RANTZAU, RANZAU, RANTZOW
Imperial County of Rantzau
Area: 248 sq. km.
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1226: 1st mention of Knight "Johannes of Ranzos"
?: Acquired Barmstedt
1649: Friedrich III of Holstein-Gottorp sold his part of the Lordship of Pinneberg, which had formerly belonged to the County of Schauenburg, to Christian Rantzau, Danish goverrnor of Holstein.
1650/1651:Rantazu became an immediate county and state of the Holy Roman Empire
1650: Emperor Ferdinand II elevated Christian of Rantzau to HRE Count
1726: Denmark took possession of Rantzau after Wilhelm Adolf of Rantzau had murdered his brothers and was imprisoned
1734: Count Wilhelm Adolf died without sons thus ending line of Counts of Rantzau; Rantzau inherited by the Dukes of Holstein
1864: Mediatised to Prussia
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1226: 1st mention of Knight "Johannes of Ranzos"
?: Acquired Barmstedt
1649: Friedrich III of Holstein-Gottorp sold his part of the Lordship of Pinneberg, which had formerly belonged to the County of Schauenburg, to Christian Rantzau, Danish goverrnor of Holstein.
1650/1651:Rantazu became an immediate county and state of the Holy Roman Empire
1650: Emperor Ferdinand II elevated Christian of Rantzau to HRE Count
1726: Denmark took possession of Rantzau after Wilhelm Adolf of Rantzau had murdered his brothers and was imprisoned
1734: Count Wilhelm Adolf died without sons thus ending line of Counts of Rantzau; Rantzau inherited by the Dukes of Holstein
1864: Mediatised to Prussia
Rulers of Rantzau
1650-1663: Christian (1614-1663)
1663-1697: Detlev
1697-1721: Christian Detlev
1721-1734: Wilhelm Adolf
Other Famous Rantzaus
Johann Rantzau (1492-1565)
Heinrich Rantzau (1526-1598)
References
Breitenburg Castle
Family Tree of Counts of Rantzau
Genealogy of Counts of Rantzau
Heinrich Rantzau
Imperial County of Rantzau
Location Map of Rantzau
Breitenburg Castle
Family Tree of Counts of Rantzau
Genealogy of Counts of Rantzau
Heinrich Rantzau
Imperial County of Rantzau
Location Map of Rantzau
RAVENSBERG
County of Ravensbeg
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1180: County
1346: To Counts of Berg
1348: To Dukes of Julich
1521: To Dukes of Kleve
1614: To Brandenburg
1180: County
1346: To Counts of Berg
1348: To Dukes of Julich
1521: To Dukes of Kleve
1614: To Brandenburg
RAVENSTEIN
Lords of Ravenstein
Rulers of Ravenstein
1100's: Diederik of Renen
c1191-1203: Sophie
c1191-1233: Albrecht I of Cuijk
c1226-1267: Rutger I of Cuijk
c1268-1297: Albrecht I of Cuijk
c1301-1324: Rutger II of Cuijk (joint rule)
c1278-1308: Albrecht II of Cuijk
c1315-1327: Maria of Cuijk
1328-1356: Johann of Valkenburg-Cleves
1356-1378: Walram of Valkenburg-Cleves
1378-1396: Reinald of Valkenburg-Cleves
1396: Simon of Salm (d.1397)
1396-1448: To Cleves
1448-1492: Adolf of Cleves-Ravenstein
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1179: First mention of Ulrich I of Rechberg who with his son, Hildebrand, served as a marshal in the Duchy of Swabia; 1st mention of Rechberg as ministeriale of the Hohenstaufens based in Hohenrechberg by Gmund
1300s: Division into Rechberg-Hohenrechberg and Rechberg-Staufeneck
1478: Rechberg acquires Kronberg by marriage
1558: Rechberg-Hohenrechberg line died out
1577: HRE Barony
1607: HRE Counts
1626: HRE County but retained the title of Baron
1806: Mediatised to Wurttemberg
1179: First mention of Ulrich I of Rechberg who with his son, Hildebrand, served as a marshal in the Duchy of Swabia; 1st mention of Rechberg as ministeriale of the Hohenstaufens based in Hohenrechberg by Gmund
1300s: Division into Rechberg-Hohenrechberg and Rechberg-Staufeneck
1478: Rechberg acquires Kronberg by marriage
