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Lordship of Aarberg

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Lordship of Alpen

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  • 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

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  • 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

Lordship of Asch

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Lordship of Argen

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Lordship of Aulendorf

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Lordship of Bedburg

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Lordship of Beilstein

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Lordship of Bellelay

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

Lordship of Bendorf

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

Lordship of Biesensteig

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Lordship of Bludenz

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

Lordship of Bomelburg

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Lordship of Brandis

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

Lordship of Breiteneck

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Lordship of Breuberg

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  • 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

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  • 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.


Lordship of Budingen

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  • 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
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Lordship of Cottbus

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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

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  • (Dagstuhl)

Lordship of Dahn

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Lordship of Dyck

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  • 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


Lordship of Dreis

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Lordship of Eglingen

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Lordship of Egloff

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  • 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

Lordship of Ehrenberg

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

Lordship of Ehrenfels

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Lordship of Esens

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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

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

Lordship of Freudenberg

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  • 1579: To United Provinces

Lordship of Gedern

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  • 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

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

Lordship of Geroldseck

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

Lordship of Gimborn

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  • 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

Lordship of Gronau

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Lordship of Groningen

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  • 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

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Lordship of Hausen

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Lordship of Hohenberg

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Lordship of Hohenhowen

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Lordship of Hohenwaldeck

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Lordship of Isselstein

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Lordship of Jagdberg

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  • 1397: Lordship of Jagdberg acquired by Habsburgs

Lordship of Jever

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  • 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

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Lordship of Kempenich

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Lordship of Kerpen

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Lordship of Kinzigtal

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Lordship of Klettenberg

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Lordship of Kniphausen

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Lordship of Lebach

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Lordship of Limpurg

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Lordship of Lohra

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Lordship of Mechelen

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Imperial Lordship of Mechernich

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Lordship of Messkirch

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Lordship of Mindelheim

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Lordship of Munzfelden

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Lordship of Mylendonk

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Lordship of Nalbach

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Lordship of Neustadt

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Lordship of Nomeny

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Lordship of Oberstein

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Lordship of Ollbruck

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  • 1579: To United Provinces

Lordship of Pallandt

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Lordship of Pettingen

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Lordship of Platen

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

Lordship of Plesse

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

Lordship of Pyrbaum

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Lordship of Pyrmont

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Lordship of Rappoltstein

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Lordship of Reichelsberg

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Lordship of Reichenstein

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Lordship of Reifferscheid

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Lordship of Kronberg

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Lordship of Reipolstskirchen

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Lordship of Rhade

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Lordship of Rheda (See under "County")

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Lordship of Richold

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Lordship of Riedesel

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Lordship of Rothenberg

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1349: Emperor Charles IV pawned Rothenberg to Engelhard of Hirschhorn

Lordship of Saffenburg

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Imperial Lordship of Schauen

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Lordship of Schaumburg

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Lordship of Schellenberg

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  • 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)

Lordship of Schonau

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  • Schönau

Lordship of Schwabegg

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Lordship of Schwarzenholz

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Lordship of Segenberg

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

Lordship of Seinsheim

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Lordship of Staufen

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Lordship of Staufeneck

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  • 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

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Lordship of Stein

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Lordship of Sulzburg

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Lordship of Tarasp

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  • 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.


Lordship of Tettnang

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Lordship of Tannhausen

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

Lordship of Tournai

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Lordship of Utrecht

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  • 1579: To United Provinces

Lordship of Varel

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

Lordship of Vechta

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Lordship of Wasserburg

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Lordship of Weisensteig

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Lordship of Wels

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  • 1792: In Council of Princes

Lordship of Welsheim

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  • Welzheim

Lordship of Wendt

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Lordship of Wevelinghoven

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?-1354: Lordship

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

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

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

Lordship of Wickeradt

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Lordship of Wiesensteig

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Lordship of Wiesentheid

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Lordship of Wildenberg

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Lordships of Winneburg

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  • 1679: Imperial County

Lordship of Witten

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Lordship of Wittmund

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Lordship of Wylre

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