LEBENAU
References
Genealogy of Counts of Lebenau
LEININGEN
Titles: Count of Leiningen & Dagsburg, Lord of Aspremont, Oberstein, Bruch, Bürgel & Reipoltskirchen, etc.
Territorial & Dynastic History
1128: 1st mention of "Count of Leiningen"
1220: 1st line of Counts of Leiningen extinct; passed by marriage to Counts of Saarbrucken
1220: Acquired Lordship of Hardenburg from Saarbrucken inheritance
1225/1241: Inherited HRE County of Dagsburg
1257-1290: County of Leiningen-Landeck
1310: Partitioned into Leiningen-Dachsburg (extinct 1467) and Leiningen-Leiningen
1312: Acquired Landvogt in Lower Alsace
1444: Secured from Emperor Friedrich III rank of Landgrave in Alsace
1467: Passed by female succession to Lords of Westerburg (Leiningen-Westerburg line)
1779: Principality of Leiningen
Rulers of Leiningen
Leiningen
Emich I (d.1117)
1117-1141: Emich II
1159-1197: Emich IV
1197-1220: Friedrich
SAARBRUCKEN
1220-1237: Friedrich I (C. of Saarbrucken)
1237-1276: Emich I
1237-1277: Friedrich II
1277-1299: Friedrich III
1281-1289: Emich II
1292-1310: Friedrich IV
Partitioned between Leiningen-Leiningen and Leiningen-Dachsburg.
Leiningen-Billigheim
1803-1806: Wilhelm Karl
Leiningen-Billigheim mediatized 1806.
Leiningen-Bockenheim
1722-1747: Karl Ludwig
To Leiningen-Hartenburg
Leiningen-Dachsburg
1310-1343: Gottfried I
Partitioned between Leiningen-Rickingen and Leiningen-Hartenburg.
1658-1702: Emich Christian
1702-1709: Friedrich
1709-1774: To Leiningen-Guntersblum
To Leiningen-Hartenburg thereafter...
Leiningen-Falkenburg
1541-1593: Emich X
1593-1640: Philipp Georg (in Dachsburg)
1593-1625: Johann Ludwig (in Heidesheim)
1625-1658 : Emich XII
1640-1688: Johann Kasimir
Partitioned between Leiningen-Heidesheim, Leiningen-Guntersblum, and Leiningen-Dachsburg.
Leiningen-Guntersblum
1658-1687: Johann Ludwig
1687-1709: Karl Ludwig
1687-1719: Emich Leopold
1719-1766: Emich Ludwig
1766-1774: Friedrich Theodor Ludwig
Partitioned between itself and Leiningen-Heidesheim.
1774/87-1803: Wilhelm Karl
Renamed to Leiningen-Billigheim
Leiningen-Hartenburg
1343-1375: Emich IV
1375-1442: Emich VI
1442-1495: Emich VII
1448-1495: Bernhard
1495-1528: Emich VIII
1528-1541: Emich IX
Partitioned between itself and Leiningen-Falkenburg.
1541-1562: Johann Philipp I
1562-1607: Emich XI
1607-1643: Johann Philipp II
1643-1698: Friedrich Emich
1698-1722: Johann Friedrich
Partitioned between itself and Leiningen-Bockenheim.
1722-1756: Friedrich Magnus
1756-1806: Karl Friedrich Wilhelm (Prince 1779)
Leiningen-Hartenburg mediatized 1806.
Leiningen-Heidesheim
1658-1672: Georg Wilhelm
1672-1699: Johann Karl August
1699-1766: Christian Karl Reinhard
To Leiningen-Guntersblum
1774/87-1803: Wenzel Joseph
Renamed to Leiningen-Neudenau
Leiningen-Leiningen Elder division of Leiningen, 1310.
1310-1328: Friedrich V (Landgrave)
1328-1335: Friedrich VI
1335-1398: Friedrich VII
1398-1437: Friedrich VIII
1437-1467: Hesso
1437-1449: Friedrich IX
To Westerburg.
Leiningen-Neudenau
1803-1806: Wenzel Joseph
Leiningen-Neudenau mediatized 1806.