1558: Rechberg-Hohenrechberg line died out
1577: HRE Barony
1607: HRE Counts
1626: HRE County but retained the title of Baron
1806: Mediatised to Wurttemberg
The line of Rechberg and Rothlowen have been known since the days of Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa of Staufen. Ulrich I of Rechberg (d. c1206) served as Marshal of the Duchy of Swabia. They possessed an Imperial estate, became Barons in 1577, and Counts in 1607 under Wolf Konrad. The Rechberger had a wide territory around the Hohenrechberg, Donzdorf and Weissenstein, on the Rems and Kocher in Rechberghausen, Wäschenbeuren and Sindelfingen, in Hohenzollerischen, from Veringen to Schramberg, in Schwaben Weissenhorn, Illereichen, Kellmünz, Osterberg, Babenhausen, Mindelheim, Türkheim and Kronburg. The family was divided in the 14th century into the two main lines of Rechberg-Hohenrechberg and Rechberg-Staufeneck. The Rechberg-Hohenrechberg died out in 1558, while the first main line of Rechberg-Hohenrechberg in 1591, the second main line Rechberg-Staufeneck, from their previously but numerous secondary lines arise. in Rechbergischen Besitz. Helfenstein of deposit are given. The remaining areas (mainly Weissenstein, Treffelhausen and Schnittlingen) are either still under I. Albrecht or his son Albrecht II in possession of Rechberger. For centuries, belonged to the reign Rechberger Schwäbische circle. Maintaining security and order, the coinage, the military and the Heerstraße were regulated out of them. In the 16th century were the Knights Rechberger Canton Kocher joined. The ritterschaftlichen territories lost in the time of the Napoleonic empire immediacy. This was the reign Rechberg in 1806, whose territories 1810 to the Kingdom of Wurttemberg and Bavaria fell. The head of the Count's house Rechberg was until 1918 a member of the first chamber and Württemberg after acquiring Standesherrschaft Mickhausen also the first Reichsrat Bavarian Chamber.
List of Rulers of Rechberg and Rothenlowen
Hohenrechberg
Lord of Rechberg, 1163-1206
"Ulrich I (d. c1206) Lord of Rechberg, † around 1206, married to Berchterad of beaver creek. January 1179 was the Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa is a privilege for the Red Monastery, where, among the witnesses also Ulricus de Rehperc (Ulrich I. von Rechberg) found. It is undoubtedly the oldest mention of the still living sex. Ulrich 1181 is among the stunned fish service men and as such is expressly designated 1189. Ulrich is a 1197 Marshall of Duke Philip of Swabia mentioned. Also 1199 and 1205, he is still in proof of this property."
Hildebrand
(d.1226)
Lord of Rechberg, 1194-1226
"Lord of Rechberg, † um1226, married with Anna von Pappenheim. Ulrichs Hildebrand was the son of 1197 alongside his father is mentioned, 1202, 1221 and 1225 in the possession of the Marshal's Office was. of 1215 called Ulrich von Hildebrand was probably Rechberg brother, as well as the bishop Siegfried of Augsburg, the 1172 and 1184 to 1202 appears in several documents and 1208 to the Bishop of Augsburg is elected."
Konrad I
the Monk
the Monk
(d. c1237)
Lord of Rechberg, 1226-1293
Lord of Rechberg, 1226-1293
"...Hildebrand's son Konrad I., called the monk, only in two documents from 1235 and 1237 listed as a witness. He was no longer in possession of the dignity of Marshal, which has been transferred to the Hartmann, Count of Dillingen, and after his death to Count Ulrich von Württemberg (1259). The first division of the line happened after his death. His first son, Konrad II founded the main line, while the second son Ulrich founded the collateral lines of Sindelfingen, Heuchlingen and Rechberghausen; but all three became extinct around 1400.
