042: "Bernhardus de Virneburch" mentioned for the 1st time as lord of Virneburg
• ?: A fief of the Counts Palatine of the Rhine
• 1358?: Given by count palatine to count of Sayn as fief which in turn gave it to lords of Virneburg
• 1339: Count Ruprecht of Virneburg pledged to the Archbishop Baldwin of Trier a part of Virneburg castle for paymenet of debts
• 1414: Count Virneburg had to surrender rest of Virneburg Castle to Archbishop (of Tier) Werner of Falkenstein
• ?: Became an imperial fief
• ?: Seat in the Reichstag
• 1444: Downfall of counts of Virneburg started after the death of Count Rupert IV.
• 1543/45: Line of Virneburg counts died out with Count Kuno; archbishop-elector of Trier occupied half of county
• 1543: Count Dietrich IV the Elder Manderscheid-Schleiden inherited Virneburg
• 1549: Dietrich IV was invested by the elector of Trier with the other half of Virneburg
• 1593: Dietrich VI of Manderscheid-Schleiden died; inherited by Count Christopher Louis of Lowenstein-Wertheim through his marriage to an heiress; {Check this} "..the widow of his brother Joachim inherited the county of Virneburg and received for her daughters the investure. But the villages of Nachtsheim und Boos, being male fiefs, reverted to Trier."
• 1604/1623: Inherited by counts of Lowenstein-Wertheim
• 1615: Virneburg passedby exchange and marriage to the Counts of Lowenstein-Wertheim which they possessed until the Peaace of Luneville in 1801.
• ?-1648: Seized & occupied by Baron Johann of Recker during Thirty Years' War
• 1648: Restored to Lowenstein-Wertheim
• 1794: French invasion

• Territorial Possessions
• Bailiwicks (Vogteien) of Nachtsheim and Mertloch (their oldest possessions)
• Notes
• The high point of Virneburg's history was when Henry II of Virneburg became the archbishop-elector of Cologne, 1306-1322 and his nephew, Henry III of Virneburg, became archbishop-elector of Mainz as well as the archchancellor of the German Empire

• References
• Biography of Heinrich II of Virneburg, archbishop of Cologne
• History of Virneburg
• History of Virneburg in Early Modern Times

County of Waldburg

• 1628: HRE Count

County of Waldeck

• Gebhard I of Leuchtenberg (1118-1146) acquired Waldeck by marriage [15]
• Reference
• [16]

County of Weimar

• References
• Genealogy of Counts of Weimar

County of Werdenberg

• 1258: Emergence of Werdenberg from the division of County of Montfort by the sons of Rudolf I of Montfort
• 1264: Count of Werdenberg
• 1277: Count Hugo acquired County of Heiligenberg
• 1456: The Counts of Werdenberg sold their property in Rhaetia to the Prince-Bishops of Chur

[17]

• References
• Counts of Werdenberg

County of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg

• 1394: Sold Bludenz to the Habsburgs
• 1404: Pawned Werdenberg to Counts of Montfort
• 1428: Line extinct

County of Werdenberg-Sargans-Trochtelfingen

• 1534: Line extinct

County of Werdenberg-Sargans-Vaduz

• 1396: The Counts of Werdenberg-Sargans zu Vaduz were granted Imperial Immediacy, 1416: Line extinct

County of Werdenberg-Sargans-Vaz

• • 1504: Line extinct

County of Wertheim

• 1132: 1st mention of Wolfram of Wertheim after the castle
• 1192: Wertheim Castle mentioned for 1st time
• 1200: Wertheim called a city
• 1323: Count Rudolf IV of Wertheim became co-heir to lordship and castle of Breuberg by marriage to an heiress of last count
• 1363: Count Eberhard gave suzerainty of Wertheim city, castle & other possessions to Crown of Bohemia (Emperor Charles IV)
• 1407: Partitioned into Wertheim-Breuberg and Wertheim-Wertheim
• 1497: Line of Wertheim-Wertheim died out; Wertheim-Breuberg inherited entire county
• 1500: Franconian Circle
• 1556: Line of Counts of Wertheim died out with Michael III of Wertheim-Breuberg; Werthem passed to Louis of Stolberg-Konigstein
• 1574: Louis of Stolberg-Konigstein died without male heirs.
• 1598: Louis III of Lowenstein acquired Wertheim & Breuberg but the inheritance dispute lasted over 20 years
• 1598-1617: Wertheim lost large areas during the "Wursburg Controversy"
• 1600: Annexed to Stolberg
• 1611: Division of Wertheim

• References
• Count of Wertheim
• Wertheim Castle

County of Wied

• • 1521: Counts of Wied inherited the County of Runkel, 1698: In the partition of Wied, Runkel passed to the Counts of Wied-Runkel

County of Wied-Runkel

• • 1806: Wied-Runkel mediatised to the Dukes of Nassau-Weilburg

County of Wolfegg

• • [?: Lordship; 1628: Imperial County (for the Waldburg House)]

County of Zeeland

• 1579: To United Provinces
• Map
• Zeeland, 1300

County of Zeil

• • ?: Lordship; 1628: Imperial County of Zeil (for the Waldburg House)

County of Zimmern

• 1538: Imperial County

County of Zutphen

• 1579: To United Provinces

Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca

• http://history.wikia.com/wiki/County_of_Gorizia

• References & External Links
• Wied
• The Family of Wied