Leiningen-Rickingen
1343-1345: Friedmann
1345-1380: Gottfried II
1380-1430: Johann
1430-1473: Rudolf
1473-1506: Hermann
To Leiningen-Westerburg
References
Principality of Leiningen
Regnal Chronologies
LEUCHTENBERG
"LEUCHTENBERG is a lordship in the kingdom of Bavaria, which has an area of 84 square miles, and a population of 5800 inhabitants. Till 1806 it was a landgraviate, the prince of which had a seat and vote in the Diet of the Empire. It is called after the ancient mountain castle of Leuchtenberg, in the village of that name, the original seat of the landgraves. The male line becoming extinct in 1646, the country fell to Bavaria. In 1817 the late king of Bavaria, Maximilian Joseph, gave it, with the principality of Eichstadt (together 215 square miles, with 24,000 inhabitants) to his son-in-law Eugene Beauharnais, who assumed the title of duke of Leuchtenberg, and surrendered to the king of Bavaria the sum of five millions of francs, which the king of Naples was to pay him for his estates in that kingdom. The title of royal highness was conferred on the duke and his successors, according to the order of primogeniture, and the rank of princes and princesses of Leuchtenberg, with the title of serene highness, on the other members of the family. The dukes of Leuchtenberg were also declared capable of succeeding to the throne, in case the royal line of Bavaria should become extinct; and on the other hand, on the extinction of the male line of the house of Leuchtenberg, its possessions return to the crown of Bavaria, on the payment of an indemnity of 2,320,312 Rhenish florins to the female line." (The Penny Cyclopedia, p. 450)
"Leuchtenberg, in the Middle Ages an independent principality of Germany, received its name from the castle of Leuchtenberg, and was ruled by a landgrave. In 1044 the male line of the dynasty became extinct, and the landgraviate fell to Bavaria. In 1817 the Bavarian king, Maximilian Joseph, ceded it for 5,000,000 francs to his son-inlaw, Eugene Beauharnais. who assumed the title of duke of Leuchtenberg. Area, about 80 square miles. Pop. about 6J00." (Barnard, p. 778)
Territorial & Dynastic History
1119: Gebhard I of Leuchtenberg (1118-1146) acquired by marriage the Lordship of Waldeck
1158: Gebhard II bears title of Count of Leuchtenberg
1196: Diepold I acquires title of Landgrave of Leuchtenberg
1209: Division into Waldeck and Leuchtenberg
1366: Division between Ulrich II (Vesten zu Leuchtenberg und Pfreimd) & Johann I (Pleystein, Reichenstein und Grafenwöhr)
1376: Emperor Charles granted Johann I the title Imperial Landgrave of Leuchtenberg & Count of Hals
?: Acquired County of Hals
1440: Landgrave Leopold became HRE Prince
1450: Granted princely rank by the Emperor (Princely Landgraviate)
1476: Landgraves Ludwig & Friedrich divide the County of Hals
1486: Landgrave Ludwig sells County of Hals to counts William & Johann of Aichberg
1500: In Bavarian Circle
1582: In HRE Council of Princes
1646: Male line becomes extinct with death of Maximilian Adam
?: Sold Leuchtenberg and Waldeck to Bavaria
1707: Granted to the Lords of Bamberg
1708: To Imperial Princes of Lamberg
1770: Annexed to Bavaria
1792: In Council of Princes
Rulers of Leuchtenberg
? -1123: Gebhard I (Landgrave of Leuch.)