Konrad II
(d.1307)
the Bailiff or Landvogt
Lord of REchberg, 1293-1307
"Konrad II is from 1259 to 1293 demonstrated. First 1259 with his brother Ulrich, then in 1272 a confirmation certificate for the hospital in Esslingen, 1274 as Ulrich's and uncle Johann of Rechberg, 1287 as a witness in a waiver certificate for the monastery Söslingen and 1293, where he and his son Albrecht a sale of three farms in Lingenfelder cut by Ludwig von Staufeneck to God Monastery Cell certified. His brother Hildebrand is from 1242 to 1279 canon in Augsburg."
Albrecht I
(d.c1327)
the Bailiff or Landvogt
Lord of Rechberg in Hohenrechberg, Ramsberg & Staufeneck, 1307-1326
"Albrecht, 1293 to 1326 witnessed, for our home twice to become important. 1293 he sold his father Konrad II three courtyards in the monastery to cut Lingenfelder God Zell and 1307, he acquired Böhm KirchMedia. 1333 Acquires Albrecht of the lords of the castle Staufeneck Staufeneck. 1328 under the reign of his two sons, Konrad Albrecht II and IV neu geteilt. newly divided. Konrad IV receives Staufeneck (second-line Rechberg Staufeneck), while Albrecht II High Rechberg (first main-line Rechberg High Rechberg) inherits."
Albrecht II
1326 ?-1350
Wilhelm I
1350-1380
Albrecht III
(d. 1408)
Lord of Rechberg in Staufeneck & Falkenstein, 1390
Lord of Rechberg in Staufeneck & Falkenstein, 1390
Heinrich
fl. c. 1400
(1410-1464)
Ulrich I the Old (in Hohenrechberg)
d. 1468 ?
Wilhelm II (in Weissenstein)
d. 1464
Ulrich II
1468-1496
Wolfgang
1496-1540
Ulrich III
1540-1572
Ulrich IV
1572-1585
Konrad IV the Honest
1323-1351
Gebhard I
(d.1397)
(d.1397)
Lord of Rechberg in Hohenrechberg, Rechberghausen, Illereichen and Donzdorf, 1351-1397
Pfandherrr at Weissenhorn and Marstetten
Pfandherrr at Weissenhorn and Marstetten
Albrecht I
(d.1426)
(d.1426)
Lord of Rechberg in Illereichen, Illerbeuren, Rechberghausen and Kellmunz, 1397-1426
Gaudenz I
(d.1460)
(d.1460)
Lord of Rechberg in Illereichen, Illerbeuren and Kellmunz, 1426-1460
Albrecht III
(d.1510)
(d.1510)
Lord of Rechberg in Illereichen, 1460-1510
Johann III
(d.1574)
(d.1574)
Lord of Rechberg, in Illereichen, Aichheil, Rechberghausen and Schafenberg, 1510-1574
Johann Gebhard
(d.1619)
Imperial Baron of Rechberg, 1601
(d.1619)
Imperial Baron of Rechberg, 1601
Lord of Rechberg in Illereichen, 1576-1610
Kaspar Bernhard I
(d.1605)
Imperial Baron of Rechberg, 1601
(d.1605)
Imperial Baron of Rechberg, 1601
Lord of Rechberg in Donzdorf, 1576-1605
Babenhausen-Mindelheim-Kellmunz
Bero I
(d.1462)
(d.1462)
Lord of Rechberg in Babenhausen, 1418
Lord of Rechberg in Midelheim and Kellmunx, 1432-1455
Lord of Rechberg in Midelheim and Kellmunx, 1432-1455
Bero II
1455-1487
Bero III
1487 d. ?
Friedrich
1487 d. ?
