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County[edit]

County of Abenberg[edit]

County of Achalm[edit]

County of Andechs[edit]

?: 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

County of Artois[edit]

1237: County
1512: In Imperial Circle of Burgundy

County of Aspremont[edit]

County of Barby[edit]

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 Bassenheim[edit]

County of Beilstein[edit]

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

County of Bentheim[edit]

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

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

County of Bentinck[edit]

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[edit]

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

County of Blankeburg[edit]

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[edit]

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

County of Bludenz[edit]

1394: To Austria

County of Blumenegg[edit]

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

County of Boke[edit]

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

County of Bonndorf[edit]

(owned by Abbey of Sankt Blasius)

County of Burghausen[edit]

1168: Line became extinct

County of Bregenz[edit]

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 Brehna[edit]

County of Bruchhausen[edit]

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

County of Burgundy[edit]

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[edit]

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

County of Cappenberg[edit]

County of Castell[edit]

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[edit]

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

County of Dagsburg[edit]

References
Dagsbur Genealogy

County of Drenthe[edit]

- 1579: To United Provinces

County of Eberstein[edit]

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

Princely County of Edelstetten[edit]

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

Reference:

[2]

County of Egisheim[edit]

References
Egisheim Genealogy

County of Egmont and Iselstein[edit]

County of Eppstein[edit]

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[edit]

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

County of Erlach[edit]

References
Chronicle of Erlach

County of Fagnolle[edit]

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

County of Falkenstein[edit]

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[edit]

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

County of Flanders[edit]

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[edit]

Reference
History of Freiburg

County of Gammertigen[edit]

References
The Counts of Gammertigen

County of Geneva[edit]

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

County of Gerolstein[edit]

County of Geyer-Giebelstatt[edit]

?: Lordship; 1685: Imperial County

County of Giech[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Gronsveld
owned by count Törring

County of Haag[edit]

- 1567: To Dukes of Bavaria

County of Hainaut[edit]

County of Hallermund[edit]

County of Hals[edit]

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[edit]

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)

County of Hanau-Lichtenberg[edit]

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

References
History of Hanau-Lichtenberg

County of Hatzfeld[edit]

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[edit]

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

County of Helfenstein[edit]

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[edit]

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

County of Hohengeroldseck[edit]

County of Hohenems[edit]

County of Hohenzollern[edit]

Princely County of Hohenzollern-Hechingen[edit]

1792: In Council of Princes
Reference
[4]

County of Hohnstein[edit]

References
Genealogy of Count Hohnstein

County of Holland[edit]

1579: To United Provinces

County of Holzapfel[edit]

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

County of Horstmar[edit]

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 Homburg[edit]

County of Isenburg (See under "Principality")[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

History of Kerpen Castle

County of Kirchingen[edit]

Princely County of Kleggen[edit]

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

County of Klettenberg[edit]

Reference
Count of Klettenberg

County of Klettgau[edit]

County of Konigsegg[edit]

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[edit]

(Ger. Königstein)

Kufstein of Greillenstein[edit]

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

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

County of Leiningen (See under Principality)[edit]

County of Limburg[edit]

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.

County of Limburg-Styrum[edit]

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[edit]

1500: Franconian Circle
1806: Mediatised to Wurttemberg

County of Linange[edit]

County of Lingen[edit]

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[edit]

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 Louvain[edit]

County of Lowenstein (See under "Principality")[edit]

County of Lupfer[edit]

References
Counts of Lupfer

County of Manderscheid[edit]

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

County of Mansfeld[edit]

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

County of Mark[edit]

County of Mompelgard[edit]

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[edit]

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

[7]

Princely County of Mors[edit]

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 Namur (See under 'Margraviate")[edit]

County of Nassau-Dillenburg[edit]

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[edit]

1792: In Council of Princes

County of Nassau-Saarbrucken[edit]

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 Nellenburg[edit]

County of Neuburg[edit]

References
History of Neuburg

County of Neuenburg[edit]

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 Nieder-Isenburg[edit]

County of Nostitz[edit]

County of Orlamunde[edit]

References
Genealogy of Counts of Orlamunde

County of Ortenburg[edit]

1436: Counties of Cilli and Ortenburg became Principality

County of Ostein[edit]

County of Ottingen (See under "Principality)[edit]

Öttingen

County of Pappenheim[edit]

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

County of Parkstein[edit]

1776: HRE County
1777: immediate Lords of Reipoltskirchen

County of Peilstein[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

County of Plotzkau[edit]

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[edit]

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 Quadt[edit]

County of Questenburg[edit]

1797: Acquired by the Prince of Kaunitz

County of Rantzau[edit]

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

County of Ravensbeg[edit]

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

Imperial County of Rechberg[edit]

?: 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 Rechteren-Limpurg[edit]

County of Reckheim[edit]

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

County of Recklinghausen[edit]

County of Regenstein[edit]

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[edit]

Reichsberg
1500: Franconian Circle
To Schonborn

Imperial County of Reichenstein[edit]

1698: Acquired by Nesselrode

County of Rheda[edit]

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[edit]

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

County of Rieneck[edit]

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[edit]

"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

Map
County of Rietberg, 1789

County of Sayn[edit]

- 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[edit]

1192: Line became extinct

County of Schasberg[edit]

County of Schaumburg[edit]

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-Hesse[edit]

County of Schaumburg-Lippe[edit]

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

County of Schleiden[edit]

County of Schonborn[edit]

1300's: Lordship 1663: HRE Baron

1701: HRE County
Schönborn

County of Schönburg (See under "Principality")[edit]

County of Schwarzburg (See under "Principality")[edit]

Princely County of Schwarzenberg[edit]

1792: In Council of Princes

Reference
House Laws of Schwarzburg

County of Sigmaringen[edit]

References
Sigmaringen Castle

County of Solms[edit]

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[edit]

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

Reference

Saxony: Duchy, Kingdom and State

County of Sponheim[edit]

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

County of Stadion[edit]

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

County of Steinfurt[edit]

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

County of Sternberg[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Princely County of Thengen[edit]

County of Torring[edit]

County of Traun[edit]

Palatine County of Tubingen[edit]

Reference
The Palatine Counts of Tübingen

Princely County of Tyrol[edit]

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

County of Vaduz[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

County of Waldburg[edit]

1628: HRE Count

County of Waldeck[edit]

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

County of Wallmoden[edit]

County of Wartenberg[edit]

County of Weimar[edit]

References
Genealogy of Counts of Weimar

County of Werdenberg[edit]

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[edit]

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

County of Werdenberg-Sargans[edit]

County of Werdenberg-Sargans-Trochtelfingen[edit]

1534: Line extinct

County of Werdenberg-Sargans-Vaduz[edit]

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

County of Werdenberg-Sargans-Vaz[edit]

- 1504: Line extinct

County of Wertheim[edit]

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