? -1146: Friedrich I
1146-1170: Gebhard II
1146-1167: Marquard
1170-1244: Gebhard III
1178-1209: Diepold I
1217-1244: Diepold II
1243-1284: Friedrich II
1243-1279: Gebhard IV
1280-1293: Gebhard VI
1293-1334: Ulrich I
1334-1378: Ulrich II
1378-1398: Albrecht I
1398-1428: Johann IV
1398-1415: Ulrich III
1411-1443: Leopold
1443-1487: Friedrich IV
1459-1486: Ludwig
1487-1531: Johann V
1531-1572: Johann VI
1531-1555: Georg III
1531-1554: Christoph
1555-1567: Ludwig Heinrich
1567-1613: Georg Ludwig
1613-1618: Wilhelm
1618-1633: Rudolf Philipp
1633-1646: Maximilian Adam
WITTELSBACH
1646-1666: Albrecht II
1666-1705: Maximilian Philipp
1705-1708: To Bamberg
LAMBERG
1708-1711: Leopold Matthias
1711-1712: Franz Joseph
1712-1714: Franz Anton
WITTELSBACH
1714-1738: Ferdinand Maria
1738-1770: Clemens Franz
1770-1814: To Bavaria
BEAUHARNAIS
1814-1824: Eugene I
1824-1835: Auguste
1835-1852: Maximilian
1852-1890: Nikolas
1890-1901: Eugen II
1901-1912: Georg
1912-1918: Alexander
References
Genealogy of Landgraves of Leuchtenberg
Regnal Chronologies
LICHTENBERG
Principality of Lichtenberg
Map
LIMBURG
County of Limburg
Area: 118 sq.km.
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
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
References
County of Limburg
County of Limburg
The County of Limburg
The County of Limburg
The County of Limburg
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
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1271: County
1806: Mediatized
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Limburg-Styrum-Borkelö
Limburg-Styrum-Bronchhorst
Limburg-Styrum-Bronchhorst-Borkelö
Limburg-Styrum-Gemen
LIMPURG
County of Limpurg
1500: Franconian Circle
1806: Mediatised to Wurttemberg
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
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
References
County of Limburg
County of Limburg
The County of Limburg
The County of Limburg
The County of Limburg
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
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1271: County
1806: Mediatized
Lines
Limburg-Styrum-Borkelö
Limburg-Styrum-Bronchhorst
Limburg-Styrum-Bronchhorst-Borkelö
Limburg-Styrum-Gemen
LIMPURG
County of Limpurg
1500: Franconian Circle
1806: Mediatised to Wurttemberg
Lordship of Ruppin, 1400
Rulers of Lindow-Ruppin
Gebhard I of Arnstein (d.1256), 1180-1209, Vogt of Leitzkau; Count of Lindau
Gunther I of Lindow (c1230-c1284)
Ulric I of Lindow (c1253-1316)
Ulric II of Lindow-Ruppin (c1300-1356)
Günther II (1312-?)
Albrecht VI (1330-?)
Ulric III (1347-?)
Gunther III (1356-?)
Waldemar I (1358-?)
Ulric IV (1371-?)
Günther V (1375-?)
Johannes I (1381-?)
Ulric V (c1395-?)
Albrecht VIII (1405-1460)
Johannes III (c1455-1500)
Jakob I (1460-?)
Joachim I (1474-1507)
Wichmann I (c1500-1524)
Counts of Lindow-Ruppin
LINGEN
County of Lingen
"The present county of Lingen belonged formerly as a prefecturate to the county of Tecklenburg, and has also been frequently ceded to the divided brothers, and likewise stiled a lordship. In this manner the divided Count Nicolas V. of Tecklenburg possessed Lingen for his share, who dying in 1541 without legitimate heirs of his body, the country fell again upon that to his brother's son, Count Conrad of Tecklenburg. This last, on account of his acceeding to the Smalcaldick league, was put under the ban of the Empire by the Emperor Charles V. and the execution thereof conferred on Count Maximilian of Buren, who twice fell upon Count Conrad, and obliged him to abandon the seigniory of Lingen, together with four other parishies belonging to the county of Tecklenburg, as also his demands on the bishopric of Munster, and likewise to pay down a sum of 25,000 rix-dollars, and in 1548 he was invested by the Emperor Charles V. with Lingen as a county, under full exemption from all the taxes of the Empire. Count Maximilian of Buren died soon after and left behind him a daughter named Anna, who was afterwards married to William