Johann Wilhelm
(d.1614)
(d.1614)
Lord of Rechberg in Donzdorf, 1605-1614
Bernhard Bero
(1607-1686)
(1607-1686)
Lord of Rechberg in Donzdorf, 1614-1686
Franz Albrecht
(1645-1715)
Imperial Count of Rechberg, 1699
(1645-1715)
Imperial Count of Rechberg, 1699
Lord of Rechberg in Ramsberg, 1686-1715
Ferdinand
(d.1722)
Count of Rechberg, 1715-1722
(d.1722)
Count of Rechberg, 1715-1722
Klemens Aloys
(1682-1732)
Count of Rechberg in Donzdorf and Ramsberg, 1722-1732
(1682-1732)
Count of Rechberg in Donzdorf and Ramsberg, 1722-1732
Guy Ernest of Weissenstein
1732-1738
Kaspar Bernhard II
(1588-1651)
Imperial Count of Rechberg, 1626
(1588-1651)
Imperial Count of Rechberg, 1626
Lord of Rechberg in Illeraichen, 1605-1654
Johann IV
(1631-1676)
(1631-1676)
Count of Hohenrechberg and Aichen, Lord in Illeraichen, 1654-1676
Georg I
(d.1506)
Lord of Rechberg in Kronburg, Illeraichen, Illerbueren and Kellmunz,
(d.1506)
Lord of Rechberg in Kronburg, Illeraichen, Illerbueren and Kellmunz,
1460-1506
Gaudenz II
(d.1540)
(d.1540)
Lord of Rechberg in Kronburg, Illerbeuren, Kellmunz, Osterberg and Konradshofen, 1506-1540
Pfandherr of the County of Schwabegg and at Rauchenlechsberg
Pfandherr of the County of Schwabegg and at Rauchenlechsberg
Osterberg
Christoph
1540-1584
Bero I
1540-1544
Bero II (in Weissenstein 1618)
1584-1626
Guy Ernst I
1626-1671
Franz Leo
1671-1672
Guy Ernst II
1672-1709
Josef Rudolf
1709-1711
Guy Ernst III
1711-1719
Gaudenz
1719-1735
Johann Bero Xavier
1735-1745
Franz Leo Xavier (in Weissenstein)
1745-1767
Maximilian Emmanuel (Count of Rechberg und Rothelöwen)
1745-1806 d. 1819
Schwabeck
Johann
1540-1593
Wolf Konrad
1593-1617
Wilhelm Leo (in Weissenstein 1604: Imp. Count 1609)
1617-1618
Staufeneck
Albrecht II
1432-1445
Guy II
1445-1471
Guy III
1471- ?
Konrad III
Albrecht V
Konrad IV (in Hohenrechberg 1585)
Albrecht Hermann
1592-1599
Albrecht III (I)
1351-1415
Guy I
1415-1432
Georg III
(d.1574)
(d.1574)
Lord of Rechberg in Kronburg (1535), Kellmunz and Weissenstein (1573), 1540-1574
Ernst
(d.1604)
Imperial Lord of Rechberg, 1577
(d.1604)
Imperial Lord of Rechberg, 1577
Lord of Rechberg in Kronburg (1574), Weissenstein and Kellmunz, 1574-1604
Philipp
(d.1587)
Imperial Lord of Rechberg, 1577
(d.1587)
Imperial Lord of Rechberg, 1577
Lord of Rechberg in Kellmunz, 1574-1587
Hugo (in Kronburg)
1574-1578
References
Genealogy (Marek)
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1623: Imperial County of Reckheim
?: To Aspremont-Lynden
?: To Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
1623: Imperial County of Reckheim
?: To Aspremont-Lynden
?: To Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
RECKLINGHAUSEN
"This county is bounded by the bishopric of Munster, the duchy of Cleve, and the county of Mark, lying on the east side of the Rhine, and extending about twenty miles from east to west, and ten from south to north. It belongs to the see of Cologne, and is governed by a lieutenant. The only places in it worth mentioning are, Recklinghauscn, a small town, giving name to the county, and containing a strong castle, with a nunnery, the abbess whereof hath power of punishing capitally. She alone is obliged to make a vow of chastity ; for the nuns, after having been a certain number of years in the house, may marry." (Smollett, p. 43)
References
History of Vest Recklinghausen
Vest Recklinghausen in GenWiki
Vest Recklinghausen in HIS Data
Vest Recklinghausen in Hoeckmann
Vest Recklinghausen in Wikipedia
