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Lordship[edit]

Lordship of Aarberg[edit]

References
Aarberg

Lordship of Alpen[edit]

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

Lordship of Anholt[edit]

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

References
History of Anholt

Lordship of Asch[edit]

Lordship of Argen[edit]

Lordship of Aulendorf[edit]

Lordship of Bedburg[edit]

References
HIS DATA: Lordship of Bedburg

Lordship of Beilstein[edit]

Lordship of Bellelay[edit]

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

Lordship of Bendorf[edit]

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

Lordship of Biesensteig[edit]

Lordship of Bludenz[edit]

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

Lordship of Bomelburg[edit]

Lordship of Brandis[edit]

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

Lordship of Breda[edit]

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

Breda

Lordship of Breiteneck[edit]

(Breitenegg)

References
History of Breitenbrunn & Breitenegg

Lordship of Breuberg[edit]

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

Lordship of Broich[edit]

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.

Map
Broich, 1819

Lordship of Budingen[edit]

Büdingen
- 1131: 1st mention of Gerlach I as Lord of Budingen
- 1170: Lords of Budingen become Burgraves of Gelnhausen
- 1219: 1st mention of Budingen Castle
- 1240: Gerlach II dies and Lords of Budingen become extinct & possessions inherited by Lords of Beuberg & Lords of Isenburg
- 1258: Ludwig of Isenburg is name co-heir of Lords of Budingen
- 1287: Division of Budinggen among the sons of Heinrich of Isenburg
- 1290: Dispute between Lords of Isenburg and Lords of Breuberg over Budingen
- 1323: Budingen Castle becomes seat of the Lords of Isenburg after extinction of Lords of Breuberg
- 1330: Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian awards Luther of Isenburg, Lord of Budingen, market rights in his territory
- 1324: Lords of Isenburg inherit the portion of Lords of Breuberg which became extinct
- 1442: Budingen becomes an imperial county
- 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]

Lordship of Cottbus[edit]

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

Lordship of Dachstuhl[edit]

(Dagstuhl)

Lordship of Dahn[edit]

Reference
Lords of Dahn

Lordship of Dyck[edit]

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

Map
Location Map of Dyck, 1789

Lordship of Dreis[edit]

Lordship of Eglingen[edit]

Lordship of Egloff[edit]

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

References
History of Eglofs

Lordship of Ehrenberg[edit]

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

Lordship of Ehrenfels[edit]

Lordship of Esens[edit]

1464: Lordship of Esens recognized Ulrich Cirksena of East Frisia as its feudal lord. 1540: To Counts of Rietberg 1581/1600: To Counts of East Frisia by marriage

Lordship of Fleckenstein[edit]

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

References
Fleckenstein Castle in Alsace

Lordship of Freudenberg[edit]

References
Freudenberg Castle Pictures

Lordship of Friesland[edit]

1579: To United Provinces

Lordship of Gedern[edit]

780: First mention of Gedern in Budingen in a document in the Abbey of Lorsch
1247: To the Lords of Breuberg
1323: To the Lords of Trimberg
1356: Emperor Karl IV grants Gedern market rights
1376: To Eppenstein-Konigstein
1535: To Counts of Stolberg
1677: Gedern was seat of the Counts of Stolberg-Gedern
1742:

Lordship of Gemen[edit]

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

References
Gemen Castle

Lordship of Geroldseck[edit]

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

References
Lords of Geroldseck

Lordship 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
?: 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

References
Gimborn Castle

Lordship of Gronau[edit]

References
[3]

Lordship of Groningen[edit]

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

Lordship of Gundelfingen[edit]

Lordship of Hausen[edit]

Lordship of Hohenberg[edit]

References
The Lordship of Hohenberg and Margraviate of Burgau

Lordship of Hohenhowen[edit]

Lordship of Hohenwaldeck[edit]

Lordship of Isselstein[edit]

Lordship of Jagdberg[edit]

1397: Lordship of Jagdberg acquired by Habsburgs

Lordship of Jever[edit]

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

Lordship of Justingen[edit]

Lordship of Kempenich[edit]

References
History of the Lordship of Kempenich

Lordship of Kerpen[edit]

Lordship of Kinzigtal[edit]

Lordship of Klettenberg[edit]

Lordship of Kniphausen[edit]

Knyphausen

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

Lordship of Kronberg[edit]

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

Imperial Lordship of Landskron[edit]

Lordship of Lebach[edit]

Lordship of Limpurg[edit]

Lordship of Lohra[edit]

Lordship of Mechelen[edit]

Malines

Imperial Lordship of Mechernich[edit]

Lordship of Messkirch[edit]

Meßkirch

Lordship of Mindelheim[edit]

Lordship of Munzfelden[edit]

Münzfelden

Lordship of Mylendonk[edit]

Millendonk

Lordship of Nalbach[edit]

Lordship of Neustadt[edit]

Lordship of Nomeny[edit]

Lordship of Oberstein[edit]

Lordship of Ollbruck[edit]

Ollbrück

Lordship of Overijssel[edit]

1579: To United Provinces

Lordship of Pallandt[edit]

References
Baron of Pallandt

Lordship of Pettingen[edit]

Reference
The Lordship of Pettingen

Lordship of Platen[edit]

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

Lordship of Plesse[edit]

1571: Line of lords died out; passed to Hesse

Lordship of Pyrbaum[edit]

Lordship of Pyrmont[edit]

Lordship of Rappoltstein[edit]

Reference
The Lords of Rappolstein

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[edit]

1349: Emperor Charles IV pawned Rothenberg to Engelhard of Hirschhorn

Lordship of Saffenburg[edit]

Imperial Lordship of Schauen[edit]

Lordship of Schaumburg[edit]

Lordship of Schellenberg[edit]

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)

References
Hans Ulrich of Schellenberg

Lordship of Schonau[edit]

Schönau

Lordship of Schwabegg[edit]

Lordship of Schwarzenholz[edit]

Lordship of Segenberg[edit]

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

Lordship of Seinsheim[edit]

Lordship of Staufen[edit]

Stauffen

Lordship of Staufeneck[edit]

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

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

Lordship of Stedesdorf[edit]

Lordship of Stein[edit]

Lordship of Sulzburg[edit]

Lordship of Tarasp[edit]

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.