I. Prince of Nassau-Orange. Her guardians disposed of the county of Lingen to the Emperor Charles V. which in 1555, together with the Burgundian countries, was resigned by him to his son Philip II. King of Spain, who also retained it notwithstanding all the representations and complaints of the Counts of Tecklenburg; till Maurice Prince of Orange, on whose father William I. it was conferred as a present in 1578, by King Philip II. made himself master thereof in the year 1597. Now though the Spaniards were again in the possession of this county from the year 1605 to 1632 j yet at length, after their retreat, it fell a second time to the house of Nassau-Orange, and on the death of William III. the King of Prussia took possession thereof, uniting it at length again with Tecklenburg." (Busching, pp. 464-467)
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
975: 1st mention of Lingen as Linga
?: Emperor Otto II granted Lingen to Bishop Rudolf of Osnabruck as a fief
1498-1541: Count Nikolaus IV of Tecklenburg-Schwerin
1597: Occupied by Nassau-Orange
1605: To Spain
1633: To Nassau-Orange
1702: Inherited by Prussia
Rulers of Bentheim-Lingen (1450-1555)
1450 - 1508: Otto
1493 - 1508: Nicholas III, Count of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
1508 - 1541: Nicholas IV
1541 - 1547: Conrad, Count of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
1547 - 1548: Maximilian
1548 - 1555: Anna
References
History of Lingen
Rulers of Lingen
975: 1st mention of Lingen as Linga
?: Emperor Otto II granted Lingen to Bishop Rudolf of Osnabruck as a fief
1498-1541: Count Nikolaus IV of Tecklenburg-Schwerin
1597: Occupied by Nassau-Orange
1605: To Spain
1633: To Nassau-Orange
1702: Inherited by Prussia
Rulers of Bentheim-Lingen (1450-1555)
1450 - 1508: Otto
1493 - 1508: Nicholas III, Count of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
1508 - 1541: Nicholas IV
1541 - 1547: Conrad, Count of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
1547 - 1548: Maximilian
1548 - 1555: Anna
References
History of Lingen
Rulers of Lingen
LIPPE
Titles: Prince, Count and Noble Lord of Lippe, Count of Schwalenberg and Sternberg, Hereditary Burgrave of Utrecht.
Area: 469 sq. m.
Population (1905): 145,610
Territories
County of Lippe
County of Schwalenberg
County of Sternberg
Exclave of Kappel in Westphalia
Exclave of Lipperode in Westphalia
Exclave of Grevenhagen
Territorial Development and Dynastic History
1123: Lord of Lippe referred to for the first time
?: Bernhard (1113-1144) received a grant of territory from the Emperor Lothair and assumed the title of Lord of Lippe
1190: Lippe acquires Lordship of Rheda by marriage
1322: Simon I of Lippe acquires a part of County of Schwalenberg
1358: Lippe acquires 3/4 of Schwalenberg after extinction of its line
1365: Lippe loses Lordship of Rheda to Tecklenburg
1368: Simon III of Lippe (d.1410) introduces primogeniture to Lippe
1400/1405: Counts of Schaumburg pawns County of Sternberg to Lippe
1400-1409: Succession controversy over Evenstein between Dukes of Brunswick-Luneburg and Lippe
1529: Lords of Lippe elevated to status of Count of the Empire and becomes an Imperial County; Simon V styles himself count
1613: Simon VI (1555-1613)'s 3 sons divided Lippe into Lippe-Detmold, Lippe-Brake and Lippe-Alverdissen
1627: Jobst Hermann (d.1678), younger son of Simon VII founds the line of Counts of Lippe-Biesterfeld
1640: Philipp, youngest son of Simon VI, inherits a large part of the County of Schaumburg, including Buckeburg, and adopts the title of Count of Schaumburg-Lippe
1709: Lippe-Brake becomes extinct and inherited by Lippe-Detmold. "...The line of Brake becoming extinct in 1709, on the death of Louis FErdinand, Count Adolphus of Lippe Detmold took possession of the country, without regarding the rights of Buckeburg, but the imperial Aulic council, by judgments passed in 1734 and 1737, assigned half of the county to Schaumburg Lippe and the two houses concluded a convention in 1748." (SDUK, Vol. 14, p. 37)