References
History of Vest Recklinghausen
Vest Recklinghausen in GenWiki
Vest Recklinghausen in HIS Data
Vest Recklinghausen in Hoeckmann
Vest Recklinghausen in Wikipedia
County of Regenstein
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
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
Possessions of Counts of Regenstein
Burg Regenstein
Burg Westerburg
Burg Heimburg
Roseburg (Schloss)
Burg Calvörde
Burg Oschersleben
Schloss Blankenburg (Harz)
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
Possessions of Counts of Regenstein
Burg Regenstein
Burg Westerburg
Burg Heimburg
Roseburg (Schloss)
Burg Calvörde
Burg Oschersleben
Schloss Blankenburg (Harz)
Counts of Regenstein
Siegfried
(-1073)
Konrad I of Blankenburg
(d. after 1197)
Count of Regenstein
Heinrich I
Count of Regenstein-Blankenburg, 1172-1235
Heinrich I
Count of Regenstein-Blankenburg, 1172-1235
Konrad II of Blankenburg
(d.1246/53)
Count of Regenstein
Heinrich I of Blankenburg
(d. 1245)
Count of Blankenburg
Count of Regenstein
Siegfried I of Blankenburg
(d. bef. 1245)
Count of Blankenburg, 1192
Count of Regenstein, 1185
Ulrich I of Blankenburg
(d.1265/67)
Count of Regenstein-Heimburg, ?-1267
Ulric III
Count of Regenstein in Heimburg, 1287-1322
(1293-1349)
Count of Regenstein, 1310-1349
Albert III
(1341-1365)
John Ernest
(d.1599)
Count of Blankenburg and Regenstein, ?-1599)
References
Genealogy (FMG)
List of Counts of Regenstein
List of Counts of Regenstein-Blankenburg
Regenstein: the Lost Fort
REICHELSBERG, REICHSBERG
Imperial County of Reichelsberg
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1500: Franconian Circle
To Schonborn
REICHENSTEIN
Imperial County of Reichenstein
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1698: Acquired by Nesselrode
REUSS
"The family of the princes and counts of Reuss is very ancient, and may be traced back as sovereign princes to the eleventh century. This family has been repeatedly divided and subdivided into numerous branches; it now consists of two principal lines, the elder and the younger, and some collateral lines. The elder line, that of Reuss-Greitz, possesses the lordships of Greitz and Burg, and part of the district of Reichenfels. The prince resides at Greitz, a town containing 6200 inhabitants. The possessions of the younger line, that of Reuss-Schleitz, are considerably more extensive that those of the elder, but this line being subdivided, the revenue and territory are also divided, though only the prince of Reuss-Schleitz is considered sovereign.
"The branch of GEra having become extinct in 1802, the princes of Reuss-Schleitz and Lobenstein administer the affairs of the country in common, and divide the revenue equally between them. All the princess of Reuss have borne the name of Henry ever since the eleventh century. At first they were distinguished by some appellation, such as the elder, the younger, the rich, the fat; and in the sequel by the ordinal numbers. In 1668 it was agreed that the two lines should reckon seprately. In 1701 both lines began with the new century with No. 1; but in 1801 the younger line began a new series with No. 1, while the elder continue to count on...." (SDUK, Vol. 19-20, p. 425)
REUSS-GERAArea: 149 sq. mi.
REUSS-GREIZ
Area: 149 sq. mi.
REUSS-LOBESTEIN-EBERSDORF
Area: 160 sq. mi.
REUSS-SCHLEIZ
Area: 447 sq. mi.
REUTLINGEN
REUSS-GREIZ
Area: 149 sq. mi.
REUSS-LOBESTEIN-EBERSDORF
Area: 160 sq. mi.
REUSS-SCHLEIZ
Area: 447 sq. mi.
REUTLINGEN
"In 1240 Reutlingen, with a territory of fifteen square miles, became a free imperial city, and continuing faithful to the Swabian emperors, bravely defended itself against their adversaries. In 1305 it obtained the right of being a place of refuge for persons who had committed involuntary homicide. It afterwards joined the Swabian Union, and in 1505 placed itself under the protection of Wuirtemberg, on which it obtained, in 1506, the right of not admitting any Jews. In 1519 Duke Ulrich of Wiirtemberg besieged and took it, but was expelled by the Swabian Union. In 1530 it was one of the five free imperial cities that subscribed to the Confession of Augsburg. It lost its rights as a free imperial city by the treaty of Luneville, and by the recess of the empire of 1803 it was assigned to Wiirtemberg." (SDUK, Vol. 19-20, p. 425)
RHEDA
Lordship of RHEDA
Title: Count of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
?: Lordship of Rheda created from the free court or free jurisdiction ("Freigericht") of Rheda and stewardship ("Vogterei") over the abbeys of Liesborn and Freckenhorst.
1080's: Gained imperial immediacy
1190: On the death of the first lord, Widukind of Rheda, Rheda was inherited by Bernhard II of Lippe
1364: To Counts of Tecklenburg; on the death of Bernhard V of Lippe, his son-in-law, Otto V of Tecklenburg, seized Rheda
1364-1491: Disputed by Lippe & Tecklenburg-Schwerin
1491: Tecklenburg reimbursed Lippe, in the amount of 7,200 Rhenish gulden, for its annexation of Rheda in 1364
1605: Inherited by Counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
1606: County of Rheda
1808: To Grand Duchy of Berg
1818: To Kingdom of Prussia
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
?: Lordship of Rheda created from the free court or free jurisdiction ("Freigericht") of Rheda and stewardship ("Vogterei") over the abbeys of Liesborn and Freckenhorst.
1080's: Gained imperial immediacy
1190: On the death of the first lord, Widukind of Rheda, Rheda was inherited by Bernhard II of Lippe
1364: To Counts of Tecklenburg; on the death of Bernhard V of Lippe, his son-in-law, Otto V of Tecklenburg, seized Rheda
1364-1491: Disputed by Lippe & Tecklenburg-Schwerin
1491: Tecklenburg reimbursed Lippe, in the amount of 7,200 Rhenish gulden, for its annexation of Rheda in 1364
1605: Inherited by Counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
1606: County of Rheda
1808: To Grand Duchy of Berg
1818: To Kingdom of Prussia
Rulers of Rheda
Counts of Bentheim & Tecklenburg in Rheda
Johann Adolf
1764-1704
Friedrich Moritz
1704-1710
Moritz Kasimir I
1710-1768
Moritz Kasimir II
1768-1805
Moritz Kasimir III
1805-1806
Emil Friedrich Karl
1806-1808
Counts of Bentheim & Tecklenburg in Rheda
Johann Adolf
(1673-1704)
1764-1704
Friedrich Moritz
(1653-1710)
1704-1710
Moritz Kasimir I
(1701-1768)
1710-1768
Moritz Kasimir II
(1735-1805)
1768-1805
Moritz Kasimir III
(1764-1806)
1805-1806
Emil Friedrich Karl
(1765-1837)
1806-1808
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1310: County
1310: Partitioned from Leiningen
1668: Annexed to Leiningen-Hartenburg
1310: County
1310: Partitioned from Leiningen
1668: Annexed to Leiningen-Hartenburg
RIENECK
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
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
History of Rieneck Castle
Rieneck Castle
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
History of Rieneck Castle
Rieneck Castle
RIETBERG
County of RIETBERG
County of RIETBERG