1720: Counts of Lippe-Detmold were elevated to the status of Imperial Prince and Lippe became a Principality within the Holy Roman Empire
1736/1762: Lippe-Weissenfeld separates from Lippe-Biesterfeld
1763: Lippe-Detmold purchases Lordship of Lippe-Biesterfeld and Lippe-Biesterfeld-Weissenfeld
1789: Title of Prince of the Empire granted to Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold of Lippe (d.1802)
1806: Lippe joins the Confederation of the Rhine thus becoming the sovereign Principality of Lippe
1815: Principality joins the German Confederation
1866: Principality joins the North German Confederation
1895: Lippe-Detmold line became extinct
1895-1905: Succession to Lippe controvery
1905: Lippe-Detmold finally inherited by Lippe-Biesterfeld
Rulers of Lippe
Lords of Lippe
Bernhard I, 1123–1158
"Bernhard von der Lippe obtained in 1127 the town of Lemgo from the emperor Lotharius; and he and his brother Hermann are mentioned for the first time with the title of Von der Lippe in a document of the year 1129...." (SDUK, Vol. 14, p. 37)
Hermann I, 1128–1167
Bernhard II, 1168–1196
"...Bernhard II, his (Bernhard I) son, a friend of Henry the Lion, appeared with a numerous retinue of well armed knights at the died held at Mainz by the emperor Frederic I...." (SDUK, Vol. 14, p. 37)
Hermann II, 1196–1229
Bernhard III, 1230–1265
"...In 1184 Bernhard III obtained the lordship of Rheda by marriage in 1230...." (SDUK, Vol. 14, p. 37)
Hermann III, 1265–1273
Bernhard IV, 1285–1275
Simon I, 1273–1344
Simon II, 1344
"...His (Bernhard III) grandson Simon I inherited part of the county of Schwalenberg, and established in 1368 the Pactum Pacis, by which the eldest son only was to reign...." (SDUK, Vol. 14, p. 37)
Otto, 1344–1360
Bernhard V, 1344–1364
Simon III, 1360–1410
Bernhard VI, 1410–1415
Simon IV, 1415–1429
Bernhard VII, 1429–1511
Simon V, 1511–1536
Counts of Lippe
Simon V, 1511–1536
Bernhard VIII, 1536–1563
"...Bernhard VIII, who died in 1563, was the first who took the title of Count von der Lippe...." (SDUK, Vol. 14, p. 37)
Simon VI, 1563–1613
"...His (Bernhard VIII) son Simon VI is the immediate founder of the present line. He divided his possessions among his three sons, of whom Simon VII, founded the line of Detmold, Otto (Otho) that of Brake, and Philip that of Buckeburg, or Schaumburg...." (SDUK, Vol. 14, p. 37)
Simon VII, 1613–1627
Simon Ludwig , 1627–1636
Simon Philipp, 1636–1650
Johann Bernhard , 1650–1652
Hermann Friedrich , 1652–1665
Simon Heinrich, 1665–1697
Friedrich Friedrich , 1697–1718
Simon Heinrich Friedrich , 1718–1734
Simon Augustus, 1734–1782
Leopold I, 1782–1789
Princes of Lippe
Leopold I, 1789-1802
Leopold II, 1802-1851
Leopold III, 1851-1875
Woldemar, 1875-1895
Alexander, 1895-1905
Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe regent 1895-1897
Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld regent 1897-1904
Leopold IV, regent 1904-1905
Leopold IV, 1905-1918
References
Chronology of Lippe
German Genealogy: Lippe
Lippe in Catholic Encyclopedia
Lippe Family Tree in Gotha International
Lippe, Germany (State)
Principality of Lippe
Rulers of Lippe
Sovereigns of Lippe
LOBKOWITZ
Rulers of Lobkowitz
"...Zdenek Vojtech (1568-1628), married to the vivacious and domineering heiress of the Pernsteins, was created prince in 1624 for his incalculable services to Ferdinand II...." (Evans, p. 205)
"...Vaclav Eusebius (1609-77), president of the War Council and chief minister to Leopold I, acquired the immediate county of Sternstein in the Empire in 1641, became Duke of Sagan in Silesia five years later (shades of Wallenstein!), and established an entail for the vast estates around Raudnitz on the Elbe...." (Evans, p. 205)
Lobkowitz Links
LOON, LOOZ
County of Loon
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
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1366: Annexed to Bishopric of Liege
References
Medieval German Counties: Looz
Size: 53 sq. m.
Territorial & Dynastic History
1123: Lowenstein founded by the counts of Calw
1277: To a branch of the Counts of Calw
1281: German King Rudolf I purchased Lowenstein from Counts of Calw
1282: Rudolf I gave Lowenstein to his natural son Albrecht
1441: Heinrich of Lowenstein-Habsburg sold it to the Elector Palatine Friedrich I
1476: Elector Palatine invested Ludwig I with the Lordship of Scharffeneck, an Imperial immediate territory
1488: Ludwig I (1463-1524), natural son of Friedrich I, invested with Lowenstein (with Heilbronn)
1490: Ludwig I received the Lordship of Abstatt
1494: Emperor Maximilian I elevated Ludwig I as HRE Count
1504: Duke of Wurttemberg occupied the County of Lowenstein
1510: Ludwig I recognized the territorial supremacy of Wurttemberg in Lowenstein
1528-1623: Ruled hofgut of Habitzheim as vassals of the Count Palatine of the Rhine.
1567: Ludwig III of Lowenstein (1530-1611) married Anna, heiress of the Counts of Stolberg-Konigstein-Wertheim and inherited the County of Wertheim, Rochefort, Montaigne, Breuberg, Herbemont and Chassepierre and called himself Count of Lowenstein-Wertheim.
1580: Count of Lowenstein-Wertheim
1581: Ludwig III of Lowenstein (d.1611) became co-owner of the Imperial immediate lands of Wertheim, Breuberg, etc. and the non-immediate lands in Luxemburg
1592: Marriage of Christoph Ludwig (1568-1618) to Elizabeth (1569-1626), Countess of Manderscheid-Schleiden-Virneburg, who was heiress in 1600 of the County of Virneburg
1593: Elisabeth of Manderscheid (d.1626), wife of Christoph Ludwig (d.1616), Count of Lowenstein & Wertheim, succeeded in the Imperial immediate County of Virneburg
1611: By inheritance Graf von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg and
Graf von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort; Christoph Ludwig (d.1616) and Johann Dietrich (d.1644), the sons of Ludwig III (d.1611), founded, respectively, the branches of Virneburg and Rochefort
1613: the Emperor granted to the Counts of Lowenstein the title of Count of Wertheim
1622: Georg Ludwig deprived by the Emperor of Schrffeneck & Habitzheim for his alliance with the Elector Palatine which territories were granted to the junior line of Rocehfort
1633: Line of Lowenstein-Scharffeneck extinct with the death of Georg Ludwig
1649 and on: Rule hofgut of Habitzheim as vassals of the Count Palatine of the Rhine
1712: HRE Principality
1712: Fürst zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
?: Acquired Lordship of Haid in Bohemia
1713: Seat and voice in the Imperial College of Princes
?: Heinrich Friedrich of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (d.1721) married Amoene Sophia (d.1746) who inherited a part of the Imperial immediate County of Limpurg-Speckfeld-Sontheim
1730: Prince Dominik Marquard bought the Lordship of Rosenberg from Cout Franz of Hatzfeld
1803: Fürst zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, instead of Rochefort
1803: Graf zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, instead of Virneburg
1806: Mediatized; Counts of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg lost their status of Imperial immediate rulers when all of their possessions were mediatized by the Confederation of the Rhine
1812: King of Bavaria elevated Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg to rank of prince in Bavaria
Rulers of Lowenstein
Lowenstein
CALW
1099-1147: Albrecht (IV)
1152-1171: ? Berthold I
fl. c1194: Gottfried I
fl. c1171: Berthold II of Wolfsölden
fl. c1231: Gottfried II
1252-1282: Gottfried III
HABSBURG
1281-1282: Rudolf of Austria (King of Ger. 1271-1291)
SCHENKENBERG (Habsburg illeg.)