"The county of Rietberg, which was otherwise allodial, in the year 1456, was made over in fief by the Count of Hesse to Count Conrad. John, the last Count of Rietberg, died in the year 1562, upon which Agnes, his widow, entered into an agreement, in 1565, with Hesse, to the following purpose; viz. that Hesse should invest her daughters, Armgard and Walburg, anew with this county as a right, hereditary and male fief, to them and the legitimate heirs of their bodies, as well sons as in default of them to daughters. The Countesses Armgard and Walburg divided the county among themselves, in the year 1576, in such a manner that the former obtained the county of Rietberg and the latter the seigniories of Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund, which have been described above; But the Countess of Armgard dying, in the year 1584, without heirs, the county of. Rietberg fell to her sister Walburg, whose husband, Count Enno III of East-Friesland, was invested therewith, in 1585, instead and in the name of his consort, as a right, hereditary and male fief, to descend both to sons and daughters. The Countess Walburg died in the year 1586 without male-heirs, leaving behind her only two daughters; namely, Sabine Catherine and Agnes, who, in the year 1600, entered into a stipulation on account of the future succession to the regency in the same manner as their mother had formerly done with her sister. This stipulation was ratified by the Emperor Rudolph II. and also by the King of Spain as Duke of Gelders; but the Countesses were not able to obtain the investiture thereof from Hesse. Sabine Catherine married her father's brother, Count John, of East-Friesland, and Agnes, Count Gundacker of Lichtenstein. The Counts Ferdinand, Francis and John, sons to the former obtained at length from Hesse, namely, in the year 1645, the investiture for their male and female descendants, but the sons were always to take place of the daughters. Count John hereditarily transmitted the county to his sons Francis Adolphus William and Ferdinand Maximilian; on whose death, Maria Ernestina Francisca, daughter to the latter and afterwards consort to Count Maximilian Uldarich of Kaunitz was invested, in the year 1692, by Hesse-Cassel, with the county of Rietberg, and in 1702 and 1714, maintained and confirmed in the possession thereof, in opposition to Lichtenstein, by the aulic-council of the Empire." (Busching, p. 490)
Title: Count of Rietberg
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1237: County of Rietberg
1353: Imperial immediate estate
1456: Under sovereignty of Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel
1526/1577: Passed by female inheritance to the Counts of East Frisia
1690/1702: Passed by female inheritance to the Counts of Kaunitz
1758: Under the Kaunitz dynasty
1807: Annexed to Kingdom of Westphalia
1815: To Prussia
[History1]
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1237: County of Rietberg
1353: Imperial immediate estate
1456: Under sovereignty of Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel
1526/1577: Passed by female inheritance to the Counts of East Frisia
1690/1702: Passed by female inheritance to the Counts of Kaunitz
1758: Under the Kaunitz dynasty
1807: Annexed to Kingdom of Westphalia
1815: To Prussia
[History1]
Rulers
1237-1264: Konrad I
1264-1282: Friedrich I
1282-1313: Konrad II
1302-1322: Friedrich II (Regent)
1313-1347: Otto I
Map of Rietberg
(Map1)
ROTTWEIL
Territory of Imperial City of Rottweil
Map of Rottweil until 1802
RUGEN
(Map1)
ROTTENMUNSTER
1126 Benedictine Abbey of Rottenmünster (Stift Rottenmünster)
1442 Abbesses also Princesses of the Empire.
1802 Occupied by Württemberg.
1803 Secularized and annexed to Württemberg.
1442 Abbesses also Princesses of the Empire.
1802 Occupied by Württemberg.
1803 Secularized and annexed to Württemberg.
Princess-Abbesses (title Fürstäbtissin zu Rottenmünster)
1650 - 1658 Susanna von Pflummern
1650 - 1658 Susanna von Pflummern
1658 - 1687 Ursula Scherlin
1687 - 1725 Maria Williburg Frey
1725 - 1733 Magdalena Schneider
1733 - 1748 Barbara von Pflummern
1748 - 1762 Thesselina Eberle
1762 - 1777 Magdalena Mayr
1777 - 1796 Maria Barbara Barxel
1796 - 1802 Maria Juliana Meyer
1687 - 1725 Maria Williburg Frey
1725 - 1733 Magdalena Schneider
1733 - 1748 Barbara von Pflummern
1748 - 1762 Thesselina Eberle
1762 - 1777 Magdalena Mayr
1777 - 1796 Maria Barbara Barxel
1796 - 1802 Maria Juliana Meyer
SOURCE: German States to 1918 R-Z
ROTTWEIL
Territory of Imperial City of Rottweil
Map of Rottweil until 1802
RUGEN
RUNKEL
References
Genealogy of House of Runkel (Marek)
References
Genealogy of House of Runkel (Marek)
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