1283-1304: Albrecht I
1304-1340: Nikolas
1304-1328: Rudolf
1304-<>: Philipp
1340-1365: Albrecht II
1365-1380: Albrecht III
1380-1441: Heinrich
1382-1395: Johann Rudolf
1441-1476: Friedrich I the Warlike (Elector Count Pal.)
SCHARFENECK
1476-1524: Ludwig I
1524-1541: Friedrich II
1541-1611: Ludwig II (1530-1611)
Partitioned between Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg and Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort.
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenburg
1803-1806: Johann Karl Ludwig, Prince 1812 and 1813
1803-1806: Friedrich Karl Gottlob, Prince 1812 & 1813
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenburg mediatized
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
1611-1644: Johann Dietrich
1644-1672: Ferdinand Karl
1672-1718: Maximilian Karl Albrecht (1656-1718), Prince, 1711
1718-1735: Domenic Marquard
1735-1789: Karl Thomas
1789-1803: Constantin
Renamed to Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg from 1803.
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
1803-1806: Constantin
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg mediatized
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg
1611-1618: Christopher Ludwig
1618-1658: Friedrich Ludwig
1658-1683: Friedrich Eberhard
1683-1721: Heinrich Friedrich
1721-1790: Johann Ludwig Volrad
1721-1799: Karl Ludwig
1790-1803: Johann Karl Ludwig, Prince 1812 and 1813
1799-1803: Friedrich Karl Gottlob, Prince 1812 & 1813)
Renamed to Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenburg from 1803.
References:
Habitzheim Coat of Arms
History of the House of Wittelsbach
History of Lowenstein
Hofgut Habitzheim
Furst Lowenstein
Lowenstein Genealogy (Genealogy.EU)
Lowenstein in Landesarchiv Baden-Wurttemberg
Lowenstein in Lexikon '88
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Schaumburg Lippe History
LOON, LOOZ
County of Loon
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
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1366: Annexed to Bishopric of Liege
References
Medieval German Counties: Looz
LOWENSTEIN
Titles: (1803) HRE Count of Löwenstein, Wertheim, Rochefort, Montaigu, Limpurg, Virneburg, Gaildorf, Supreme Prince of Chassepierre/Chaisepierre, Lord of Scharfeneck, Breuberg, Herbeumont/Herbimont, NeufchâteauSize: 53 sq. m.
Territorial & Dynastic History
1123: Lowenstein founded by the counts of Calw
1277: To a branch of the Counts of Calw
1281: German King Rudolf I purchased Lowenstein from Counts of Calw
1282: Rudolf I gave Lowenstein to his natural son Albrecht
1441: Heinrich of Lowenstein-Habsburg sold it to the Elector Palatine Friedrich I
1476: Elector Palatine invested Ludwig I with the Lordship of Scharffeneck, an Imperial immediate territory
1488: Ludwig I (1463-1524), natural son of Friedrich I, invested with Lowenstein (with Heilbronn)
1490: Ludwig I received the Lordship of Abstatt
1494: Emperor Maximilian I elevated Ludwig I as HRE Count
1504: Duke of Wurttemberg occupied the County of Lowenstein
1510: Ludwig I recognized the territorial supremacy of Wurttemberg in Lowenstein
1528-1623: Ruled hofgut of Habitzheim as vassals of the Count Palatine of the Rhine.
1567: Ludwig III of Lowenstein (1530-1611) married Anna, heiress of the Counts of Stolberg-Konigstein-Wertheim and inherited the County of Wertheim, Rochefort, Montaigne, Breuberg, Herbemont and Chassepierre and called himself Count of Lowenstein-Wertheim.
1580: Count of Lowenstein-Wertheim
1581: Ludwig III of Lowenstein (d.1611) became co-owner of the Imperial immediate lands of Wertheim, Breuberg, etc. and the non-immediate lands in Luxemburg
1592: Marriage of Christoph Ludwig (1568-1618) to Elizabeth (1569-1626), Countess of Manderscheid-Schleiden-Virneburg, who was heiress in 1600 of the County of Virneburg
1593: Elisabeth of Manderscheid (d.1626), wife of Christoph Ludwig (d.1616), Count of Lowenstein & Wertheim, succeeded in the Imperial immediate County of Virneburg
1611: By inheritance Graf von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg and
Graf von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort; Christoph Ludwig (d.1616) and Johann Dietrich (d.1644), the sons of Ludwig III (d.1611), founded, respectively, the branches of Virneburg and Rochefort
1613: the Emperor granted to the Counts of Lowenstein the title of Count of Wertheim
1622: Georg Ludwig deprived by the Emperor of Schrffeneck & Habitzheim for his alliance with the Elector Palatine which territories were granted to the junior line of Rocehfort
1633: Line of Lowenstein-Scharffeneck extinct with the death of Georg Ludwig
1649 and on: Rule hofgut of Habitzheim as vassals of the Count Palatine of the Rhine
1712: HRE Principality
1712: Fürst zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
?: Acquired Lordship of Haid in Bohemia
1713: Seat and voice in the Imperial College of Princes
?: Heinrich Friedrich of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (d.1721) married Amoene Sophia (d.1746) who inherited a part of the Imperial immediate County of Limpurg-Speckfeld-Sontheim
1730: Prince Dominik Marquard bought the Lordship of Rosenberg from Cout Franz of Hatzfeld
1803: Fürst zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, instead of Rochefort
1803: Graf zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, instead of Virneburg
1806: Mediatized; Counts of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg lost their status of Imperial immediate rulers when all of their possessions were mediatized by the Confederation of the Rhine
1812: King of Bavaria elevated Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg to rank of prince in Bavaria
Rulers of Lowenstein
Lowenstein
CALW
1099-1147: Albrecht (IV)
1152-1171: ? Berthold I
fl. c1194: Gottfried I
fl. c1171: Berthold II of Wolfsölden
fl. c1231: Gottfried II
1252-1282: Gottfried III
HABSBURG
1281-1282: Rudolf of Austria (King of Ger. 1271-1291)
SCHENKENBERG (Habsburg illeg.)
1283-1304: Albrecht I
1304-1340: Nikolas
1304-1328: Rudolf
1304-<>: Philipp
1340-1365: Albrecht II
1365-1380: Albrecht III
1380-1441: Heinrich
1382-1395: Johann Rudolf
WITTELSBACH
1441-1476: Friedrich I the Warlike (Elector Count Pal.)
SCHARFENECK
1476-1524: Ludwig I
1524-1541: Friedrich II
1541-1611: Ludwig II (1530-1611)
Partitioned between Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg and Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort.
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenburg
1803-1806: Johann Karl Ludwig, Prince 1812 and 1813
1803-1806: Friedrich Karl Gottlob, Prince 1812 & 1813
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenburg mediatized
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
1611-1644: Johann Dietrich
1644-1672: Ferdinand Karl
1672-1718: Maximilian Karl Albrecht (1656-1718), Prince, 1711
1718-1735: Domenic Marquard
1735-1789: Karl Thomas
1789-1803: Constantin
Renamed to Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg from 1803.
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
1803-1806: Constantin
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg mediatized
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg
1611-1618: Christopher Ludwig
1618-1658: Friedrich Ludwig
1658-1683: Friedrich Eberhard
1683-1721: Heinrich Friedrich
1721-1790: Johann Ludwig Volrad
1721-1799: Karl Ludwig
1790-1803: Johann Karl Ludwig, Prince 1812 and 1813
1799-1803: Friedrich Karl Gottlob, Prince 1812 & 1813)
Renamed to Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenburg from 1803.
References:
Habitzheim Coat of Arms
History of the House of Wittelsbach
History of Lowenstein
Hofgut Habitzheim
Furst Lowenstein
Lowenstein Genealogy (Genealogy.EU)
Lowenstein in Landesarchiv Baden-Wurttemberg
Lowenstein in Lexikon '88
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Schaumburg Lippe History
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